Eradication : ridding the world of diseases forever? / Nancy Leys Stepan.
By: Stepan, Nancy.
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, c2015Description: 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780801456848.Subject(s): Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977 | Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- History | Epidemics -- Prevention -- History | Health promotion -- History | Medicine, Preventive -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Eradication and public health -- Imperial origins -- Paradoxes: the Rockefeller Era -- Post-war: a capacity for fanaticism -- The end of malaria in the world? -- The last inch: smallpox eradication -- Controversies: eradication today.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index.
Eradication and public health -- Imperial origins -- Paradoxes: the Rockefeller Era -- Post-war: a capacity for fanaticism -- The end of malaria in the world? -- The last inch: smallpox eradication -- Controversies: eradication today.