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Author:

Weightman, Gavin, author.

Title:

The great inoculator : the untold story of Daniel Sutton and his medical revolution / Gavin Weightman.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xv, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Sutton, Daniel,--1735-1819.
Vaccination--History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Lady Mary's Revelation -- 2. Saving the Quality -- 3. Is It Worth the Risk? -- 4. A Rural Revolution -- 5. A Most Surprising Fellow -- 6. Sutton the Parvenu -- 7. Sutton's Thunder Stolen -- 8. Sutton Misses the Boat -- 9. A Suttonian in America -- 10. An Imposter in the Family -- 11. Inoculation for the Industrious Poor -- 12. Saving the Nation -- 13. Sutton's Swan Song -- 14. Cowmania! -- 15. Jenner's Debt to Sutton -- 16. The Battle for Vaccination -- 17. Sutton and Jenner The Legacy -- 18. The Mystery of Immunity -- Postscript Sutton's Family -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

A timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton - the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination.

ISBN:

0300241445
9780300241440

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1141527040

LCCN:

2020938180

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)