Overview
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Andrew W. Artenstein
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Dept. Medicine & Community Health, Brown University, Providence, U.S.A.
- The concept and practice of vaccination ranks among the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century
- Chapter authors are individuals who are actively or were formerly engaged in vaccine development
- Authors bring a unique perspective and an intimate understanding of vaccine history
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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- Hervé Bourhy, Annick Perrot, Jean-Marc Cavaillon
Pages 73-85
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- Charles C. J. Carpenter, Richard B. Hornick
Pages 87-103
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- Marina Gheorghiu, Micheline Lagranderie, Anne-Marie Balazuc
Pages 125-140
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- Nicholas C. Artenstein, Andrew W. Artenstein
Pages 141-158
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- Kathleen M. Gallagher, Stanley A. Plotkin, Samuel L. Katz, Walter A. Orenstein
Pages 223-247
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- Leonard N. Binn, Stanley M. Lemon
Pages 335-346
About this book
Why another book about vaccines? There are already a few extremely well-written medical textbooks that provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art technical reviews regarding vaccine science. Additionally, in the past decade alone, a number of engrossing, provocative books have been published on various related issues ra- ing from vaccines against specific diseases to vaccine safety and policy. Yet there remains a significant gap in the literature – the history of vaccines. Vaccines: A Biography seeks to fill a void in the extant literature by focusing on the history of vaccines and in so doing, recounts the social, cultural, and scientific history of vaccines; it places them within their natural, historical context. The book traces the lineage – the “biography” – of individual vaccines, originating with deeply rooted medical problems and evolving to an eventual conclusion. Nonetheless, these are not “biographies” in the traditional sense; they do not trace an individual’s growth and development. Instead, they follow an idea as it is conceived and dev- oped, through the contributions of many. These are epic stories of discovery, of risk-takers, of individuals advancing medical science, in the words of the famous physical scientist Isaac Newton, “by standing on the shoulders of giants. ” One grant reviewer described the book’s concept as “triumphalist”; although meant as an indictment, this is only partially inaccurate.
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. Medicine & Community Health, Brown University, Providence, U.S.A.
Andrew W. Artenstein
