Book ID: CBB000101907

Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775--82 (2001)

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Fenn, Elizabeth A. (Author)


Hill & Wang


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xiv + 370 pp, illus., maps, bibl., index
Language: English

Description Discussion of the role of smallpox during the Revolutionary War and after, affecting not only soldiers (many of whom were innoculated) but civilians, black slaves and Native Americans.


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Review Tannenbaum, Rebecca Jo (2002) Review of "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775--82". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (p. 497). unapi

Review Dorit, Robert (2002) Review of "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775--82". American Scientist (p. 172). unapi

Review Jones, David (2004) Review of "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775--82". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 122). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Stephen Coss
Willrich, Michael
Vaughan, M. A.
Shuttleton, David E.
Seltz, Jennifer
Riley, James C.
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Smallpox
Epidemics
Public health
Vaccines; vaccination
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
United States
San Francisco (California)
West Indies
Guatemala
Washington (state, U.S.)
Cuba
Institutions
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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