The great inoculator : the untold story of Daniel Sutton and his medical revolution

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

Record details

ISBN: 9780300241440
ISBN: 9780300256314
ISBN: 0300256310
Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 pages)
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Lady Mary's revelation -- Saving the quality -- Is it worth the risk? -- A rural revolution -- A most surprising fellow -- Sutton the parvenu -- Sutton's thunder stolen -- Sutton misses the boat -- A Suttonian in America -- An imposter in the family -- Inoculation for the industrious poor -- Saving the nation -- Sutton's swan song -- Cowmania! -- Jenner's debt to Sutton -- The battle for vaccination -- Sutton and Jenner the legacy -- The mystery of immunity -- Postscript Sutton's family.

Source of Description Note:

Print version record.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2020).