The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale Of Battling Smallpox
by Carrell, Jennifer Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0525947361
- ISBN 13
- 9780525947363
- Seller
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Morganton, North Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox. After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children. From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease ever be unleashed again. Jennifer Lee Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known.
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- Bookseller
- Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035997
- Title
- The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale Of Battling Smallpox
- Author
- Carrell, Jennifer Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine DJ
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525947361
- ISBN 13
- 9780525947363
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Smallpox, Smallpox Vaccine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
Terms of Sale
Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale, returns accepted within 10 days with notification, if not as described. Prices net to all. METHODS OF PAYMENT: Check with order, U.S. bank funds only. I can also accept deposit or credit card payment through PayPal.��NC residents add 6.75% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Media Mail: $7.00 minimum, some heavy books more, each additional book $4.00. Priority Mail: $12.00 minimum, many books more, depending on weight and your postal zone; please ask for exact amount. FOR ALL NON-U.S. SHIPMENTS, INQUIRE FOR EXACT SHIPPING COSTS. Also inquire for Fedex, or other special handling.
About the Seller
Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
About Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
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