· Split into three parts—origins, golden age, and controversy— Vaccine is a fact-dense inquiry into vaccinologists past and present. Allen explores the years of smallpox before World War II, the postwar boom of vaccination, and the public anxiety that was triggered by vaccine efficacy in the s. The book focuses on the USA, and draws only on events in other countries to supplement this Author: Claire Tilstone. In Vaccine: the controversial story of medicine’s greatest lifesaver, Arthur Allen, a renowned journalist, highlights and debates the complexities of the intersection of basic science, public health, the pharmaceutical industry, and consumers in the advent and history of vaccine design and development. This is a timely and heavily researched book that intelligently and thoughtfully takes the reader Cited by: 1. Vaccines are one of the most important and controversial achievements in public health. Washington-based journalist Allen explores in depth this dark horse of medicine from the first instances of doctors saving patients from smallpox by infecting them with it to the current controversy over vaccinating preteen girls against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer/5(55).
Table of contents for Vaccine: the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver / Arthur Allen. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog. the experts and the public about vaccine safety, daring to ask whether some prevention strategies have had worse outcomes than the disease's eventual course or cure. Claire Tilstone www.doorway.rune@www.doorway.ru Vaccine: the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver Arthur Allen WW Norton and Company, £17·99/US$27·95, pp. Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver. by Allen, Arthur. A definitive history of vaccination ranges from Edward Jenner's creation of the world's first smallpox inoculation to the present day, looking at both the benefits of vaccination as well as the current controversy over their potential neurological side.
Vaccines are one of the most important and controversial achievements in public health. Washington-based journalist Allen explores in depth this dark horse of medicine from the first instances of doctors saving patients from smallpox by infecting them with it to the current controversy over vaccinating preteen girls against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. Arthur Allen has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the Associated Press, Science, and Slate. His books include Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver. He lives in Washington, where he writes about health for Politico. In this deftly written account, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history of vaccination that is both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversyfrom Jenner's discovery to Pasteur's vaccines.
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