The Great Inoculator: The Untold Story of Daniel Sutton and His Medical Revolution

by Gavin Weightman

Book Overview

This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton--the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination--was named a best book of 2020 by BBC History Magazine

Smallpox was the scourge of the eighteenth century: it showed no mercy, almost wiping out whole societies. Young and old, poor and royalty were equally at risk - unless they had survived a previous attack. Daniel Sutton, a young surgeon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300241445
• ISBN13: 9780300241440
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"