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Book

Killing germs, saving lives : the quest for the first vaccines

Call Number

  • *J 616.079 PHEL (CEN)

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Publication Information

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.

Physical Description

59 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Summary

Traces the history of vaccines from the first vaccine, to the work of Louis Pasteur, to the hazards of immunization, to vaccines today.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The early days
  • On the front lines
  • The first vaccines
  • A quest fulfilled
  • The work continues
  • Glossary
  • Resources
  • Index.

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