Smallpox
Epidemics: Deadly Diseases Throughout History
Only thirty years ago, smallpox was killing three million people a year. Those who didn't die were left with horrible scars all over their faces. This book discusses all aspects of this disease, which terrorized the world for so many years, and covers everything from the Hindi goddess of smallpox to the spread of the virus to the New World to the symptoms of the disease and the history of the smallpox vaccine.
