An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”
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The global eradication of smallpox. Final report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication.Geneva: World Health Organization, 1980.On 8 May 1980, the World Health Organization officially announced that “smallpox eradication has been achieved throughout the world”. The upper cover of this report reproduces an electron micrograph of a specimen of variola virus taken from the last case of endemic smallpox in the world, 26 October 1977. This was the successful conclusion of worldwide vaccination efforts initiated by Jenner in 1798. See No. 5423. Subjects: Global Health, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Smallpox , INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Smallpox › Vaccination, VIROLOGY › VIRUSES (by Family) › Variola and Vaccinia Permalink: garrison-morton.com/id/8621 |