The greatest killer : smallpox in history : with a new introduction / Donald R. Hopkins.
| Author/creator | Hopkins, Donald R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xviii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. Variola rex -- 2. The most terrible of all the ministers of death -- 3. Heavenly flowers -- 4. Kiss of the Goddess -- 5. The spotted death -- 6. The Great Fire -- 7. A destroying angel -- 8. Erythrotherapy and eradication. |
| General note | Originally published as Princes and peasants, 1983. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-361) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| LCCN | 2002023950 |
| ISBN | 0226351688 |
| ISBN | 9780226351681 |