{"product_id":"childhoods-deadly-scourge-the-campaign-to-control-diphtheria-in-new-york-city-1880-1930-paperback","title":"Childhood's Deadly Scourge: The Campaign to Control Diphtheria in New York City, 1880-1930 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvelynn Maxine Hammonds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as the \"deadly scourge of childhood,\" diphtheria was a highly feared disease in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. In New York City alone, thousands of cases were reported each year, with large numbers of deaths. Physicians and public health experts viewed diphtheria as one of the most difficult to treat and control of all childhood diseases. In \u003ci\u003eChildhood's Deadly Scourge\u003c\/i\u003e, Evelynn M. Hammonds describes how New York City became the first city in the United States to apply laboratory-based advances in bacteriology and immunology to the treatment and prevention of this deadly disease-the first such use of scientific medicine in a public health crisis in this country. Critical to the successful control of diphtheria, she argues, were unprecedented efforts to remove the stigma associated with the disease and provide access to treatment and preventive vaccines for the entire population at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1930, the successful immunization of thousands of preschool- and school-aged children made evident for the first time the promise and force of the laboratory in infectious disease control. Today, as the threat of AIDS and other new diseases reopens the conflict between the protection of public health and the protection of civil liberties, \u003ci\u003eChildhood's Deadly Scourge\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that technical solutions for disease control have complex social implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelynn Maxine Hammonds \u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of the history of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757473169696,"sku":"9780801870972","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39c654eec3c942f7aa3b3cf51e908cc9.webp?v=1780103912","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/childhoods-deadly-scourge-the-campaign-to-control-diphtheria-in-new-york-city-1880-1930-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}