ETYMOLOGIA SŁOWA SMALLPOX
From small + pox. So called to distinguish it from the Great Pox, an archaic name for syphilis.
CYTATY ZE SŁOWEM «SMALLPOX»
Słynne cytaty i zdania ze słowem
smallpox.
Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population.
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.
The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus.
I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
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Smallpox: The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge
Though smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised the horrific possibility that rogue states, laboratories, or terrorist groups are in possession of secret stockpiles of the virus that causes ...
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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate
Smallpox
This is a story told by a remarkably humble man, about the extraordinary coalition that he helped to build, and the most impressive global health accomplishment the world has ever seen.
Recounts the history and effects of smallpox outbreaks, describes the effort to develop a vaccine and to eradicate the disease, and discusses the possiblity of its return.
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Rotting Face :
Smallpox and the American Indian
Before it ran out of human fuel, the disease claimed twenty thousand souls. R. G. Robertson tells the story of this deadly virus with modern implications.
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The Greatest Killer:
Smallpox in History
In The Greatest Killer, Donald R. Hopkins provides a fascinating account of smallpox and its role in human history.
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The Vaccinators:
Smallpox, Medical Knowledge, and the ...
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Ann Bowman Jannetta, 2007
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Expunging Variola: The Control and Eradication of
Smallpox ...
Thus, Apart From Acknowledging The Influence Of National-, State- And District-Level Political, Economic And Social Structures In Continually Reshaping The Contours Of The Smallpox Campaigns, This Work Also Emphasises The Crucial Role ...
Sanjoy Bhattacharya, 2006
Investigates the history of smallpox, how this disease spreads, and the impressive details of how doctors and scientists developed a cure that has saved millions of lives.
Describes the history of the disease, including how the infection spreads, its symptoms, and the introduction of the smallpox vaccine.
Discusses the history of germs, the different kinds of germs, and how to fight off germs.
WIADOMOŚCI, KTÓRE ZAWIERAJĄ SŁOWO «SMALLPOX»
Sprawdź, o czym dyskutuje się w prasie krajowej i zagranicznej oraz jak jest stosowane słowo
smallpox w wiadomościach.
German measles is 3rd disease eliminated from North, South …
That's enough time to certify German measles as the third infectious disease to be eliminated from the Americas, they said. Smallpox was eliminated in 1971 and ... «The Province, Kwi 15»
Provincetown's smallpox victims to get official memorial
PROVINCETOWN — For years, a small group of Provincetown residents has been quietly working to create a memorial to the 14 victims of smallpox who were ... «Wicked Local Melrose, Kwi 15»
A Cow Head Will Not Erupt From Your Body If You Get A Smallpox …
And that was a time when smallpox was a truly terrifying disease. Each year, it killed hundreds of thousands of Europeans. It made people terribly sick. Its oozing ... «NPR, Sty 15»
Siga Told to Pay PharmAthene $113 Million in Smallpox Case
(Bloomberg) -- Siga Technologies Inc., the maker of a smallpox drug to counter biological attacks, was told to pay $113 million to PharmAthene Inc. in a dispute ... «Bloomberg, Sty 15»
Smallpox Drug Maker Files Bankruptcy to Fight Court Loss
Smallpox killed as many as 500 million people worldwide during the 20th century, and routine vaccinations in the U.S. ended in 1972. Source: Centers for ... «Bloomberg, Wrz 14»
FDA found more than smallpox vials in storage room
Federal officials found more than just long-forgotten smallpox samples recently in a storage room on the National Institutes for Health campus in Bethesda, Md. «Washington Post, Lip 14»
'Holy Toledo': Smallpox Discovery Opens Painful Scabs
The discovery of several vials of smallpox virus at the back of a cold storage room at the National Institutes of Health have not only embarrassed scientists and ... «NBCNews.com, Lip 14»
Forgotten vials of smallpox found near DC
Scientists last week discovered several vials of smallpox — one of the deadliest diseases known to man — in an unused storage room at the National Institutes ... «USA TODAY, Lip 14»
Keep Or Kill Last Lab Stocks Of Smallpox? Time To Decide, Says …
The World Health Assembly, the WHO's decision-making body, is set to convene May 19 to vote on a recommendation to destroy the stocks of smallpox virus ... «NPR, Maj 14»
Too scared to let go of smallpox
In 1978, Janet Parker became the last known person to die of smallpox. Caused by a virus called variola, the disease is documented to have killed hundreds of ... «The Hindu, Maj 14»
