Smallpox, The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer.

HENDERSON, Donald Ainslie [D.A.].

Item Number: 112908

Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2009.

First edition, review copy of epidemiologist Donald Henderson’s personal account of his role in the eradication of smallpox, the first disease in human history to be eradicated. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Foreword by Richard Preston. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Adri, Bold new unimagined horizons are before us in the world of public health. With best wishes for the future, D.A. Henderson.” With the publisher’s review copy slip and press release laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht.

American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist Donald Henderson directed the 10-year international effort that eradicated smallpox throughout the world in 1977. This is his personal story of what many have called "the greatest scientific and humanitarian achievement of the past century."