Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Chronology: The life of Edward Jenner Introduction Section 1: For those who have forgotten or never knew what smallpox was like On the long struggle of man, before Jenner, to fight smallpox (1721--1798) Section 2: The life and work of Jenner The young Jenner (1749--1772) Jenner, naturalist and country surgeon (1772--1795) The myth becomes reality (1795--1798) Jenner's hard-won victory in England, his own country (1798--1823) The particular case of Napoleonic France (1798--1815) Vaccination spreads across Europe and the United States and then throughout the rest of the world (1798--1810) Honours and resentment for Jenner (1801--1823) Section 3: The perfect ending to the story: the eradication of smallpox Post-Jennerian vaccination (1823--1979) Smallpox vaccination: its value and its limitations (1798--1979) The anti-vaccination movements (1798--1979) The eradication of smallpox: Jenner's posthumous triumph (1959--1979) Jenner, vaccination and ethics (1796 to the present day) What should be done about the smallpox virus? Conclusion Some comments on current immunity to smallpox Glossary References Index