The Speckled Monster : A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox

Carrell, a regular contributor to Smithsonian Magazine , tells the story of Lady Mary Montgau and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who flouted 18th-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in an effort to save their children from smallpox. Their efforts helped give birth to the modern science of immunology. B&w historical illustrations are included. There is no subject index. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)