THE history of vaccines is full of unexpected twists. While immunisation experts may feel they do not need journalist Arthur Allen to urge them to remember such twists, and will certainly reject suggestions that polio eradication diverts resources from more important goals, this is a well-researched portrayal of immunisation, from the earliest pioneers to an arm of preventive medicine now thoroughly entangled in politics, commerce and public relations. A vivid corrective to the idealised, wholly triumphant version of the development of vaccines.
Vaccine
W. W. Norton
