Maurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with death. He made it his life's work to see that others could do the same. Born into the life of a Montana chicken farmer, Hilleman ran off to the University of Chicago to become a microbiologist, and eventually joined Merck, the pharmaceutical company, to pursue his goal of eliminating childhood disease. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly dread diseases—including often devastating ones such as mumps and rubella—practically toothless and nearly forgotten; his measles vaccine alone saves several million lives every year. Vaccinated is not a biography; Hilleman's experience forms the basis for a rich and lively narrative of two hundred years of medical history, ranging across the globe and throughout time to take in a cast of hundreds, all caught up, intentionally or otherwise, in the story of vaccines. It is an inspiring and triumphant tale, but one with a cautionary aspect, as vaccines come under assault from people blaming vaccines for autism and worse. Paul Offit clearly and compellingly rebuts those arguments, and, by demonstrating how much the work of Hilleman and others has gained for humanity, shows us how much we have to lose.
發表於2024-11-25
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引人入勝。人類走過多少崎嶇的路纔到達現在公共衛生的水平。太多我們習以為常的健康成果是經過幾個世紀科學傢的探索和普通人的隕落得來的。hilleman在無形中救過這麼多人,擔得起無冕之王!
評分其實很多人,包括我讀這本書以前也不知道,我們的身上都“流”有Maurice Hillerman的成果。對於其他治病救人的醫療手段和藥物來說,疫苗是一個不同的東西,因為它是廣泛接種於健康的人群,尤其是嬰幼兒,意義在於預防而不是治療,所以本身具有其重要性也有其爭議性。此書以Hilleman為中心,描繪齣瞭上個世紀以來疫苗發展的曆史,也指齣瞭在本世紀以來疫苗接種所麵對的新問題。當然,此書更是給Hilleman這個無冕之王的緬懷和贊許,作者本身也身受其影響,也是近年疫苗的重要發展者之一,為美國及全球的疫苗接種而搖旗呐喊。值得承認的是,疫苗接種以其特殊性,不僅僅是科學問題,也是政治、社會、宗教問題,我還是持有一定保留意見,但是他們的貢獻和付齣總是值得欽佩的。
評分引人入勝。人類走過多少崎嶇的路纔到達現在公共衛生的水平。太多我們習以為常的健康成果是經過幾個世紀科學傢的探索和普通人的隕落得來的。hilleman在無形中救過這麼多人,擔得起無冕之王!
評分引人入勝。人類走過多少崎嶇的路纔到達現在公共衛生的水平。太多我們習以為常的健康成果是經過幾個世紀科學傢的探索和普通人的隕落得來的。hilleman在無形中救過這麼多人,擔得起無冕之王!
評分引人入勝。人類走過多少崎嶇的路纔到達現在公共衛生的水平。太多我們習以為常的健康成果是經過幾個世紀科學傢的探索和普通人的隕落得來的。hilleman在無形中救過這麼多人,擔得起無冕之王!
Vaccinated 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載