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The Speckled Monster

A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox

A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox

By Jennifer Lee Carrell

By Jennifer Lee Carrell

By Jennifer Lee Carrell

By Jennifer Lee Carrell

By Jennifer Lee Carrell
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By Jennifer Lee Carrell
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    About The Speckled Monster

    The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox.  After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children.  From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease ever be unleashed again.

    Jennifer Lee Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known.

    About The Speckled Monster

    The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox.  After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children.  From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease ever be unleashed again.

    Jennifer Lee Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known.

    About The Speckled Monster

    THE SPECKLED MONSTER is both a hair-raising tale of courage in the face of the deadliest disease that has ever struck mankind, and a gripping account of the birth of modern immunology. Jennifer Lee Carrell’s dramatic story follows two parents who, after barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, flouted eighteenth-century European medical tradition by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children. Their heroic struggles gave rise to immunology, as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease be unleashed again. Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston: two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from this scourge.

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    About Jennifer Lee Carrell

    Jennifer Lee Carrell holds a PhD in English and American literature from Harvard University and is the author of The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox and the novel Interred with Their Bones. In addition to writing for Smithsonian magazine, Carrell has taught in… More about Jennifer Lee Carrell

    About Jennifer Lee Carrell

    Jennifer Lee Carrell holds a PhD in English and American literature from Harvard University and is the author of The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox and the novel Interred with Their Bones. In addition to writing for Smithsonian magazine, Carrell has taught in… More about Jennifer Lee Carrell

    About Jennifer Lee Carrell

    Jennifer Lee Carrell holds a PhD in English and American literature from Harvard University and is the author of The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox and the novel Interred with Their Bones. In addition to writing for Smithsonian magazine, Carrell has taught in… More about Jennifer Lee Carrell

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | History | Health & Reference

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Plume
    Jan 27, 2004 | 512 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780452285071

    Category: Biography & Memoir | History | Health & Reference

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Plume
    Jan 27, 2004 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9781440623356

    Category: Health & Reference | History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $30.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    May 22, 2012 | 1179 Minutes | ISBN 9780385359979

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    Praise

    “Highly engrossing…Carrell tells the gripping story with ardor and skill.” —Smithsonian

    “Written in a compelling, almost novelistic voice, Carrelldetails two eighteenth-century figures who struggled valiantly against smallpox. The disease becomes a character in the book, claiming the poor, the rich, and the royal without distinction.” —USA Today

    Table Of Contents

    The Speckled MonsterAcknowledgments
    Introduction
    Part One. London
    1. Two Marys
    2. Three Rebellions
    3. A Destroying Angel
    4. Bidding the World Adieu
    5. My Dear Little Son
    6. Rosebuds in Lily Skin

    Part Two. Boston
    1. Zabdiel and Jerusha
    2. Curiosities of the Smallpox
    3. The Beauty of the Sea
    4. Caging the Monster
    5. Demonic Wings
    6. Fathers and Sons

    Part Three. Hell Upon Earth
    1. Salutation Alley
    2. Prying Multitudes
    3. An Infusion of Malignant Filth
    4. The Castle of Misery
    5. Signs and Wonders
    6. Newgate
    7. An Hour of Mourning
    8. The King’s Pardon
    9. Raw Head and Bloody Bones
    10. Just Retribution
    11. In Royal Fashion

    Aftermath
    1. Meetings and Partings
    2. The Practice
    3. The People

    Notes
    Abbreviations
    Sources
    Bibliography

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