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• Introduction
• Smallpox
  • "The Speckled Monster"
  • "Bloody Smallpox"
  • The First Chapters of Smallpox in Canada
  • Smallpox Variolation & Vaccination
  • "The Speckled Monster" in Canada
  • Canada and Smallpox Eradication
• Diphtheria
  • "The Strangler"
  • "The Kiss of Death"
  • Canada and "The Strangler"
  • "Slaying the Dragon" - Canadian Diphtheria Toxoid Trials
• Polio
  • "The Crippler"
  • Personal Perspectives on Polio
  • Canada and "The Middle Class Plague"
  • Inside the Iron Lung
  • Conquering the Crippler
• Pertussis
  • Persistent Pertussis
  • Personal Perspectives on Pertussis
  • Early Battles Against Pertussis
  • Preparing a Fresher Generation of Pertussis Vaccine
  • Canada and Modern Pertussis Vaccines
• Other Vaccines
  • Rabies
  • Tetanus
  • Tuberculosis
  • Influenza
  • Measles
  • Haemophilus Infleunzae B (Hib)
  • Combination Vaccines
• Profiles
  • Dr. Robert D. Defries
  • Dr. Leone N. Farrell
  • Dr. Paul Fenje
  • Dr. John G. FitzGerald
  • Dr. Donald T. Fraser
  • Dr. Neil E. McKinnon
  • Dr. Peter J. Moloney
  • Dr. Raymond C. Parker
  • Dr. Andrew J. Rhodes
  • Dr. Nelles Silverthorne
  • Dr. Edith Marjory Taylor
  • Dr. Robert J. Wilson
• Resources
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Resources

To learn more about the history of vaccines, how they work, the science of immunology, and what new vaccines are being developed, here are several particularly useful websites:

• The History of Vaccines by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
  http://historyofvaccines.org
   
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Immunization & Vaccines section
  http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index-eng.php
   
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care: Immunization section
  http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/immunization/
   
• Sanofi Pasteur Canada
  http://sanofipasteur.ca
  http://facebook.com/SanofiPasteurCanada100