Arthur Diamond, Smallpox and the American Indian. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1991. A history of the smallpox epidemics that decimated Native Americans in the 1800s.

Margaret O. Hyde and Elizabeth H. Forsyth, Vaccinations: From Smallpox to Cancer. New York: Franklin Watts, 2000. Adescription of several illnesses with details about how vaccines prepare the immune system to fight disease.

A.J. Harding Rains, Pioneers of Science and Discovery: Edward Jenner and Vaccination. East Sussex, England: Wayland, 1980. A biography of Edward Jenner focusing on his efforts to promote smallpox vaccination.

Tom Ridgway, Epidemics, Deadly Diseases Throughout History: Smallpox.

New York: Rosen, 2001. An account of the cause, history, and eradication of smallpox.