TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Angel of Death. The Story of Smallpox</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 507 LP - 507 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X712481 VL - 70 IS - 699 AU - Sophie Rowlands Y1 - 2020/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/699/507.abstract N2 - Gareth Williams Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, PB, 456pp, £10.99, 978-0230274716Angel of Death provides a very comprehensive history of smallpox and vaccine development, which has parallels with the current COVID-19 pandemic.The book outlines how smallpox, present for several millennia, was nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ due to a case fatality rate of up to 50%. As well as high mortality, smallpox also led to severe disfigurement in many survivors, and was highly infectious, … ER -