Paralysed with Fear

Gareth Williams is Professor of Medicine and former Dean of Faculty at the University of Bristol, UK. He has written or co-authored over 20 books, including the Textbook of Diabetes (BMA Book of the Year, 1997) and has contributed to more than 30 others, including the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Inspired by the life of Edward Jenner, Gareth wrote Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize in 2010.

A Gentle Introduction 1. A Plague from Nowhere 2. The Crippler 3. The Virus That Never Was 4. Germs of Ideas 5. Lost in Transmission 6. Fear is the Key 7. First Do No Harm 8. Dead or Alive 9. Front Runner 10. Poles Apart 11. In the Opposite Corner 12. Loose Ends and a Gordian Knot 13. Looking Forward to a Retrospective