so it gives me great pleasure to introduce doctor michael willrich from brandeis university which is associate professor and department of history and, of course, as you note dr. willrich we talking about his book, "pox: an american history" published earlier this year by penguin press. dr. willrich's first book "city of courts" one for dissing bush john h. dunning prize awarded by the american historical association for the best book on any aspect as u.s. history and the william nelson cromwell prize for legal history. dr. willrich received his ph.d in history from the university of chicago. before that he worked for some years as a journalist in washington, d.c. writing for the "washington monthly," city paper, "the new republic" and other magazines. please give dr. willrich a very warm welcome. [applause] >> the thank you so much for that lovely introduction and thank you all for coming out this evening. it's terrific to be in this place. a beautiful building. and it's got so many wonderful public programs going on right now, bringing the history of medicine and disease which is so

michael willrich from brandeis, university, where he is associate professor in the department of history. and, of course, as you know, dr. willrich will be talking about his book, "pox and the american history." his first book, "city of courts," won the distinguished prize awarded by the historical association for the best book on any aspect of american history and the cromwell prize. dr. willrich received his ph.d. from the university of chicago. before that he worked for several years as a journalist in washington, d.c. writing for the washington monthly, city paper and other magazines. please dwi doctor will -- please give dr. willrich a very warm welcome. >> i've got so many wonderful public programs going on right now bringing the history of medicine and disease which are so important to our national history to people not only in functions like this, but over the internet and through publications. so it's a real honor to be here, and i want to thank carrie for inviting me and being such a gracious host. well, as everyone in this room knows, vaccines long hailed as modern medicine's

so it gives me great pleasure to introduce michael willrich from brandeis university where he is associate professor in the department of history in the course as you know tonight dr. willrich will be talking about his book, "pox" published by penguin press. dr. willrich's first book city of courts won the distinguished john h. dunning prize by the american historical association for the best book on any aspect of history and the william nelson cromwell price ordered by the american society for legal history to read dr. willrich received his ph.d. from the university of chicago. before that he worked several years as a journalist in washington, d.c. writing for monthly, city paper, the new republic and other magazines so please give dr. willrich a really warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you for that lovely introduction and thank you all for coming out this evening. it's terrific to be in this place. it's a beautiful building and it's got so many wonderful public programs going on right now bringing the history of medicine and disease important to the national history to people not only in