H. Rider Haggard

Doctor Therne H. Rider Haggard

The author wrote of this novel, "In Doctor Therne I ventured to suggest that our general neglect of vaccination would bring about some outburst of smallpox such as in past days swept away our forefathers by the thousand, and still sweeps away uninstructed peoples. As yet this has not happened, but who can be bold enough to assert that it will never happen?"