Polio / Daniel J. Wilson.

  • Wilson, Daniel J., 1949-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation

Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Poliomyelitis and the poliovirus -- Early evidence of polio and the first epidemics -- Science, medicine, and the search for a cure -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, polio, and warm springs -- Scientific research and the first human vaccine trials -- The March of Dimes and the campaign against polio -- Summers of fear : acute polio -- Convalescent polio and rehabilitation -- The search for a polio vaccine -- The polio vaccines of Salk and Sabin -- Living with polio -- The campaign to eradicate polio.

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  • 9780313358975
  • 0313358974
  • 9780313358982
  • 0313358982