Bibliograph

Polio, Daniel J. Wilson

Type

Label

Polio, Daniel J. Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Polio

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

320194073

Responsibility statement

Daniel J. Wilson

Series statement

Biographies of disease series

Table Of 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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