| Description |
342, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The first epidemics -- Warm Springs -- "Cripples' money" -- "And they shall walk" -- Poster children, marching mothers -- The apprenticeship of Jonas Salk -- Pathway to a vaccine -- The starting line -- Seeing beyond the microscope -- "Plague season" -- The rivals -- "The biggest public health experiment ever" -- The Cutter fiasco -- Mission to Moscow -- Sabin Sundays -- Celebrities and survivors. |
| Summary |
[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. -Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Poliomyelitis -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States. |
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Poliovirus Vaccines -- history -- United States. |
| ISBN |
0195152948 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780195152944 |
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