Polio / Daniel J. Wilson.

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

x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.