Living with polio : the epidemic and its survivors / Daniel J. Wilson.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2005], ©2005.

xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Introduction -- "I'm afraid it's polio" -- The crisis of acute poliomyelitis -- Covenants of work: recovery and the rehabilitation hospital -- Straws on the ceiling: life on the polio wards -- Going home to a long recovery -- Resuming life after polio -- Living with polio -- An old foe returns: post-polio syndrome -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-288) and index.