The polio years in Texas : battling a terrifying unknown / Heather Green Wooten.

  • Wooten, Heather Green, 1958-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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About this work

Publication/Creation

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xiv, 248 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

1st ed.

Contents

The dawn of a crippling threat -- The Lone Star legacy : polio, Texas politics, and FDR -- Battling a terrifying unknown -- Giving the boot to polio -- Red bricks, white coats, and iron lungs -- Silencing the killer -- A story yet to finish.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FV.675
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781603441407
  • 1603441409
  • 9781603441650
  • 1603441654