The last children's plague : poliomyelitis, disability, and twentieth-century American culture / Richard J. Altenbaugh.

  • Altenbaugh, Richard J.
Date:
2015
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Physical description

xxvii, 277 pages ; 25 cm

Edition

First edition.

Contents

The American plague -- Many yellow caskets -- After treatment -- Wheelchair gladiators -- Home sweet home -- The cripples -- Polio's legacy.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FV.6.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781137527844
  • 1137527846