Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.

  • Oshinsky, David M., 1944-
Date:
2005
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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Physical description

viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-332) 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.

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    History of Medicine
    FV /OSH
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ISBN

  • 0195152948