Polio
By: Daniel J. Wilson.
Series: Biographies of disease series; Biographies of disease
Publisher: Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780313358975; 9780313358982
Subjects: Poliomyelitis -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poliomyelitis and the poliovirus; title: Early evidence of polio and the first epidemics; title: Science, medicine, and the search for a cure; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt, polio, and warm springs; title: Scientific research and the first human vaccine trials; title: The March of Dimes and the campaign against polio; title: Summers of fear : acute polio; title: Convalescent polio and rehabilitation; title: The search for a polio vaccine; title: The polio vaccines of Salk and Sabin; title: Living with polio; title: The campaign to eradicate polio.