The battle against polio
By: by Stephanie True Peters.
Series: Epidemic!
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Poliomyelitis -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From obscurity to epidemic. Polio's early history. The disease of development; title: The early years of polio research. Dr. Ivar Wickman. Landsteiner and Popper. Dr. Simon Flexner; title: Polio on the rise. New York city epidemic, 1916. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A bright spot; title: Coping with the incurable. Sister Kenny, crusader against polio. Ordinary people, extraordinary lives.; title: Vaccine trials; title: and errors. Brodie and Kolmer. The typing program. The 1952 epidemic; title: Salk and Sabin. The Sabin vaccine; title: Conclusion: polio today.