Polio and its aftermath
Subtitle: the paralysis of culture
By: Marc Shell.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Number of pages: 324
Description: "In Polio and Its Aftermath Marc Shell, who himself had polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He draws a detailed yet comprehensive picture of the lived experience of a crippling disease that affects every facet of human existence."--BOOK JACKET.