Jonas Salk
Subtitle: medical innovator and polio vaccine developer
By: by Sheila Llanas ; content consultant, Daniel J. Wilson, Professor of History, Muhlenberg College
Contributors: Wilson, Daniel J. (Professor of history)
Series: Essential Lives; Essential lives
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781617838965
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Virologists; Biography; Juvenile literature; Poliomyelitis vaccine; History
Description: Examines the life of the American physician who developed the first polio vaccine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Table of contents: title: On the verge of a breakthrough; title: A driven student; title: Medical school; title: Budding virologist; title: A lab of his own; title: Testing the vaccine; title: Breaking news; title: Leaps and setbacks; title: Building a dream.