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Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.

Oshinsky, David M., 1944- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780195307146
  • ISBN: 0195307143
  • ISBN: 0195152948
  • ISBN: 9780195152944
  • Physical Description: viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-332) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Poliomyelitis > United States > History > 20th century.

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