The virus and the vaccine : the true story of a cancer-causing monkey virus, contaminated polio vaccine, and the millions of Americans exposed / Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312278721
- ISBN: 9780312342722
- Physical Description: xvii, 380 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-363) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. Paralyzed President 1 -- 2. A Nation at War with Polio 10 -- 3. A Young Man from Pittsburgh 19 -- 4. Vaccine that Opened Pandora's Box 31 -- 5. Triumph and Disaster 46 -- 6. Does Anyone Know What's in This Vaccine? 57 -- 7. Virus Discovered 69 -- 8. "We Were Scared of SV40" 86 -- 9. "The Worst Thing in the World" 99 -- 10. Why Not a Safer Vaccine? 118 -- 11. Everyone Knows SV40 Doesn't Cause Cancer 132 -- 12. "A Wild-Assed Idea" 146 -- 13. Don't Inflame the Public 161 -- 14. A Call to Turn Aside the Dogma 175 -- 15. On the Scientific Map 187 -- 16. Perfect War Machine 203 -- 17. A Study Marred by Strife 218 -- 18. Wasted Time, Wasted Money 229 -- 19. No Funding, No Research 245 -- 20. Alexander's Tumor 259 -- Appendix A Association of SV40 with Human Disease 333 -- Appendix B Correspondence between Bernice Eddy, Joseph Smadel, and Roderick Murray (chapters 6 and 7) 343 -- Appendix C Documents and Articles Concerning the Discovery of SV40 in Salk's and Sabin's Vaccines (chapters 8 and 9) 347 -- Appendix D Memos and Correspondence Relating to Multi-Laboratory Study and Carbone-Pass Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID) Grant (chapters 17 and 18) 353.
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- SV40 (Virus) > History > Popular works.
Poliomyelitis vaccine > Contamination > History > Popular works.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 614.5 BOO (Text) | 36015000703666 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
