Polio : an American story

Polio an American story

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oshinsky, David M., 1944- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2005
Subjects:
Sabin, Albert Bruce, > 1906-1993
Salk, Jonas, > 1914-1995
Poliomielitis > Estados Unidos > Historia.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008884519708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • 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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