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Oshinsky, David M., 1944-

Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 342, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond.-Dust jacket.

ISBN: 0195152948 (alk. paper) 9780195152944 (alk. paper) 9780195307146 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0195307143 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 2004025249

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA4X6475 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 012874614 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900 - 1952

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poliomyelitis--History--United States--20th century.
Poliomy�elite
�Etats-Unis--Histoire--20e si�ecle.
Kinderl�ahmung.
Geschichte 1900-2000.
Poliomyelitis.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: RC 181 .U5 O83 2005