Oshinsky, David M.,  1944- <br/><br/>
Polio :  an American story / 
David M. Oshinsky. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - 342, [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> [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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195152948 (alk. paper) 9780195152944 (alk. paper) 9780195307146 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0195307143 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004025249 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA4X6475  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>012874614  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900 - 1952 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poliomyelitis--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Poliomy�elite<br/>�Etats-Unis--Histoire--20e si�ecle.<br/>Kinderl�ahmung.<br/>Geschichte 1900-2000.<br/>Poliomyelitis.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC 181 .U5 O83 2005