@article{1478715, recid = {1478715}, author = {Shell, Marc, }, title = {Polio and Its Aftermath : The Paralysis of Culture /}, pages = {1 online resource (334 p.)}, abstract = {In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He deftly draws a detailed yet broad picture of the lived experience of a crippling disease as it makes it way into every facet of human existence.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478715}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043541}, }