Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.
Oshinsky, David M., 1944-
2005
RC181.U5 O83 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.
Author
Oshinsky, David M., 1944-
ISBN
0195152948 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
viii, 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Item Number
9780195152944
Call Number
RC181.U5 O83 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.5/49/0973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-332) and index.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, 2006
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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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