Author: Oshinsky, David M.
Title: Polio : An American Story
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005. orig.boards. 24x15cm, viii,342,(16)p. 16pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ 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.

Keywords: American Medical History, United States, Polio, Poliomyelitis, Disease History, Social History, Medicine, Public Health,