A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors

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ISBN-10:

0300062923

ISBN-13:

9780300062922

Author(s): Tony Gould
Edition: 1
Released: Jul 26, 1995
Format: Hardcover, 398 pages
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Description:

A comprehensive account of the polio epidemic in the West, from the first major outbreak in New York in 1916 to post-polio syndrome, combining biographical, political, social, and microbiological perspectives and focusing on key individuals, such as President Roosevelt, Jonas Salk, and Sister Elizabeth Kenny. Concludes with a look at personal experiences of polio survivors in America and England, including the author's. Contains b&w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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