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| Descript |
viii, 342, [16] p. of plates : ill |
| Series |
Reading Diversions
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| Note |
This book was discussed by the Reading Diversions Book Club on October 23, 2008. |
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"First published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 2005."--T.p. verso |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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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 |
| Subject |
Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States
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Poliovirus Vaccines -- history -- United States
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0195307143 |
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9780195307146 |
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