An edition of Polio (2005)

Polio

an American story

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Cover of: Polio by David M. Oshinsky
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
August 1, 2020 | History
Edit
An edition of Polio (2005)

Polio

an American story

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

[This book] tells the ... story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond.-Dust jacket.

Publish Date
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
342

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
Poliomyélite, États-Unis, Histoire, Geschichte 1900-2000, Poliovirus Vaccines, Poliomyelitis, Kinderlähmung, History, Social conditions, Poliomyelitis vaccine, Poliomyelitis, patients, biography, Medicine, history, Medicine, united states
Places
United States, États-Unis, USA
Times
20th century, 20e siècle

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: Polio
Polio: an American story
2005, Oxford University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/49/0973
Library of Congress
RC181.U5 O83 2005, RC181.U5O83 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
342, [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
342

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24971900M
Internet Archive
polioamericansto00oshi
ISBN 10
0195152948, 0195307143
ISBN 13
9780195152944, 9780195307146
LCCN
2004025249
OCLC/WorldCat
56834404, 73819702

Source records

Internet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
marc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy MARC record
Internet Archive item record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Better World Books record
Better World Books record
Library of Congress MARC record
Promise Item
marc_columbia MARC record
marc_columbia MARC record
marc_nuls MARC record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
August 1, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 1, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
February 13, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot remove fake subjects
May 14, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 15, 2011 Created by ImportBot import new book