The battle against polio
Peters, Stephanie True, 1965-
The battle against polio by Stephanie True Peters. - New York : Benchmark Books, c2005. - ix, 69 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Epidemic! . - Peters, Stephanie True, 1965- Epidemic! .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67) and index.
Introduction : tragedy and triumph -- From obscurity to epidemic. What is polio? Polio's early history. On the heels of the industrial revolution -- The early years of polio research. Dr. Ivar Wickman. Landsteiner and Popper. Dr. Simon Flexner -- Polio on the rise. New York city epidemic, 1916. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A bright spot -- Coping with the incurable. The iron lung. Sister Kenny, crusader against polio. Ordinary people, extraordinary lives. -- Vaccine trials--and errors. Brodie and Kolmer. The typing program. The 1952 epidemic -- Salk and Sabin. The Sabin vaccine -- Conclusion: polio today.
Discusses the cause of polio and the infection process, its history and search for a cure, and the course it took in the United States between 1900 and the early 1960s.
0761416358 9780761416357
Poliomyelitis--History--Juvenile literature.
RC 180.9 / .P442 2005
The battle against polio by Stephanie True Peters. - New York : Benchmark Books, c2005. - ix, 69 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Epidemic! . - Peters, Stephanie True, 1965- Epidemic! .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67) and index.
Introduction : tragedy and triumph -- From obscurity to epidemic. What is polio? Polio's early history. On the heels of the industrial revolution -- The early years of polio research. Dr. Ivar Wickman. Landsteiner and Popper. Dr. Simon Flexner -- Polio on the rise. New York city epidemic, 1916. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A bright spot -- Coping with the incurable. The iron lung. Sister Kenny, crusader against polio. Ordinary people, extraordinary lives. -- Vaccine trials--and errors. Brodie and Kolmer. The typing program. The 1952 epidemic -- Salk and Sabin. The Sabin vaccine -- Conclusion: polio today.
Discusses the cause of polio and the infection process, its history and search for a cure, and the course it took in the United States between 1900 and the early 1960s.
0761416358 9780761416357
Poliomyelitis--History--Juvenile literature.
RC 180.9 / .P442 2005
