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Polio: An American Story

David M. Oshinsky

How did Americans fight polio, from frightened towns to the race for a vaccine, and how did a whole country rally against one disease?

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Author
David M. Oshinsky

Why read it

  • You will understand what the fear of an epidemic does to families and towns
  • You will see how a public campaign of small donations and volunteers can power a medical effort
  • You will recognize that a medical breakthrough can still run into serious trouble once it reaches the public

Who it is for

  • Someone who wonders how vaccine campaigns once won public support
  • A reader of medical history who likes human stories
  • A health worker planning a public campaign

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1 The First Epidemics
  3. 2 Warm Springs
  4. 3 “Cripples’ Money”
  5. 4 “And They Shall Walk”
  6. 5 Poster Children, Marching Mothers
  7. 6 The Apprenticeship of Jonas Salk
  8. 7 Pathway to a Vaccine
  9. 8 The Starting Line
  10. 9 Seeing Beyond the Microscope
  11. 10 “Plague Season”
  12. 11 The Rivals
  13. 12 “The Biggest Public Health Experiment Ever”
  14. 13 The Cutter Fiasco
  15. 14 Mission to Moscow
  16. 15 Sabin Sundays
  17. 16 Celebrities and Survivors
  18. Epilogue

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