UID:
almafu_9959230529602883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 342 p., [16] p. of plates )
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ill., ports.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-984008-3
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1-280-50198-7
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1-4237-4653-8
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0-19-972659-0
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1-60256-825-1
Content:
This is the gripping story of the 1950s polio epidemic that terrified America and how it was conquered in a bitter competition between two brilliant scientists.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-530714-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515294-8
Language:
English
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