
Polio
An American Story
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Jonathan Hogan
Pulitzer Prize, History, 2006
This comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in America's relentless struggle against polio. Funded by philanthropy and grassroots contributions, Salk's killed-virus vaccine (1954) and Sabin's live-virus vaccine (1961) began to eradicate this dreaded disease.Author David M. Oshinsky, a multiple New York Times Notable Book winner and University of Texas professor, is a leading American political and cultural historian.
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In the US today, we take for granted that we won't get polio. It gave me new understanding and appreciation for how far medicine has come in 100 years. When I was a child I knew several older people who still suffered effects of polio. We probably all knew someone. It's not an issue in my generation, but it was really not that long ago.
Comprehensive history
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great read
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Fascinating
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Terrific book on the American history of Polio
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Awful narration
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More interesting than I expected
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Very enlightening book, even though I had Polio when I was six years old.
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Wonderful History
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I have under gone several operations
, many types of physical therapies!
I’m nearing age 73! And smiling!
Polio
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Wonderful health history!
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