Splendid Solution - Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio (Paperback, Berkley trade pbk. ed)

Jonas Salk was born shortly before one of the worst polio epidemics in United States history.
In medical school when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was diagnosed with the disease shortly before assuming the Presidency, Salk was given an impetus to conduct studies on polio. His progress in combating the virus was hindered by the politics of medicine and by a rival researcher determined to discredit his proposed solution. But Salk's perseverance made history-and for more than fifty years his vaccine has saved countless lives, bringing humanity close to eradicating polio throughout the world.
"Splendid Solution" chronicles Dr. Salk's race against time-and a growing epidemic that reached 57,000 reported cases in the summer of 1952-to achieve an unparalleled medical breakthrough that made him a cultural hero and icon for a whole generation.

General

Imprint:	Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2006
First published:	February 2006
Authors:	Jeffrey Kluger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	Berkley trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-425-20570-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Infectious & contagious diseases > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	0-425-20570-3
Barcode:	9780425205709

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