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The Last Children's Plague - Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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The Last Children's Plague - Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, thoroughly stumped the
medical science community. Polio's impact remained highly visible
and sometimes lingered, exacting a priceless physical toll on its
young victims and their families as well as transforming their
social worlds. This social history of infantile paralysis is
plugged into the rich and dynamic developments of the United States
during the first half of the twentieth century. Children became
epidemic refugees because of anachronistic public health policies
and practices. They entered the emerging, clinical world of the
hospital, rupturing physical and emotional connections with their
parents and siblings. As they underwent rehabilitation, they
created ward cultures. They returned home to occasionally find
hostile environments and always discover changed relationships due
to their disabilities. The changing concept of the child, from an
economic asset to an emotional commitment, medical advances, and
improved sanitation policies led to significant improvements in
child health and welfare. This study, relying on published
autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories, captures the impact
of this disease on children's personal lives, encompassing
public-health policies, hospitalization, philanthropic and
organizational responses, physical therapy, family life, and
schooling. It captures the anger, frustration, and terror not only
among children but parents, neighbors, and medical professionals
alike.
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