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Polio (Paperback, New Ed)
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Polio infantile paralysis was until recently a greatly feared
disease, but is now preventable by a vaccine, which has largely
eradicated it from the Western hemisphere; a global eradication
campaign is underway. This book tells of the story of polio in
fascinating and personal detail, through a series of essays written
by those who experienced the disease: its victims, those who cared
for them and those who worked to eliminate it altogether.The
opening chapter recounts the history of polio from its earliest
depiction in Egyptian art to the present day; it is followed by
three personal descriptions of the experiences of patients who were
paralysed in youth by polio, but went on to build successful lives.
The challenges of caring for polio sufferers are described by two
physicians who worked on polio wards at the height of the epidemic.
The story of the cultivation of poliovirus and the testing of the
vaccines is related by two research scientists who devoted much of
their careers to the laboratories where the breakthroughs were
achieved. The final essays describe the public health vaccination
campaigns which successfully eradicated polio from the Americas, as
experienced by those who directed them.Dr THOMAS M. DANIEL is
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and International Health and
Director of the Center for International Health at Case Western
Reserve University; Dr FREDERICK C. ROBBINS is University Professor
and Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University.Contributors: THOMAS M. DANIEL, FREDERICK C. ROBBINS,
MICHAEL W.R. DAVIS, ANN L. MCLAUGHLIN, RUTH E. FRISCHER, ROBERT M.
EIBEN, MARTHA LIPSON LEPOW, JOAO BAPTISTA RISI, JR., CIRO A. DE
QUADROS
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