Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.
Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N614.54909/2
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English
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viii, 342, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The first epidemics -- 2. Warm springs -- 3. "Cripples' money" -- 4. "And they shall walk" -- 5. Poster children, marching mothers -- 6. The apprenticeship of Jonas Salk -- 7. Pathway to a vaccine -- 8. The starting line -- 9. Seeing beyond the microscope -- 10. "Plague season" -- 11. The rivals...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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England
Date Published
2005.
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"The polio experience also revolutionized the way in which the government licensed and tested new drugs before allowing them on the market, and the way in which the legal system dealt with manufacturers' liability for unsafe products. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, Oshinsky reveals that polio was never the raging epidemic portrayed by the med...
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Polio : an American story / David M. Oshinsky.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N614.54909/2
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74VKMgOGZdvA
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ISBN
0195152948 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780195152944 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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614.5490973
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991021271269702626
