Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk VaccineA thoroughly researched, popular account of the people and events behind the development of Salk's vaccine that begins with Franklin Roosevelt's private battle against paralysis and goes on to describe how a small laboratory experiment became a national event of unparalleled size and complexity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Illustrations | 9 |
FEAR COURAGE AND THE CARE | 15 |
PARALYSIS POLITICS AND MONEY | 27 |
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