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Polio: An American Story

Book by David M. Oshinsky; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1947 (ch. 7, A Pill for Polio, ), 60-77. 11. Dowling...Hunters, 251-69. 12. Lee Salk, My Father, My Sorc...the development of the Salk polio vaccine. 3 3. Thomas...ary 17, 1942, Jonas Salk File, Francis Papers...
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In the Shadow of Polio: A Personal and Social History

Book by Kathryn Black; Addison-Wesley, 1996

Subjects:

Black, Virginia--D. 1956--Health, Poliomyelitis--Patients--Arizona--Biography

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Jonas Salk administering the Salk polio vaccine at Colfax School, Pittsburgh, 1954 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Albert Sabin administering his oral polio vaccine WHO/Pasteur Merieux
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Immunization: The Reality behind the Myth

Book by Walene James; Bergin & Garvey, 1995

Subjects:

Alternative Medicine, Immunization Of Children--Complications, Immunization--Complications, Natural Immunity

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...relatively untouched by civilization. Jonas Salk, the discoverer of the Salk polio vaccine, has been called the "twentieth...made glowing claims for the efficacy of the Salk vaccine, showing how polio steadily decreased from 1953 to 1957. His...
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The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

Book by Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer; Rutgers University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis Vaccine--History, Poliomyelitis--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Vaccine Does the Job against Polio (Chicago Daily News); Salk Polio Vaccine Proves Success-Millions...had channeled their terror of polio into constructive action and...Dimes. The announcement that the Salk vaccine worked was a landmark...
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The Great Doctors

Book by Robert Silverberg; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1964

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Physicians--Biography

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14 Salk: An End to Polio FOR A WHOLE generation growing up today...years to the day after the death of polio victim F.D.R.-when headlines round the world blared the news that the Salk Polio Vaccine had passed its final exam...

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Conquering the Crippler: Canada and the Eradication of Polio/pour Invalider la Polio: le Canada et L'éradication de la Polio

Journal article by Christopher J. Rutty, Luis Barreto, Rob Van Exan, Shawn Gilchrist; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 96, 2005

Subjects:

Annual reports, Clinical trials, Conferences, Disease management, Environmental health, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Poliomyelitis, Poliovirus Vaccines, Public health, Sexually transmitted diseases--STD

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...development and introduction of the Salk polio vaccine. He received the award from...researchers focussed in 1956 on adding the Salk polio vaccine to its standard diphtheria...cost payment arrangement for the Salk polio vaccine to the newly licensed DPT...
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A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors

Journal article by Naomi Rogers; Medical History, Vol. 42, 1998

Collections: History, Entire Library

...awareness that the history of polio did not end with the Salk and Sabin vaccines, and...development and testing of the polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. Goulds...with the recollections of polio survivors, draw heavily...
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Vaccine Innovation and Adoption: Polio Vaccines in the Uk, the Netherlands and West Germany, 1955-1965

Journal article by Ulrike Lindner, Stuart S. Blume; Medical History, Vol. 50, 2006

Subjects:

Poliovirus Vaccines

Collections: History, Entire Library

...working on attenuated polio vaccines. By 1956...Widespread use of the Salk vaccine meant that...was divided in the polio committee of the Dutch...no one argued that Salk vaccine should be...In late 1962 the polio committee once more...recommending that Salk vaccine remain the...
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Whatever Happened to Polio?

Journal article by Lynne M. Dunphy; Nursing History Review, Vol. 16, 2008

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American history, Clinical trials, Disability, Museum exhibits, Poliomyelitis, Presentations, Web sites

Collections: History, Entire Library

Whatever Happened to Polio? by Lynne M. Dunphy Whatever Happened to Polio? Smithsonian Institution...Dimes; Rotary International; Salk Institute for Biological Studies...americanhistory.si.edu/polio/. It is with great pleasure...
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Polio / in the Shadow of Polio: a Personal and Social History

Journal article by Tony Gould; Medical History, Vol. 43, 1999

Collections: History, Entire Library

...not naturally susceptible to polio; they could only be infected...animals known to have caught polio from humans and suffered epidemics...of the Cutter-manufactured Salk vaccine is known, pace Black...single sentence: "My familys polio story is a tale without heroes...

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A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients

Magazine article by Evelyn Zamula; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, June 1991

Subjects:

Poliomyelitis--Prevention, Sabin, Albert B.--Research, Salk, Jonas E.--Research, Vaccination--Standards

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A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients. by Evelyn Zamula Though Emily...name) was nearly 10 when she contracted polio, she has almost no memory of her illness...old symptoms in what is known as post-polio syndrome. They complain of increasing...
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Kicking Polio out of Africa

Magazine article by Kwame Hardi; African Business, February 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Health aspects, Developing countries--Health aspects, Health care industry--Services, Medical care, Poliomyelitis--Prevention, Public health

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...are victims of poliomyelitis, polio for short. Battle against polio still rages Although the first polio vaccine was announced by Dr Jonas Salk in 1954 and Dr Albert Sabins oral polio vaccine was approved for use by the American Medical Association...
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Virus and the Vaccine: A Simian Virus Known as SV40 Has Been Associated with a Number of Rare Human Cancers. This Same Virus Contaminated the Polio Vaccine ..

Magazine article by Debbie Bookchin, Jim Schumacher; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, February 2000

Subjects:

Carcinogenesis, Poliomyelitis, Vaccination, Virus diseases

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...for him the history of the early polio vaccine. A breakthrough in the war against polio had come in the early 1950s, when Jonas Salk took advantage of a new discovery...culture the abundant quantifies of polio virus necessary to mass-produce...
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The Virus and the Vaccine : A Simian Virus Known as SV40 Has Been Associated with a Number of Rare Human Cancers. This Same Virus Contaminated the Polio Vaccine Administered to 98 Million Americans from 1955 to 1963. Federal Health Officials See Little Reason for Concern. A Growing Cadre of Medical Researchers Disagree

Magazine article by Debbie Bookchin, Jim Schumacher; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, February 2000

Subjects:

Cancer--Causes of, Mesothelioma--Research, SV40 (Virus)--Research, Simian virus type 40--Research, Simian viruses--Research

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...for him the history of the early polio vaccine. A breakthrough in the war against polio had come in the early 1950s, when Jonas Salk took advantage of a new discovery...culture the abundant quantities of polio virus necessary to mass-produce...
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The President and the Wheelchair: In the Decades since Franklin Roosevelt's Presidency, Americans Have Come to Believe That FDR Hid from the Public the Crippling Effects of His Polio. That Myth about the Man in the Wheelchair Says More about Our Own Time Than It Does about His

Magazine article by Christopher Clausen; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 29, Summer 2005

Subjects:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.--Political aspects, Memorials--Political aspects, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Health aspects, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Portrayals

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...the Crippling Effects of His Polio. That Myth about the Man in...when everybody knew victims of polio and was at least somewhat familiar...remained all too common until the Salk vaccine (whose development...FDR largely managed to avoid. Polio would drown out every other...

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Researcher Disputes Link between Salk Vaccine, Cancer

Newspaper article by Joyce Howard Price; The Washington Times, February 19, 1999

Subjects:

Salk, Jonas E.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...disputes link between Salk vaccine, cancer by...caused by an early polio vaccine contaminated...have contaminated a polio vaccine introduced in 1955 by Dr. Jonas Salk. The contamination...contaminated the first polio vaccine, according...culture the first Salk vaccines. "Doctors...
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Groups Seek to End Polio in 4 Nations

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 30, 2006

Subjects:

Nonprofit organizations, Poliomyelitis, Rotary International, Virus diseases--Control

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...additional year before the nation can be certified polio-free. Polio, also known as infantile paralysis, used to be...of children everywhere, until 1955, when Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine. The virus invades the nervous system...
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The Click of Dad's Calliper Was as Familiar as His Voice; the Daughter of Rock Legend Ian Dury Tells How She Was Inspired by Her Polio-Stricken Father's Life

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 2, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...forgotten In 90 per cent of polio cases there are no symptoms...longterm disabilities. The first polio vaccine -- which was injected -- was developed by Jonas Salk in the United States and introduced...Vaccination has eradicated polio in most countries. The last...
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The Click of Dad's Calliper Was as Familiar as His Voice; Jemima Dury, Daughter of Rock Legend Ian, Tells How She Was Inspired by the Way Her Father Lived with Polio

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 31, 2010

Subjects:

Rock musicians, Virus diseases

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...forgotten In 90 per cent of polio cases there are no symptoms...disabilities. The first polio vaccine - which was injected - was developed by Jonas Salk in the United States and...Vaccination has eradicated polio in most countries. The last...
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March to Polio Cure; Vaccine's Impact Recalled

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 24, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...call 202/633-1000. * Polio-related activities will be...of iron lungs, used to help polio victims breathe, at Haynes...vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk are seen below with syringes...Presley being inoculated against polio in 1956 is part of an exhibit...

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Poliomyelitis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...person. Most people who contract polio either exhibit no symptoms or...some people who have had severe polio experience postpolio syndrome...immunization program with the Salk vaccine, a preparation made...than a thousand new cases of polio worldwide. In 2003 4 the campaign...

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