| View Larger Image | Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts (The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living) | Hardcoverby Julie K. Silver M.D. (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Praeger | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 192 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 30, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 990,308th |
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Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. Interviewed as part of the Polio Oral History Project directed by Silver and funded by Harvard, foundations, and private donors, the people featured in this book describe what is arguably the most feared scourge of modern times. Testimonies are included from people who worked in polio wards, as well as from those involved in worldwide eradication efforts. The book also addresses the emergence of the polio and disability rights movement, the challenges of post-polio syndrome, and the state of polio research and developments today. And it explores the concern that polio could return in an even more vicious form as a result of bioterrorism. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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A really moving and meticulously researched book by J. Essinger (Canterbury UK)  5 Stars
November 18, 2008
This is a deeply moving and really well researched book that unflinchingly shows the human stories behind the American polio epidemics in the earlier part of he twentieth century. The book is full of human stories, some deeply sad, some highly inspirational, all poignant. It is a book I have found very special: a testament to human courage and, in the end, a chronicle of the wonderful discovery of the polio vaccine that has largely conquered this appalling disease.
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