In the shadow of polio

a personal and social history

The author relates her search to uncover details of her mother's illness and eventual death in 1956, a victim of the polio epidemic that swept the country in the 1940s and 1950s, interspersing her personal story with reporting on the social and historical impact of the disease.

Addison-Wesley Pub.
1996
9780201407396
book
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1 240

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