poliomyelitis

Author James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II.

In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.

Discusses polio, covering how the virus spreads, the effect of vaccinations, and raising awareness.

In 1946 twelve-year-old Keely is devastated when her older brother Patrick is paralyzed by polio, and she starts a campaign to reawaken his waning interest in life.

In 1922, unwanted by her upperclass family, teenage polio survivor Rowan plays a born cripple in a state fair eugenics exhibit but soon learns how badly eugenics can go awry.

"The first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the history and treatment of the Polio.

A comprehensive history of polio over forty years.

Presents an account of the polio epidemics that were virtually eliminated in the United States in the 1950s by the development of the Salk vaccine, discussing some of the people who were effective in treating the virus and examining the experiences of people who survived the disease.

Chronicles scientists' and doctors' efforts to end polio throughout the world by bringing the vaccine to third-world countries that are still at risk.