Living with Polio : The Epidemic and Its Survivors /

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Polio was the most dreaded childhood disease of twentieth-century America. Every summer during the 1940s and 1950s, parents were terrorized by the thought that polio might cripple their children. They warned their children not to drink from public fountains, to avoid swimming pools, and to stay away...

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Autor principal: Wilson, Daniel J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
MEDICAL / General.
polio, epidemic, sickness, disease, illness, medical, medicine, poliomyelitis, infectious, poliovirus, central nervous system, muscle weakness, paralysis, history, historical, 20th century, united states of america, american society, children, childhood, crippling, disability, personal stories, testimonials, diagnosis, post-polio syndrome, hospitalization, hospitals, treatment, braces, crutches, postpoliomyelitis, recovery, rehabilitation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. "I'm Afraid It's Polio"
  • 3. The Crisis of Acute Poliomyelitis
  • 4. Covenants of Work: Recovery and the Rehabilitation Hospital
  • 5. Straws on the Ceiling: Life on the Polio Wards
  • 6. Going Home to a Long Recovery
  • 7. Resuming Life after Polio
  • 8. Living with Polio
  • 9. An Old Foe Returns: Post-Polio Syndrome
  • 10. Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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