Paralysed with fear : the story of polio /

For much of the twentieth century, polio inspired terror as the 'morning paralysis' which could break into any home and disable or kill a previously healthy person. The cruelty of the disease is epitomised by the iconic images of the crippled child and the iron lung. This story of mankind&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Gareth, 1952- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Loadman, Ray (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndsmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Temas:
Poliomyelitis > History.
Poliomyelitis > history
Poliomyelitis > epidemiology
Public Health > history
Poliomyélite > Histoire.
History of medicine.
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Health and Fitness.
Poliomyelitis
Kinderlähmung
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Gentle Introduction
  • 1. A Plague from Nowhere
  • 2. The Crippler
  • 3. The Virus That Never Was
  • 4. Germs of Ideas
  • 5. Lost in Transmission
  • 6. Fear is the Key
  • 7. First Do No Harm
  • 8. Dead or Alive
  • 9. Front Runner
  • 10. Poles Apart
  • 11. In the Opposite Corner
  • 12. Loose Ends and a Gordian Knot
  • 13. Looking Forward to a Retrospective.
  • A plague from nowhere
  • The crippler
  • The virus that never was
  • Germs of ideas
  • Lost in transmission
  • Fear is the key
  • First do no harm
  • Dead or alive
  • Front runner
  • Poles apart
  • In the opposite corner
  • Loose ends and a Gordian knot
  • Looking forward to a retrospective?

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