Selling Science : Polio and the Promise of Gamma Globulin /

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"In Selling Science : Polio and the Promise of Gamma Globulin, medical historian Stephen E. Mawdsley examines the untold story of the first effort to control polio prior to the development of the Salk vaccine. In the early 1950s, Dr. William McD. Hammon and the National Foundation for Infantile...

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Autor principal: Mawdsley, Stephen E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hammon, William McD. > (William McDowell), > 1904-1989.
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis > History.
Klinisches Experiment
Immunglobuline
Impfung
Kinderlähmung
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Economic aspects.
Poliomyelitis > Research.
Poliomyelitis > Prevention.
Clinical trials.
Children > Diseases > Prevention.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
Gammaglobulines > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Enfants > Maladies > États-Unis > Prevention > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Études cliniques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sciences > Aspect social > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sciences > Aspect economique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Poliomyelitis > United States > Prevention > History > 20th century.
Poliomyelitis > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Gamma globulins > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Children > Diseases > United States > Prevention > History > 20th century.
Clinical trials > United States > History > 20th century.
Science > Social aspects > History > 20th century.
Science > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Selling Science : Polio and the Promise of Gamma Globulin, medical historian Stephen E. Mawdsley examines the untold story of the first effort to control polio prior to the development of the Salk vaccine. In the early 1950s, Dr. William McD. Hammon and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis launched a pioneering medical experiment on a previously untried scale. Conducted on over 55,000 healthy children in Texas, Utah, Iowa, and Nebraska, this landmark study attempted to assess the safety and effectiveness of a blood component, 'gamma globulin' (which is derived by a process known as 'fractionation') to prevent paralytic polio. Although the study was condemned by many prominent health professionals, harbored potential risks, and returned dubious results, it was perceived as a triumph and used to justify a national immunization program from 1953 to 1954"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780813574417

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