A compelling account of the most feared childhood disease of the 20th century and its impact on victims and medical science.
Daniel J. Wilson, PhD, is professor of history at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.
Readers will get a sense of how frightening polio was to the public
before vaccines were developed, and learn what it was like to have
polio and to recover from it. Wilson's straightforward writing
style should give this book wide appeal.
*SciTech Book News*
Polio provides general and basic information that is useful to
students and anyone interested in learning more about this
disease.
*ARBAonline*
. . . compelling reference . . . A vital complement to Wilson's
Living with Polio (2007).
*Library Journal*
This book is an engaging read, well written and precise in its
argumentation. It has drive and is easily read from cover to cover.
The style is pragmatic and agreeable. The book comes with some nice
extras, such as a glossary of medical terms, timeline, and
bibliography. . . . Apart from being an interesting and very
agreeable read, this book is certainly more than a traditional
medical history. . . . it has something to offer to disability
history. In teaching disability history, for example, it could be
used as a textbook to get an overall view on polio, and it is
commendable how the author moves between the perspectives of
experts, institutions, patients, and their families.
*H-Disability*
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