by David M. Oshinsky. I am not old enough to remember the braces on childrens legs or the iron lung so after reading David M. Oshinsky's Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital, which I found to be exceedingly well written, I decided to try this book. Of course, at eight years, I had no idea of the controversy and the risk. Although more than a decade old the search for an effective polio vaccine resonates in the midst our the latest Corona Virus scare and potential pandemic. Through the month of March, we would collect as many dimes as we could to put into the cartons and then give them to the teacher, unopened. I don't often read non-fiction. The author takes us in to the time where polio was dominate, where heartbrake came every summer and for the families where the (mainly children) loved ones lived, the heartbrake prevailed. It has been a busy time to say the least and I am salivating at the premise of being able to read more ahem quality non fiction. Fascinating details about the disease, its history, the times, the medicine, the pain, the people who fought to eradicate it and the politics. Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. It wasn't all rosy success--there were plenty of interpersonal professional scuffles along the way--but of course, those juicy bits are always fun for the reader to learn. I can't imagine the backstory of how this/these vaccines came to be! by Oxford University Press. Of course, at eight years, I had no idea of the controversy and the. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. It was the first time the nation came together to donate money for a health issue. This comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in America's relentless struggle against polio. Blood on the Ohio: Frontier Tales of Terror, The Diary of American Exceptionalism: Pivotal Events in American History 1783 - 2020. I remember when the collections stopped. The chapters are arranged in roughly chronological order. "Polio: An American Story" is a rich and illuminating analysis that convincingly grounds the ways and means of modern American research in the response to polio. Oshinsky was taken the story and made a drama of the race to create a vaccine. Also I am a tough reviewer before coffee. Sixteen pages of arresting black-and-white photographs are included. This book shows why the history of polio, not that of AIDS, is the key to Covid-19, Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2020. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. “I would assume that this is an incident unique in medical history,” she mused. The writing style is fluid and the content is very interesting. It has been a busy time to say the least and I am salivating at the premise of being able to read more ahem quality non fiction. He also tells the story of Isabel Morgan, perhaps the most talented of all polio researchers, who might have beaten Salk to the prize if she had not retired to raise a family. I would definitely recommend to. Inspire a love of reading with Amazon Book Box for Kids, Oxford University Press; 1st edition (April 12, 2005). Did the 20th Century see any other disease like poliomyelitis? Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. 바이러스에 의한 신경계 감염으로 인해 일어나는 병이구요. The history of polio in America is a long sprawling tale, which includes a president, a wildly successful fundraising organization, baby boomer epidemics, 1950s suburban terror, iron lungs (! 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