Paralysed with fear : the story of polio

Author(s)

• Williams, Gareth
• Loadman, Ray

Bibliographic Information

Paralysed with fear : the story of polio

Gareth Williams ; illustrations by Ray Loadman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-343) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BB14501515
• ISBN:
  • 9781137299758
• LCCN: 2013427894
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 354 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC180.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Poliomyelitis -- History
  • MESH : Poliomyelitis -- history
  • MESH : Poliomyelitis -- epidemiology
  • MESH : Public Health -- history