false <![CDATA[Polio: An American Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173844669m/335598.jpg 335598 3 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. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and other key players, Oshinsky paints a suspenseful portrait of the race for the cure, weaving a dramatic tale centered on the furious rivalry between Salk and Sabin. 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. Oshinsky offers an insightful look at the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which was founded in the 1930s by FDR and Basil O'Connor, it revolutionized fundraising and the perception of disease in America. Oshinsky also shows how the polio experience revolutionized the way in which the government licensed and tested new drugs before allowing them on the market, and the way in which the legal system dealt with manufacturers' liability for unsafe products. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, Oshinsky reveals that polio was never the raging epidemic portrayed by the media, but in truth a relatively uncommon disease. But in baby-booming America--increasingly suburban, family-oriented, and hygiene-obsessed--the specter of polio, like the specter of the atomic bomb, soon became a cloud of terror over daily life. Both a gripping scientific suspense story and a provocative social and cultural history, Polio opens a fresh window onto postwar America. 326069 2005 Polio: An American Story total:217|5:52|4:99|3:52|2:14|1:0| 217 840 367 62 3 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 13:31:23 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 13:50:27 -0800 2009
Naturally this book caught my eye when I spotted in on a friend's bookshelf and reading it I discovered how little I knew about the diseas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 08:08:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 06:59:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 19:53:47 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:16:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 18:56:27 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 19:04:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 04 12:57:54 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 27 10:18:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 23:31:17 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 10 23:11:25 -0700 2009 I read this book after my father was in ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 02:01:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 02:05:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:01:59 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:35:55 -0700 2008
Did you know there was a feud between Salk and Sabin that ou...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Dec 07 23:48:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 23:38:53 -0800 2008 If you're interested in medical history read An American Plague a story about yellow fever....more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 07:52:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 08:00:32 -0700 2009 - about live and killed virus vaccines
- that there were some messed up tests of vaccines on institutionalized children and prisoners
- that the March of Dimes was originally focused on polio
- um, a lot of things about FDR's polio t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:51:55 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 19:41:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 01 16:28:34 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 16:31:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 28 21:50:48 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 21:50:48 -0800 2009 1 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 05:23:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 14:21:02 -0700 2009
This book shows anan amazing way of making a short story long! Overall good. If you have interest in medical topics go for it.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:05:25 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:07:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 12:04:40 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:05:35 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 07:01:51 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 07:27:16 -0700 2007 (two thirds of the way) muddled in too many details and going in too many tangents of names and places that were jus...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Dec 02 21:04:22 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 21:05:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 09:54:08 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 09:55:54 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 07:50:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:39:46 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=335598