Battle Against Polio
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The Battle Against Polio
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Author : Stephanie True Peters
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Release Date : 2005
The Battle Against Polio written by Stephanie True Peters and has been published by Marshall Cavendish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses the cause of polio and the infection process, its history and search for a cure, and the course it took in the United States between 1900 and the early 1960s.
Jonas Salk
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Author : Rhythm Prism, Llc
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-11-11
Jonas Salk written by Rhythm Prism, Llc and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with categories.
Jonas Salk: The Battle Against Polio, will introduce young readers to one of the epic efforts of the 20th century: the campaign to find a polio vaccine. In this book, students are invited to take part in a discussion about the history of vaccines, social policy and medical ethics. Jonas Salk: The Battle Against Polio is more than a biography. It is a window into the relationship between science and society. The book reviews the contributions of vaccine pioneers such as Louis Pasteur and Edward Jenner. It discusses the difference between vaccines that use attenuated viruses and those that use killed viruses. The terminology in the book is very accessible. The tone is congenial. Difficult words are underlined and defined in the back of the book. This makes the book suitable for students as young as nine and those who may be in middle school, or even high school. The issues addressed in Jonas Salk: The Battle Against Polio are relevant today. Concern about the safety of vaccines has led many to reject this health intervention. Are safety concerns legitimate? Are vaccines essential to public health? This book will give students the background information to consider these questions intelligently. A brief map study section is included, as are a reading skills challenge and a vocabulary challenge. As with all Rhythm Prism books, the text is accompanied by pictures that add interest and information. With the addition of these pictures, a student is more likely to be engaged than would be the case with a book that has many pages of unbroken text. Jonas Salk: The Battle Against Polio will leave a lasting impression on students and will provide them with a foundation for understanding basic concepts about immunity and modern healthcare issues.
Battle Against Polio
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Author : Stephanie True Peters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Battle Against Polio written by Stephanie True Peters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with categories.
Fighting Polio
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Author : Mary Colson
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2014-08-01
Fighting Polio written by Mary Colson and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, is a crippling virus that can lead to paralysis or even death. A childhood vaccination program had diminished the incidence of polio worldwide to the point that scientists thought they had beaten it. They were wrong. Polio appears to be on the rise again. Disturbingly, some of the newly infected can spread the disease while not exhibiting the usual symptoms. How the virus spreads, the effect of vaccinations, the historical figures who battled the disease, and the future outlook for eradication are some of the varied topics of this captivating look at a terrible disease.
No Time For Tears
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Author : Charles H. Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-08-01
No Time For Tears written by Charles H. Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with categories.
The Story Of A Ten Year Old Boy's Desperate But Successful Battle To Survive Polio, And His Family's Role In Guiding Him Back To A Normal Life.
The War Against Polio
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Author : Cynthia O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Release Date : 2022
The War Against Polio written by Cynthia O'Brien and has been published by Crabtree Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Polio plagued humans for thousands of years with no cure and few effective treatments. This informative book describes how there was no real understanding of what it was until scientists were able to do research on the disease using microscopes. It was not until 1961 that a vaccine was developed. Since then, polio has been eradicated in most of the world"--
The War Against Polio
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Author : Mary Smith
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-29
The War Against Polio written by Mary Smith and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with categories.
The author's father came down with polio during the epidemic of 1944. This book describes his story of pain, rehabilitation and return to normality as well as inspirational stories of other polio survivors, some more severely paralyzed than he was. Most of these people adjusted well to life after polio. But 30 to 40 years later they started getting what is known as post-polio syndrome which the author's father had also. Also included is a concise but comprehensive history of polio in 20th century America. In 1916, the crippling disease began in New York City and spread to other parts of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt's county was especially hard hit with a 25% mortality rate. He formed a group of prominent citizens from his town of Oyster Bay and tried to prevent the disease from spreading. Nothing worked. In 1921 his distant cousin Franklin got polio and lost the use of both of his legs. He also was weak in his pelvic area and unable to walk more than a few steps on crutches. He founded a rehabilitation center in Warm Springs, Georgia. By 1926 he realized that he was never going to walk again but felt he could still run for office. In 1928 he ran for Governor of New York and served two terms. In 1933 he became President of the United States. While President he asked his law partner, Basil O'Connor, to head up a charity which provided for patient care and research into the disease. All patients needing money for hospital expenses were cared for. It was the most successful charity ever. It eliminated the need for government involvement. After World War II, people began to clamor for a vaccine to prevent polio in the new generation of baby boomers. Enter Jonas Salk. By using his intelligence, great leadership skills and hard tedious work he was able to test his vaccine in 1952. In 1954 the vaccine was tested on millions of first, second and third grade children and was found to be safe and effective. In 1962 Salk's vaccine was replaced with Sabin's oral vaccine but that was found to cause polio in a few people. In 2000 the United States went back to the Salk vaccine. The Sabin vaccine is used for the developing world because of inability to afford expensive needles and because immunity can be spread by vaccinated people to the unvaccinated.
War Against Polio
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Author : Smith Mary Beth (author)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
War Against Polio written by Smith Mary Beth (author) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with categories.
The Autumn Ghost
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Author : Hannah Wunsch
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Release Date : 2023-05-09
The Autumn Ghost written by Hannah Wunsch and has been published by Greystone Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-09 with History categories.
"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."—Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature. A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost." Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world. In vivid, captivating chapters, Wunsch tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world—from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine. Moving and informative, The Autumn Ghost will leave readers in awe of the courage of those who battled the polio epidemic, and grateful for the modern medical care they pioneered.
The Death Of A Disease
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Author : Bernard Seytre
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2005
The Death Of A Disease written by Bernard Seytre and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for global eradication of polio. The goal is closer than ever as fewer than 2,000 people died from the disease in 2002, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In this book, the authors tell thestory of this crippling virus that has struck down healthy children for centuries.