The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

Contents

Acknowledgments v Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 The Last Victims 1 2 A Lifetime Burden 17 3 A Virus with a Long History 24 4 The People versus Polio 30 5 Freed from the Iron Lung 40 6 Coming Along at the Right Time: Jonas Salk 44 7 Behind the Scenes 55 8 The Largest Medical Experiment in History 65 9 The Race for an Oral Vaccine 78 10 Revolution in the Production of Vaccines 89 11 Polio: Programmed for Defeat 101 12 The End Game 123 13 The Challenge of Eradication 132 Notes 149 References 153 Index 157 v vi Acknowledgments ...