Excellent historical read about what the country was going through with the polio epidemic

Excellent historical read about what the country was going through with the polio epidemic  Read Less

Although 1 million schoolage children were inoculated with the livevirus vaccine in 1954 in the largest public health experimen...  Read More

Although 1 million schoolage children were inoculated with the livevirus vaccine in 1954 in the largest public health experiment ever there was some concern that the vaccine was unsafe  Read Less

Includes account of people with the disease

Includes account of people with the disease  Read Less

I am a 1949 polio survivor so i was familiar with the story

I am a 1949 polio survivor so i was familiar with the story  Read Less

This was a truly interesting book not only on the difficulty developing a polio vaccine but also the big egos in competition fo...  Read More

This was a truly interesting book not only on the difficulty developing a polio vaccine but also the big egos in competition for that distinction  Read Less

In 1949 there was an alltime high of 49000 cases of polio in the united states and a furious competition for a vaccine was taking place

In 1949 there was an alltime high of 49000 cases of polio in the united states and a furious competition for a vaccine was taking place  Read Less

Still the back and forth competition between scientists was interesting

Still the back and forth competition between scientists was interesting  Read Less

They considered him more of a production manager than a research pioneer

They considered him more of a production manager than a research pioneer  Read Less