{"product_id":"polio-daniel-j-wilson-9780313358975","title":"Polio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling account of the most feared childhood disease of the 20th century and its impact on victims and medical science.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new title in the \u003cb\u003eBiographies of Disease\u003c\/b\u003e series offers a thorough examination of medical and scientific efforts to battle polio, from the 19th-century identification of the virus to the great 20th-century epidemics, from the unprecedented campaign to find a vaccine to recent efforts to confront polio in West Africa and South Asia and eliminate it entirely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond the science, \u003ci\u003ePolio\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the effects of the disease on individuals and the United States as a whole. The book gives readers a sense of what it was like to have polio and to recover from it. It also describes how the search for answers to polio led to the rise of one of America's premier medical charities--the March of Dimes--and how modern physical therapy practices emerged alongside the polio epidemics of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel J. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313358974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313358975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010 pg. 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 88","brand":"Daniel J. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152962236671,"sku":"9780313358975","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c49a6fe-ae3f-443c-9aae-4d25bafca4af.jpg?v=1770780372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polio-daniel-j-wilson-9780313358975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}