Describes the history polio outbreaks, focusing on the 1952 epidemic, which afflicted nearly 58,000 people and caused more than 3,000 deaths. Explains the effects of the disease, the creation of the March of Dimes, and methods of treatment, including the development of a vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk.
- ISBN10 0766015556
- ISBN13 9780766015555
- Publish Date 16 January 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 July 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Enslow Publishing
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 48
- Language English