He also tells the story of Isabel Morgan, perhaps the most talented of all polio researchers, who might have beaten Salk to the prize if she had not retired to raise a family. "The reaction was volcanic. Early life. What makes this story worth telling? The … Polio An American Story by David M Oshinsky available in Hardcover on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. The chapters are arranged in roughly chronological order. Editorials mocked the secretary and demanded her resignation. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and other key … A book titled 'Polio, An American Story', by David M. Oshinsky, wrote about what came later. Polio: An American Story describes a struggle to find a vaccine on polio through several researchers’ lives, and over the course of many years. The 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History was awarded to David Oshinsky for the lively and likeable Polio: an American story. The triumph over Polio in the United States during the post-war period represents a landmark in the history of medicine and technology, of human progress. viii, 342, illus., £18.99, $30.00 (hardback 0-19-515294-8). The methods for controlling polio have been consolidated and are now available not only in America, but in most of the world. So did the majority of letters and telegrams that poured into the White House mailroom. The second thesis is the struggle between Salk and Sabin, two bitter rivals who had their own vaccine that they believed would cure polio. Elizabeth Kenny was born in Warialda, New South Wales, in 1880, the daughter of Australian-born Mary Kenny, née Moore, and Michael Kenny, a farmer from Ireland. Brazil once vaccinated 10 million people for polio in a day. His transparent prose style places poliomyelitis within the context of a rapidly evolving nation in the midst of a chaotic century. The author is Professor of American History at the University of Texas (Austin, TX, USA). The nation rejoiced when Jonas Salk successfully developed the first effective polio vaccine in 1955. to close all indoor meeting places for one week, according to the wonderful book Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky, with a promised ending period. In May 1949, after an outbreak in San Angelo, Texas (my father remembers this), the city council voted (voted!) David Oshinsky talked about his Pulitzer Prize-winning book [Polio: An American Story], published by Oxford University Press. - Volume 51 Issue 1 ... vaccination campaign that eradicated the disease in the South American country. David M Oshinsky, Polio: an American story, New York, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. Extensive media coverage of polio outbreaks led to nationwide hysteria, prompting the race for a cure. 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