Polio

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Further reading

• Frauenthal HWA, Manning JVV (1914). Manual of infantile paralysis, with modern methods of treatment: Pathology. Philadelphia: Davis. pp. pp. 79–101. OCLC 2078290.CS1 maint: Extra text (link) (Full text available from Google Books, with hundreds of pictures.)
• Huckstep RL (1975). Poliomyelitis: a guide for developing countries - including appliances and rehabilitation for the disabled. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0443013128. (A look at the modern polio patient and polio treatment techniques.)
• http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/polio.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis
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• Polio: A Virus' Struggle – an amusing yet educational graphic novella from the Science Creative Quarterly (co-published by the University of British Columbia, in PDF format).
• Fermín: Making Polio History An article about Luis Fermín Tenorio Cortez, the last case of polio reported in the Americas.
• A UK Polio survivor – An account of John Prestwich, who lived 50 years in an iron lung.

Acknowledgements

The content on this page was first contributed by: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.

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