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Jonas Salk Developer of Polio Vaccine
Biography: Jonas Salk Developer of Polio Vaccine Jonas Salk Date of birth: October 28, 1914 Jonas Salk Date of death: June…
The Polio Crusade
In the summer of 1950 fear gripped the residents of Wytheville, Virginia. Movie theaters shut down, baseball games were cancelled…
Polio Virus
Early Polio History Polio (also known as poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis) is an illness caused by poliovirus. At one time, poliovirus…
History of Asperger’s Disorder
By AMI KLIN, PH.D AND FRED R. VOLKMAR, M.D. Asperger Syndrome (AS, also known as Asperger’s Disorder) is a severe developmental…
Banting and Best isolate insulin 1922
In 1920, Canadian surgeon Frederick Banting visited the University of Toronto to speak to the newly appointed head of the department…
Accidental Discoveries by Lexi Krock
Accidental Discoveries by Lexi Krock PBS NOVA Accidents in medicine: The idea sends chills down your spine as you conjure…
The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793
Observations Upon the Origin of the Malignant Bilious, or Yellow Fever in Philadelphia. From the holdings of Center for the…
Tuberculosis in Europe and North America, 1800–1922
Poincaré, Émile Léon. Prophylaxie et géographie médicale :des principales maladies tributaires de l’hygiène. From the holdings of Center for the…
Tropical Diseases and the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1904–1914
The Mosquito: Its Relation to Disease and Its Extermination. From the holdings of Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine—Harvard Medical…
