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The Shot Heard Round the World: Development of the Salk Polio Vaccine URL: http://museum.pharmacy.pitt.edu/salk/ Description: This illustrated timeline presents events surrounding the development of the polio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk. Discusses early history of polio, the first major U.S. polio epidemic in 1916, the research of Salk and others to develop a polio vaccine, the March of Dimes polio vaccine fundraising campaign, and the drop in polio incidence since the first widespread use of Salk's vaccine in 1955. From the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. LII Topics: Infectious Diseases, Polio, Public Health & Safety, Vaccines Publisher: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Extra Keywords iron lung poliomyelitis Sabin LII Database Information: Record 24731 created by Jennifer English on 10/17/2007 Last modification on 10/19/2007 Published: 10/25/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24731 |
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