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Autore |
Williams Gareth |
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Titolo |
Paralysed with Fear [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of Polio / / by Gareth Williams |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-137-29976-2 |
1-349-45292-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History, Modern |
History |
Internal medicine |
Social structure |
Equality |
Medicine—History |
Social history |
Modern History |
History of Science |
Internal Medicine |
Social Structure, Social Inequality |
History of Medicine |
Social History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. |
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