04211nam 22008535 450 991096691160332120240506123639.09781137527851113752785410.1057/9781137527851(CKB)3710000000511205(EBL)4082532(SSID)ssj0001580451(PQKBManifestationID)16257654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580451(PQKBWorkID)14081860(PQKB)11107574(SSID)ssj0001617096(PQKBManifestationID)16349344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001617096(PQKBWorkID)14921298(PQKB)11619435(DE-He213)978-1-137-52785-1(MiAaPQ)EBC4082532(Perlego)3507328(EXLCZ)99371000000051120520151217d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Last Children's Plague Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture /by Richard J. Altenbaugh1st ed. 2015.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349576173 1349576174 9781137527844 1137527846 Includes bibliographical references and index.The American plague -- Many yellow caskets -- After treatment -- Wheelchair gladiators -- Home sweet home -- The cripples -- Polio's legacy.Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, thoroughly stumped the medical science community. Polio's impact remained highly visible and sometimes lingered, exacting a priceless physical toll on its young victims and their families as well as transforming their social worlds. This social history of infantile paralysis is plugged into the rich and dynamic developments of the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Children became epidemic refugees because of anachronistic public health policies and practices. They entered the emerging, clinical world of the hospital, rupturing physical and emotional connections with their parents and siblings. As they underwent rehabilitation, they created ward cultures. They returned home to occasionally find hostile environments and always discover changed relationships due to their disabilities. The changing concept of the child, from an economic asset to an emotional commitment, medical advances, and improved sanitation policies led to significant improvements in child health and welfare. This study, relying on published autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories, captures the impact of this disease on children's personal lives, encompassing public-health policies, hospitalization, philanthropic and organizational responses, physical therapy, family life, and schooling. It captures the anger, frustration, and terror not only among children but parents, neighbors, and medical professionals alike.SociologySocial groupsAmericaHistoryHistory, ModernMedical sciencesUnited StatesHistorySociology of Family, Youth and AgingHistory of the AmericasSociologyModern HistoryHealth SciencesUS HistorySociology.Social groups.AmericaHistory.History, Modern.Medical sciences.United StatesHistory.Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.History of the Americas.Sociology.Modern History.Health Sciences.US History.362.19892/83500973Altenbaugh Richard Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1058723BOOK9910966911603321The Last Children's Plague4328605UNINA