LEADER 04211nam 22008535 450 001 9910966911603321 005 20240506123639.0 010 $a9781137527851 010 $a1137527854 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137527851 035 $a(CKB)3710000000511205 035 $a(EBL)4082532 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001580451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16257654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14081860 035 $a(PQKB)11107574 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001617096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16349344 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001617096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14921298 035 $a(PQKB)11619435 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-52785-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4082532 035 $a(Perlego)3507328 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000511205 100 $a20151217d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Last Children's Plague $ePoliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture /$fby Richard J. Altenbaugh 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349576173 311 08$a1349576174 311 08$a9781137527844 311 08$a1137527846 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe American plague -- Many yellow caskets -- After treatment -- Wheelchair gladiators -- Home sweet home -- The cripples -- Polio's legacy. 330 $aPoliomyelitis, 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. 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aAmerica$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aMedical sciences 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging 606 $aHistory of the Americas 606 $aSociology 606 $aModern History 606 $aHealth Sciences 606 $aUS History 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 0$aAmerica$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aMedical sciences. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 14$aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 615 24$aHistory of the Americas. 615 24$aSociology. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aHealth Sciences. 615 24$aUS History. 676 $a362.19892/83500973 700 $aAltenbaugh$b Richard J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058723 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966911603321 996 $aThe Last Children's Plague$94328605 997 $aUNINA