The Cutter incident [[electronic resource] ] : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit
| The Cutter incident [[electronic resource] ] : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit |
| Autore | Offit Paul A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/49/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poliomyelitis vaccine - History
Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History Vaccines - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-72210-3
9786611722104 0-300-13037-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Little White Coffins -- Chapter 2. Back to the Drawing Board -- Chapter 3. The Grand Experiment -- Chapter 4. How Does It Feel to Be a Killer of Children? -- Chapter 5. A Man-Made Polio Epidemic -- Chapter 6. What Went Wrong at Cutter Laboratories -- Chapter 7. Cutter in Court -- Chapter 8. Cigars, Parasites, and Human Toes -- Chapter 9. Death for the Lambs -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Offit Paul A
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The Cutter incident : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit
| The Cutter incident : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit |
| Autore | Offit Paul A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5490973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History
Vaccines - United States Poliomyelitis vaccine - History |
| ISBN |
1-281-72210-3
9786611722104 0-300-13037-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Little White Coffins -- Chapter 2. Back to the Drawing Board -- Chapter 3. The Grand Experiment -- Chapter 4. How Does It Feel to Be a Killer of Children? -- Chapter 5. A Man-Made Polio Epidemic -- Chapter 6. What Went Wrong at Cutter Laboratories -- Chapter 7. Cutter in Court -- Chapter 8. Cigars, Parasites, and Human Toes -- Chapter 9. Death for the Lambs -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777829403321 |
Offit Paul A.
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| New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2005] | ||
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The Cutter incident : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit
| The Cutter incident : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis / / Paul A. Offit |
| Autore | Offit Paul A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5490973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History
Vaccines - United States Poliomyelitis vaccine - History |
| ISBN |
1-281-72210-3
9786611722104 0-300-13037-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Little White Coffins -- Chapter 2. Back to the Drawing Board -- Chapter 3. The Grand Experiment -- Chapter 4. How Does It Feel to Be a Killer of Children? -- Chapter 5. A Man-Made Polio Epidemic -- Chapter 6. What Went Wrong at Cutter Laboratories -- Chapter 7. Cutter in Court -- Chapter 8. Cigars, Parasites, and Human Toes -- Chapter 9. Death for the Lambs -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818252603321 |
Offit Paul A.
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| New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2005] | ||
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The death of a disease : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer
| The death of a disease : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer |
| Autore | Seytre Bernard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.8/35 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShafferMary |
| Soggetto topico |
Poliomyelitis - History
Poliomyelitis vaccine - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13440-X
9786613806987 0-8135-3786-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The last victims -- A lifetime burden -- A virus with a long history -- The people versus polio -- Freed from the iron lung -- Coming along at the right time: Jonas Salk -- Behind the scenes -- The largest medical experiment in history -- The race for an oral vaccine -- Revolution in the production of vaccines -- Polio: programmed for defeat -- The end game -- The challenge of eradication. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449920303321 |
Seytre Bernard
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005 | ||
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The death of a disease : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer
| The death of a disease : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer |
| Autore | Seytre Bernard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.8/35 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShafferMary |
| Soggetto topico |
Poliomyelitis - History
Poliomyelitis vaccine - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-13440-X
9786613806987 0-8135-3786-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The last victims -- A lifetime burden -- A virus with a long history -- The people versus polio -- Freed from the iron lung -- Coming along at the right time: Jonas Salk -- Behind the scenes -- The largest medical experiment in history -- The race for an oral vaccine -- Revolution in the production of vaccines -- Polio: programmed for defeat -- The end game -- The challenge of eradication. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783791303321 |
Seytre Bernard
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
| Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs |
| Autore | Jacobs Charlotte |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (572 p.) |
| Disciplina |
579.2092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Virologists - United States
Poliomyelitis - United States - History Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History Poliomyelitis vaccine - History Influenza vaccines - History AIDS vaccines |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-933443-9
0-19-933442-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Jonas Salk: A Life; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Prologue: Two Plagues; Chapter 1: Born to Serve; Chapter 2: Finding His Place; Chapter 3: A Wedding and a War; Chapter 4: Joining the Fight Against Influenza; Chapter 5: Vaccine Neophyte; Chapter 6: Pittsburgh's Virgin Territory; Chapter 7: Polio; Chapter 8: The Chosen; Chapter 9: Ready to Run; Chapter 10: Research Sub Rosa; Chapter 11: Out of His Hands; Chapter 12: The World's Largest Clinical Trial; Chapter 13: Relief from Fear; Chapter 14: The Cutter Affair; Chapter 15: Fame and Its Consequences; Chapter 16: Act II
Chapter 17: Two Cultures Under One RoofChapter 18: The Price of a Masterpiece; Chapter 19: Seeking Shangri-La; Chapter 20: A Troubled Marriage; Chapter 21: Harnessing the Immune System; Chapter 22: A Most Unusual Arrangement; Chapter 23: Salk Unfolding; Chapter 24: Fall from Grace; Chapter 25: Final fling; Chapter 26: Marginalized; Chapter 27: The Swine Flu Snafu; Chapter 28: Return to the Polio Vaccine Controversy; Chapter 29: A Trojan Horse; Chapter 30: Disciples, Sycophants, and Lovers; Chapter 31: AIDS: Salk's Next Mountain; chapter 32: Unbowed; Acknowledgments; Notes; Abbreviations PrologueChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Bibliography; Manuscript Collections; Books and Journal Articles; Author's Interviews; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459869703321 |
Jacobs Charlotte
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
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Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
| Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs |
| Autore | Jacobs Charlotte |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (572 p.) |
| Disciplina |
579.2092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Virologists - United States
Poliomyelitis - United States - History Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History Poliomyelitis vaccine - History Influenza vaccines - History AIDS vaccines |
| ISBN |
0-19-933443-9
0-19-933442-0 |
| Classificazione | MED022000SCI034000MED039000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Jonas Salk: A Life; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Prologue: Two Plagues; Chapter 1: Born to Serve; Chapter 2: Finding His Place; Chapter 3: A Wedding and a War; Chapter 4: Joining the Fight Against Influenza; Chapter 5: Vaccine Neophyte; Chapter 6: Pittsburgh's Virgin Territory; Chapter 7: Polio; Chapter 8: The Chosen; Chapter 9: Ready to Run; Chapter 10: Research Sub Rosa; Chapter 11: Out of His Hands; Chapter 12: The World's Largest Clinical Trial; Chapter 13: Relief from Fear; Chapter 14: The Cutter Affair; Chapter 15: Fame and Its Consequences; Chapter 16: Act II
Chapter 17: Two Cultures Under One RoofChapter 18: The Price of a Masterpiece; Chapter 19: Seeking Shangri-La; Chapter 20: A Troubled Marriage; Chapter 21: Harnessing the Immune System; Chapter 22: A Most Unusual Arrangement; Chapter 23: Salk Unfolding; Chapter 24: Fall from Grace; Chapter 25: Final fling; Chapter 26: Marginalized; Chapter 27: The Swine Flu Snafu; Chapter 28: Return to the Polio Vaccine Controversy; Chapter 29: A Trojan Horse; Chapter 30: Disciples, Sycophants, and Lovers; Chapter 31: AIDS: Salk's Next Mountain; chapter 32: Unbowed; Acknowledgments; Notes; Abbreviations PrologueChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Bibliography; Manuscript Collections; Books and Journal Articles; Author's Interviews; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797038903321 |
Jacobs Charlotte
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
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Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
| Jonas Salk : a life / / Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs |
| Autore | Jacobs Charlotte |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (572 p.) |
| Disciplina |
579.2092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Virologists - United States
Poliomyelitis - United States - History Poliomyelitis - Vaccination - United States - History Poliomyelitis vaccine - History Influenza vaccines - History AIDS vaccines |
| ISBN |
0-19-933443-9
0-19-933442-0 |
| Classificazione | MED022000SCI034000MED039000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Jonas Salk: A Life; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Prologue: Two Plagues; Chapter 1: Born to Serve; Chapter 2: Finding His Place; Chapter 3: A Wedding and a War; Chapter 4: Joining the Fight Against Influenza; Chapter 5: Vaccine Neophyte; Chapter 6: Pittsburgh's Virgin Territory; Chapter 7: Polio; Chapter 8: The Chosen; Chapter 9: Ready to Run; Chapter 10: Research Sub Rosa; Chapter 11: Out of His Hands; Chapter 12: The World's Largest Clinical Trial; Chapter 13: Relief from Fear; Chapter 14: The Cutter Affair; Chapter 15: Fame and Its Consequences; Chapter 16: Act II
Chapter 17: Two Cultures Under One RoofChapter 18: The Price of a Masterpiece; Chapter 19: Seeking Shangri-La; Chapter 20: A Troubled Marriage; Chapter 21: Harnessing the Immune System; Chapter 22: A Most Unusual Arrangement; Chapter 23: Salk Unfolding; Chapter 24: Fall from Grace; Chapter 25: Final fling; Chapter 26: Marginalized; Chapter 27: The Swine Flu Snafu; Chapter 28: Return to the Polio Vaccine Controversy; Chapter 29: A Trojan Horse; Chapter 30: Disciples, Sycophants, and Lovers; Chapter 31: AIDS: Salk's Next Mountain; chapter 32: Unbowed; Acknowledgments; Notes; Abbreviations PrologueChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Bibliography; Manuscript Collections; Books and Journal Articles; Author's Interviews; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819963703321 |
Jacobs Charlotte
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down [[electronic resource] ] : Tuskegee University’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881–1987 / / Dana R. Chandler and Edith Powell ; foreword by Linda Kenney Miller
| To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down [[electronic resource] ] : Tuskegee University’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881–1987 / / Dana R. Chandler and Edith Powell ; foreword by Linda Kenney Miller |
| Autore | Chandler Dana R (Dana Ray), <1958-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : The University of Alabama Press, [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Disciplina | 610.71/176149 |
| Soggetto topico |
African American universities and colleges - Alabama - History
Medicine - Research - Alabama - History Poliomyelitis vaccine - History History, 20th Century History, 19th Century Race Relations - history Poliovirus Vaccines - history Health Services - history Biomedical Research - history Universities - history |
| ISBN | 0-8173-9191-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tuskegee's commitment to health care : an overview -- Health education and outreach expands -- The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Carver Research Foundation -- The search for the vaccine -- Tuskegee University's HeLa Cell Project -- After the polio vaccine. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796803303321 |
Chandler Dana R (Dana Ray), <1958->
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| Tuscaloosa, : The University of Alabama Press, [2018] | ||
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To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down : Tuskegee University’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881–1987 / / Dana R. Chandler and Edith Powell ; foreword by Linda Kenney Miller
| To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down : Tuskegee University’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881–1987 / / Dana R. Chandler and Edith Powell ; foreword by Linda Kenney Miller |
| Autore | Chandler Dana R (Dana Ray), <1958-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : The University of Alabama Press, [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Disciplina | 610.71/176149 |
| Soggetto topico |
African American universities and colleges - Alabama - History
Medicine - Research - Alabama - History Poliomyelitis vaccine - History History, 20th Century History, 19th Century Race Relations - history Poliovirus Vaccines - history Health Services - history Biomedical Research - history Universities - history |
| ISBN | 0-8173-9191-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tuskegee's commitment to health care : an overview -- Health education and outreach expands -- The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Carver Research Foundation -- The search for the vaccine -- Tuskegee University's HeLa Cell Project -- After the polio vaccine. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972716503321 |
Chandler Dana R (Dana Ray), <1958->
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| Tuscaloosa, : The University of Alabama Press, [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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