Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio
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Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe disease of polio and its treatment over a long period, the scientificendeavour that led to the discovery of the poliovirus, and the early studies invirology and immunology that culminated in the production of a polio vaccine.For the first time, in a history of this disease, the voice of the poliosurvivor can also be clearly heard. You can read or listen to an interview that Dr Kerry Highly gave to Fran Kelly on Radio National Full page review in the Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Kerry Highley
Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 153mm x 234mm
Published: 2015, Monash University Publishing, Australia
Genre: Autobiography: General
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Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe disease of polio and its treatment over a long period, the scientificendeavour that led to the discovery of the poliovirus, and the early studies invirology and immunology that culminated in the production of a polio vaccine.For the first time, in a history of this disease, the voice of the poliosurvivor can also be clearly heard. You can read or listen to an interview that Dr Kerry Highly gave to Fran Kelly on Radio National Full page review in the Sydney Morning Herald
Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio