Polio
- ISBN-10
- 1502600889
- ISBN-13
- 9781502600882
- Series
- Polio
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-15
- Publisher
- Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
- Author
- Timothy Grayson-Jones
Description
For many decades, scientists could do little to treat poliothey knew its symptoms but had no idea how it was transmitted, or what caused the illness. Discover how it took hundreds of years, thousands of dollars, and a U.S. president to ultimately find a way to combat this deadly disease.
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