Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 373pp. Very mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to covers. Gray paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In medical school when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was diagnosed with the disease shortly before assuming the Presidency, Salk was given an impetus to conduct studies on polio. His progress in combating the virus was hindered by the politics of medicine and by a rival researcher determined to discredit his proposed solution. But Salk's perseverance made history-and for more than fifty years his vaccine has saved countless lives, bringing humanity close to eradicating polio throughout the world.
Splendid Solution chronicles Dr. Salk's race against time-and a growing epidemic that reached 57,000 reported cases in the summer of 1952-to achieve an unparalleled medical breakthrough that made him a cultural hero and icon for a whole generation.(Publisher). Very good / very good. Item #7119
ISBN: 0399152164
Price: $15.00