Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 8/5/2008
This website provides a timeline of the history of polio research, vaccinations and its effects on society. This timeline will help students understand the history of polio, including the major milestones in the scientific, medical and social issues created by the virus. The History of Polio Timeline is part of the online exhibition, Whatever Happened to Polio?
Museum education
This early respirator for producing artificial respiration over long periods of time was designed...
History, disease, United States history, poliovirus, timeline, Whatever Happened to Polio, health, world history, poliomyelitis, paralysis, science, twentieth century, 20th century, chronology, American history, 1900’s, Polio, US history, medicine, medical, infantile paralysis
A picture book that tells the story of athlete Wilma Rudolph, her struggle against polio, and her...
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