Poliomyelitis
A Brief History
of Polio - Written by Adam Dove of the Polio
Information Center Online.
A
Century of Poliomyelitis - A 1994 article marking the 100th anniversary of a small
outbreak of polio in Brooklyn and Virginia.
Polio
- A nice medical summary.
Polio
- A slightly more in-depth one.
Prevention
and Treatment of Virus Diseases: Vaccines - In depth information on vaccination and
immunity. Cool graphics.
Living in Fear
Epidemics of
Terror: Polio in America - A group of students from Carrick High School, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania researched, wrote, and made a videotape of a play about the development of
the Salk vaccine. It was done for a class festival and the National History Day
Contest (1999). Their site is mostly intended as an organization tool for their
project members, but it has several useful pages.
Ø
Glossary
of Polio Terms
Ø Photo Gallery
Ø Polio Timeline
Ø Links - an excellent
collection
Virtual Museum of the Iron
Lung - An electrical engineer became fascinated with the history of the iron lung and
created this Web site.
The Haunting
of Summers Past, by Meredith Hindley - A brief history of polio in the 20th century
and the story of the making of Nina Seavey's video A Paralyzing Fear. From
the September 1997 issue of Humanities, the official organ of the National
Endowment of the Humanities, which funded the making of the video.
Polio: Remember Your Strength -
This is a foundation to support people who have post-polio syndrome and to find medical
treatments for PPS. It's sort of a modern-day version of the old National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. It's listed here because of the stories of polio survivors, especially people who were
poster children for the NFIP.
Polio.com Timeline - A very
comprehensive page.
The Search
Milestones
- In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt chartered the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis. Later renamed the March of Dimes,
it was instrumental in the treatment of poliomyelitis and the research that led to the
Salk and Sabin vaccines. The March of Dimes remains the only health foundation that
has achieved its original charter: the eradication of poliomyelitis.
A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of
Polio in America - The making of Nina Gilden Seavey's PBS special on the search for
the vaccine against poliomyelitis.
Epidemic: On the Trail of Killer Diseases
Polio:
A Terror About to Be Conquered
Roosevelt
New Deal Network - This project of the Franklin
and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute has an enormous database of FDR photos.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and
Museum - The presidential library's official Web site.
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National
Historic Site - Has some interesting pictures not available elsewhere and a photoessay
of Roosevelt's life.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
(Washington, DC)
Roosevelt's
Page at the White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Disability
- An examination of the affect that Roosevelt's paralysis had on his life. Short,
but has a unique point of view.
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes - Following the successful
development of a vaccine against polio, the March of Dimes turned its attention to birth
defects. It presently funds research into the cause and prevention of birth defects
and educational campaigns to promote the discovered preventions. The March of Dimes
has been instrumental in promoting the consumption of folic acid by pregnant women to
prevent neural tube disorders.
Disability Social History Project
- Archive of campaigns to help the "handicapped," including some for the
campaign against polio.
Sister Kenny
Kenny Foundation - Founded by
Sister Kenny in 1946, the foundation is dedicated to "breaking the attitudinal,
economic, environmental, and informational barriers that people with mobility impairments
face every day."
Sister
Elizabeth Kenny - Her biography, from a documentary Web site about famous and
interesting Australians.
Sister Kenny Institute - This
former polio treatment facility is now a general purpose rehabilitation centre for people
with physical limitations.
Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas
Salk Remembered as Gracious Hero of Century
Daily Transcript Business Report, 26 June 1995 - Following his death in 1995, Dr. Salk is
remembered fondly by friends and coworkers.
Jonas Salk,
M.D., Developer of the Polio Vaccine - Salk's biography in the Academy of Achievement.
Problems with Vaccination
Stealth
Virus Research - A complex, technical article that discusses the contamination of
inactivated virus vaccine with live virus.
Why Don't We
Have an AIDS Vaccine? - Compares the Salk vaccination trials and the potential
development of a vaccine against HIV.
Polio Today
The
40th Anniversary - The project by the Historical Center for the Health Sciences and
the Bentley Historical Library was created to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the
announcement of the polio vaccine.
Eradication
The Beginning of the End - The
World Health Organisation's report on the attempt to rid the world of polio by the year
2000.
Global Polio
Situation 1988
Global Polio
Situation 1998
PolioPlus
- Rotary International's campaign against polio includes vaccination days.
PICO: The Polio Information
Center Online - This center provides information on poliovirus.
Ending Polio—Now
or Never? - The author, Jong Wook Lee, is Director of the Global Programme for
Vaccines and Immunization, WHO. He believes that we may be at a critical,
now-or-never point in the drive to eradicate polio.
Post-Polio Syndrome
Post-Polio Syndrome Center
Lincolnshire
Post-Polio Network
OPV vs. IPV
The Polio Paradox
- The story of a woman who developed polio after her infant daughter was vaccinated with
the live polio vaccine.
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