Polio

Immunisation for Everyone – The Polio Experience
1 September 1979
In the richer nations of Europe and North America the gaining of control over the common infectious illnesses was a long, gradual process. It was initiated…

Residue of Poliomyelitis
7 January 1965
One of the consequences of ill health which can have the profoundest social and economic effect is a legacy of chronic and permanent disability. It may…

Price of Poliomyelitis
1 August 1963
The risk of permanent paralysis is the predominant feature of poliomyelitis, and the dread of disability has profoundly affected society’s attitude to the disease. In the…