Polio vaccine.
In the 20th century, polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases, devastating its victims. Ingenuity, trial and error, even acts of scientific desperation would pave the way to one of the breakthroughs in scientific history--a vaccine. Modern Marvels traces the technology that eradicated th...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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New York, NY :
A & E Television Networks,
1997.
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| Series: | Health and society in video
Modern marvels ; season 4, no. 54 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In the 20th century, polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases, devastating its victims. Ingenuity, trial and error, even acts of scientific desperation would pave the way to one of the breakthroughs in scientific history--a vaccine. Modern Marvels traces the technology that eradicated the health scourge of the century. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a segment of the television program Modern marvels. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (44 min.). |