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U.S. History & Polio

By hc28408

  • A large outbrak of polio in thU.S

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    a large outbrak of polio in th U.S; New York city

  • people tried to recover cure of polio

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    In the 1920s, the medical community was momentarily excited by the prospect of a "cure: for polio.

  • The first Iron lung apperared

    p.52 The first iron lung appeared, made of a cylindrical sheet-metal tank with vaccum cleaner hoses attaced it

  • Franklin Roosevelt contraced polio

    p. 53 In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt conracted polio

  • Franklin Roosevelt purchased Warm Springs

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    Franklin Roosevelt purchased Warm Springs

  • Warm Springs Foundation

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    Roosevelt started the Warm Springs Foundation to generate support for the work being done there

  • The first day Balls, Paul de Kruif

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    The first day Balls, Paul de Kruif who in 1926 had published a best selling book called Microbe Hunters, said to one of the Warm Springs People

  • Franklin Roosevelt was elected president

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  • six thousand charitalbe balls

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    no less than six thousand charitable balls had been organized around the country, and so much money was brougt in on the president's birthday on january 30th that by 1937

  • John Kolmer experiment

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    John Kolmer began his work with a live polio virus taken from monkeys. and made weakened the virus

  • Maurice Brodie : tried out on twenty monkeys and children

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    One of the earlist foundation-supported attemps to develop a vaccine was conducted by Maurice Brodie, who developed a concoction by the polio virus. he tried it out on twenty monkeys and three thousand children.

  • Reorganized National Foundation

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    The foundation had been reorganized as te National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, dedicated to rasing money to help those who had had polio

  • The march of Dimes

    The Lone Ranger asked all the boys and girls listening to his radio show to send their dimes to the president.

  • $268,000 in dimes

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  • Charles was born

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  • Basil O'connor became the president

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    Basil O'connor became the president of the Nathinal Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

  • Salk started to work under Thomas Francis

    Salk started to work under Thomas Francis on developing a flu vaccine

  • Salk had worked under Tomas from 1942-1947

    Salk started to work under Thomas Francis on developing a flu vaccine

  • Salk landed a job at the University of Pittsburgh.

  • He worked for the National Foundation

    He signed up for a virus-typing project sponsored by the National Foundation for onfanfole paralysis. The project was simply a research program to find out exactly how many types of polio virus there were. He worked for three years. He used 17500 laboratory monkeys

  • salk announced that there were just three viruses

  • He went to the virus Research Lab

  • He privided a polio vaccine

  • He test to the 100 inmates. nobody got sick

  • He tried his vaccine on 45 children at the D.T Watson home

    He tried his vaccine on 45 children at the D.T Watson home for crippled children

  • 4680 polio cases in th U.S

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  • 57628 Pplio cases in the U.S

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  • Salk reported his results at a meeting of polio researchers

  • Dr.Harly Weaver briefed

    Dr.Harly Weaver briefed the board of National foundation on Salk's research.

  • Newspapers reported a new polio vaccine

    Newspapers all over the world reported a new polio vaccine

  • Time magazine welcomed the news of Salk's vaccine

  • Salk offered to gp on the CBS Radio netwoork to address

    Salk offered to gp on the CBS Radio netwoork to address the nation and put things in perspective for axxious parents

  • Wholesome country

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    In the fifties : the most wholesome country history
    (no gun, no durgs in shcool, no pregnant except one case)

  • Albert Sabin addressed the American Medical Association

  • $54 millions : The March of Dimes

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  • Disneyland opened

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  • World War II

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    The U.S entered World War II