Jonas Salk: A Life - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190679163ISBN-10:190679166UPC:9780190679163Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MedicalBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), History, DiseasesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCBNWVVPQD
When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a twentieth-century icon--a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190679163ISBN-10:190679166UPC:9780190679163Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MedicalBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), History, DiseasesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCBNWVVPQD
Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D. is the Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita) at Stanford University. She has served as Senior Associate Dean and as Director of the Clinical Cancer Center, and is the author of Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease.
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