Dancing in My Dreams: Confronting the Spectre of Polio.
by Highley, Kerry
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1922235849
- ISBN 13
- 9781922235848
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne, Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2016. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, front cover little creased, tiny dent top spine, minor edgewear corners. 262 pp. The story of infantile paralysis and its treatment, the scientific endeavour that led to the discovery of the poliovirus (polio virus), and the studies in virology and immunology that culminated in the production of a polio vaccine. The experiences of patients and the voices of survivors are highlighted, showing how ethnicity, class, age and gender all mediated individual's reactions to the disease, which included fear, rejection, denial and anger.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29417
- Title
- Dancing in My Dreams: Confronting the Spectre of Polio.
- Author
- Highley, Kerry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1922235849
- ISBN 13
- 9781922235848
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Clayton
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- health, infectious diseases, viruses, poliomyelitis, polio, biosciences, immunology, history
- Bookseller catalogs
- HEALTH & MEDICINE;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....