Polio across the Iron Curtain : Hungary's Cold War with an epidemic / Dóra Vargha.

  • Vargha, Dóra, 1979-
Date:
2018
  • Books

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Description

"By the end of the 1950s Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Physical description

xi, 254 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The power of polio -- Iron Curtain, iron lungs -- Unlikely allies -- Local failure in a global success -- Sabin saves the day -- After the end of polio.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FV.T.386
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781108420846
  • 1108420842
  • 9781108431019
  • 1108431011