Dancing in My Dreams: Confronting the Spectre of Polio (Biography)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1922235849 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Part medical history part social history, this book should find a broad readership among those who enjoy quality Australian nonfiction. Appropriate treatments for polio survivors were fiercely debated. As long as a single child remains infected with polio, all unvaccinated children throughout the world will be at risk. Epidemics arrived silently, often with symptoms that could easily be mistaken for a common cold, and dreadful suddenness. Sister Elizabeth Kenny - in her clinic in Townsville and later in the US - championed and practiced an alternative approach of little or no form of constraint for the paralyzed body, advocating gentle exercise of muscles in the early acute stage of the disease, along with hot packs to relieve pain, spasms, and muscle tightness. In pre-World War II Australia, two women symbolized a dramatic rift between the medical community's orthodoxy and those who advocated alternative therapy. Dancing in My Dreams should be required reading for the anti-vaccination crowd." -- Dave Martus, Books+Publishing (Series: Australian History) Subject: Medical History, Australian Studies, Virology. Polio rapidly became every parent's worst nightmare. Dancing in My Dreams investigates the disease of polio and its treatment over a long period, the scientific endeavor that led to the discovery of the polio virus, and the early studies in virology and immunology that culminated in the production of a p
cliff said Good Book.. My wife wanted it so I picked it up for her. She liked it and she had Polio when she was 18 months of age.. BRUCE E. said A good history of polio in. A good history of polio in Australia