Poliomyelitis
Description
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. The virus is
transmitted through contaminated food and water, and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade
the nervous system. Many infected people have no symptoms, but do excrete the virus in their faeces, hence
transmitting infection to others.
Initial symptoms of polio include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck, and pain in the
limbs. In a small proportion of cases, the disease causes paralysis, which is often permanent. Polio can only be
prevented by immunization. (Citation: http://www.who.int/topics/poliomyelitis/en/. Oct. 12, 2010)
Other names
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Infantile paralysis
History
Poliomyelitis has been an communicable disease among humans since at least the classical Egyptian era. Annual epidemics in every
country killed and crippled hundreds of children. In 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first vaccination against polio using a
unactivated (killed) virus. Vaccination against polio is now available to all children in developed countries.
Biographies and personal narratives
The following list includes English language publications and excludes all intended for a juvenile audience. It
was compiled by a search of the OCLC (WorldCat) database on Oct. 12, 2010 and is sorted in alphabetical order by title.
Abandoned child /
Author: Morgart, Marie, 1916Publication: Virginia Beach, VA:Cornerstone Pub., 1995
Adelia : simple person, silent teacher, polio survivor : tragedy or inspiration /
Author: Huff, Carol.
Publication: New York : Universe, 2006
After fortune green /
Author: Nailer, Fred, 1926-1989.
Publication: Lewes : Book Guild, 1991
Albert B. Sabin : the development of an oral vaccine against poliomyelitis
Author: Matysiak, Angela.
Publication: Dissertation: Thesis (Ph.D.)--The George Washington Univ., 2005.
Alice's aprons and altars : polio crippled her body but not her spirit /
Author: Halliday, Katherine Walker.
Publication: Houston, Tex.: Watermark Printing, 1982
All I can give /
Author: Chaput, Richard.
Publication: Canfield, Ohio, Alba House Communications 1972
All on one good dancing leg /
Author: Clarke, Joan, 1920Publication: Sydney, NSW : Hale & Iremonger,
Alvera's story
Author: Hoven, Duane Charles, 1931Publication: [Minnesota?] : A project of the Zumbrota Area Historical Society, 2007.
Amazing courage : my life as a polio survivor /
Author: Dieguez, Margy.
Publication: [Breinigsville, Pa.] : Xulon Press, 2009
And they shall walk /
Author: Kenny, Elizabeth and Martha Ostenso.
Publication: New York : Dodd, Mead, 1946, 1943
And they shall walk /
Author: Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952. and Martha Ostenso
Publication: New York : Arno Press, 1980
As I live and breathe /
Author: Kingery, Thomas Kenneth, 1919 or 20-1966.
Publication: New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1966
Away from home /
Author: Purington, Carol.
Publication: [Colrain, MA] : Winfred Press, 2005
The baby's cross /
Author: Perkins, C. Gale.
Publication: Bloomington, IN : 1st Books Library, 2003
Ballinclay Lane : patterns of polio and priesthood /
Author: Sparksman, Brian.
Publication:[Toowoomba, Qld. : Diocese of Toowoomba], 2005
Behind enemy lines : a memoir /
Author: Durand, John.
Publication: Elkhorn, WI : Puzzlebox Press,
Beyond our tears / by Miriam M. Hallmark. Poliomyelitis in U.S.
Brave little girls don't cry : the story of Esther Keesing-Styles /
Author: Millen, Julia.
Publication: Auckland, N.Z.: Solent Pub., 1992
Breath : life in the rhythm of an iron lung : a memoir /
Author: Mason, Martha, 1937-2008
Publication: Asheboro, N.C. : Down Home Press, 2003
Breath of life /
Author: Armstrong, Ann.
Publication: London : Ariel, 1986, 1985
Breath of life /
Author: Armstrong, Ann.
Publication: London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985
Bringing heaven to Earth : a journey into grace & gratitude /
Author: Laraway, Lee Ann.
Publication: Los Gatos, Calif. : Robertson Publishing, 2009.
The broken boy /
Author: Cockburn, Patrick, 1950Publication: London : Jonathan Cape, 2005
The broken boy /
Author: Cockburn, Patrick, 1950Publication: London : Vintage, 2006, 2005
Broken yesterdays : a memoir /
Author: Meagher, Joseph W.
Publication: [S.l.] : Xlibris Corp., 2003
Brokenness as a way of blessing /
Author: Jesudasan, Usha.
Publication: Chennai, India : ICSA Books, 2008
The Brown odyssey /
Author: Green, Edward G.
Publication: New York,Comet Press Books, 1959
Called to rise : a journey through disability /
Author: Crowley, Madeleine R.
Publication: Reno,Nev. : Western Book/Journal Press, 2001
The calliper kids /
Publication: Kallista, Vic. : Knox-Yarra Ranges Polio Support Group, 2010
Coming full circle /
Author: Mason, Jack, 1934Publication: Eastville, Va. : Hickory House, 2005
Count me among the living : the story of my wheelchair liberation /
Author: Ballardo, Victoria M.
Publication: Smithtown, N.Y. : Exposition Press, 1983
The cripple liberation front marching band blues /
Author: Milam, Lorenzo W.
Publication: San Diego, Ca.: Mho & Mho Works, 1984
Cripple : the story of an American journey /
Author: Range, Jerry A.
Publication: [Philadelphia, Penn.] : Xlibris, 2004
The Dame : the life and times of Dame Jean Macnamara, medical pioneer /
Author: Zwar, Desmond.
Publication: South Melbourne : Macmillan, 1984
The dance goes on : the life and art of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins /
Author: Alexander, Marc, 1929Publication: Kingsley : Leader, 1982, 1980
Down the cobbled stones : memories of a Cheshire farmer /
Author: Lea, John, 1935Publication: Oxford : ISIS, 2005
Each day a bonus; twenty-five courageous years in a wheelchair.
Author: Lake, Louise.
Publication: Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1971.
Elegy for a disease : a personal and cultural history of polio /
Author: Finger, Anne.
Publication: New York : St.Martin's Press, 2006
Elizabeth Kenny /
Author: Craig, Jenny, 1946Publication: Carlton, Vic. : CIS Cardigan Street Publishers, 1995.
Epidemiological studies of poliomyelitis in Kentucky ...
Author: Pulliam, Elsworth D., 1927Publication: Dissertation: Thesis (M.S. in Pub. Health)Univ. of Kentucky, 1952.
Falling : living with polio and a peculiar family in Dayton, Ohio (1938-1957) : a memoir /
Author:
Longmire, Samuel.
Publication: Trenton, Ohio : Garden House Press, 2009.
FDR’s splendid deception / Hugh Gregory Gallagher.
In love with daylight: a memoir of recovery / Wilfrid Sheed.
In the shadow of polio: a personal and social history / Kathryn Black.
It's okay to blush /
Author: Gautreau, Inez Basilico.
Publication: [Henderson, Nev.] : Mystic Publishers, 2007.
Jacuzzi : a father's invention to ease a son's pain /
Author: Jacuzzi, Ken.; Holloway, Diane,
Publication: New York ; Lincoln, NE : IUniverse, Inc., 2005.
Listen to the music : the life of Hilary Koprowski /
Author: Vaughan, Roger.
Publication: New York : Springer, 1999
Living, laughing, and loving life! /
Author: Miller, Dan, 1937-; Zornes, Jeanne,
Publication: Mukilteo, Wash. : WinePress Pub., 1997.
Living with polio : the laughter and the tears /
Author: Lawes-Gilvear, Nita.
Publication: [Tasmania : N. Lawes-Gilvear, 1988.
Living with poliomyelitis : an account of life during polio's grip in Defiance, Hancock, and Lucas counties of Ohio /
Author: Hackbush, Janice L.
Publication: Dissertation: Thesis (M.A.)—Univ. of Toledo
Looking back /
Author: Campbell, Douglas 1914-; Campbell, Margaret.
Publication: [Leduc, Alta. : D. Campbell,
Love conquers : Lee Heintzman's true story of the joy & pain of life in a wheelchair.
Author: Heintzman, Lee.
Publication: Cobalt, Ont. : Highway Book Shop, 1978, 1977.
Love, war & polio : the life and times of young Bill Porteous /
Author: Bazzett, Timothy James.
Publication: Reed City, Mich. : Rathole Books, 2007.
Lucky one : making it past polio and despair /
Author: Maus, Richard.
Publication: Northfield, Minn. : Anterior Publishing, 2006.
The making of Franklin D. Roosevelt : triumph over disability /
Author: Goldberg, Richard Thayer, 1935Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Abt Books, 1981
Man in a wheel chair /
Author: Schwab, Charles J.
Publication: New York :Exposition Press, 1961.
Memoirs of a quadruped /
Author: White, B. Eureath, 1910Publication: Prospect, KY : B. Eureath White, 2005
Mind over muscle : surviving polio in New Zealand /
Author:
Butterworth, Karen Peterson.; Ross,Jean.
Publication: Palmerston North, N.Z. : Dunmore, 1994
Missing pieces : a chronicle of living with a disability /
Author: Zola, Irving Kenneth, 1935Publication: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1982
My diary : World War II, 1941-1945 /
Author: Allison, William E.
Publication: [S.l. : s. n. 1973.
A nearly normal life : a memoir /
Author: Mee, Charles L.
Publication: Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 2000
Nobby's daughter : Sister Elizabeth Kenny /
Author:
Wilson, John R. 1951Publication: [Queensland : J. Wilson, 1999
Not a sometimes love /
Author: Korstjens, Keith A.
Publication: Holiday, FL : Green Key Books, 2002
Not a sometimes love /
Author: Korstjens, Keith A.
Publication: Waco, Tex. : Word Books, 1981.
Oh God, help me! for I cannot help myself : a true story of faith in the life of a polio survivor /
Author: Lindell, John Earl, 1913-; Lindell, Ethel Brooks.
Publication: [Nebraska] : J.E. Lindell, 1988
On the lonely shore : an autobiography /
Author: Whyte, Don, 1926Publication: London : Hutchinson, 1977.
One door closes, another opens : a personal experience of polio /
Author: Atkins, Ernest, 1921Publication: London: Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop, 1994.
Over my dead body : forty years on /
Author: Opie, June.
Publication: Birkenhead,Auckland : Reed, 1996.
Path like majesty : a life or such proportion of one as He alone knows /
Author: Pitkeathly, James, 1926Publication: Hampton in Arden : Bradnocks Marsh Press, 1985
Pebbles on the hill of a scientist
Author: Seibert, Florence Barbara.
Publication: St. Petersburg, Fla. 1968
Polio /
Author: Daniel, Thomas M.; Robbins, Frederick C.
Publication: Rochester, N.Y. : Univ. of Rochester Press, 1997.
Polio & me : now & then /
Author: Morris, Joan Elizabeth.
Publication: Bloomington, Ind. : Authorhouse, 2004
Polio & us : personal stories of polio survivors in Ireland /
Author: Harnett, Nuala.; Lahiff, Paula.
Publication: Dublin : Post Polio Support Group, 2007
Polio and I; a concise biography.
Author: Tildesley, Harry.
Publication: Ipswich [Eng.] Harrison, 1959
Polio and its aftermath : the paralysis of culture /
Author:
Shell, Marc.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005
Polio and me in Nigeria and Malawi, Belgium, England and other places, 1955-1998 /
Author: Barnes, Ken, 1930Publication: Hungerford: K. Barnes, 1998
The Polio experience : personal stories /
Author: Clark, Jim.; Jupp, Tessa.
Publication: Subiaco, W.A. : Paraplegic-Quadriplegic Association of W.A., 1990
The polio journals : lessons from my mother /
Author: Gross, Anne K.
Publication: Greenwood Village, Colo. : Diversity Matters Press, 2011, (c)2010
A polio memoir /
Author: Axtell, Agnes.
Publication: Martinsville,Ind. : Bookman, 2004
Polio tragedy of 1941 /
Author: Acosta, Virginia Lee Counterman.
Publication: Bloomington, IN : 1st Books, 1999
Polio's legacy : an oral history /
Author: Sass, Edmund J.; Gottfried, George.
Publication: Lanham [Md.] : University Press of America, 1996
Polio's playground /
Author: Foster, Valerie J.
Publication: Bloomington, Ind. : AuthorHouse. 2006
Rea of hope : the story of Betsy Fletcher Rea /
Author: Holliday, Sally Fletcher.
Publication: Charleston, W. Va : Evergreen Syndicate, 2008
The red brick birdcage /
Author: Creurer, Michael, 1951-; Rogers, Marjorie.
Publication: Victoria, B.C. : SFC Inc., 2004
Rolling on : the story of the amazing Gary McPherson /
Author: Hankins, Gerald W.
Publication: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2003
A rough passage : memories of empire /
Author: Barnes, Ken, 1930Publication: London :Radcliffe, 2007
Round trip ticket to hell /
Author:
Mason, A. Jackson.
Publication: United States : Booklocker, 2003
Seven wheelchairs : a life beyond polio /
Author: Presley, Gary.
Publication: Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press, 2008
Sister Elizabeth Kenny /
Author: Wirtzfeld, Adam.
Publication: [Minnesota]: www.wrenchintheworks.com, 2004
Sister Elizabeth Kenny : maverick heroine of the polio treatment
controversy /
Author: Alexander, Wade, 1931Publication: Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2003
Sister Kenny : the woman who challenged the doctors /
Author: Cohn, Victor, 1919Publication: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1975
Sparrow : the wartime journey of Rosemarie von Wedel /
Author: Von Wedel, Rosemarie, 1918-; Perrin, Ursula,
Publication: Stillwater, N.J. : Stillwater Press, 2002
"Speck" /
Author: DeVore, Donald R.
Publication: Alvarado, Tex. : The Author, 1999
Splendid solution : Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio /
Author: Kluger, Jeffrey.
Publication: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004
A spring in my step /
Author: McDonnell, Joan.
Publication: Wilton, Cork : Collins Press, 2004
Spurr of the moment : the story of Noel Spurr OAM.
Author: Spurr, Noel, 1948Publication: Burwood East, Vic. : Memoirs Foundation, 2007
The stages of my life /
Author: Owens, Margaret Freeman.
Publication: Clinton, S.C. : [M.F. Owens], 2001
Sticks : the story of a man, a pair of crutches, and the building of
a successful family business /
Author: Coleman, Alfred Everett.
Publication: Modesto, CA : Coleman Pub., 2004
The story of my life /
Author: Bender, Matilda.; Boshart, D. M.
Publication: [New Hamburg, Ont.? : M. Bender, 1970-1979?
Sucking air, doing wheelies : memoirs of a fifties polio survivor /
Author: Mauro, Robert, 1946Publication: Baltimore : PublishAmerica, 2005
Sufficient grace /
Author: Drescher, Elfrieda D.
Publication: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Living Flame Press, 1987
A summer plague : polio and its survivors /
Author: Gould, Tony, 1938Publication: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995
Sunshine and shadow /
Author: Stearns, Rose Mary Schipman.
Publication: [S.l.] : Xlibris, 2002
Surviving it all : the polio story /
Author: Herndon, Sylvia.
Publication: Little Rock, Ark. : Arkansas League of Polio Survivors, 1990
Tales from inside the iron lung : and how I got out of it /
Author: Woods, Regina.
Publication: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
Tales of the golden years : a memoir /
Author: Gilbert, Christopher D. 1945Publication: Moorooka, Qld. : Boolarong Press, 2009
This is my story, this is my song /
Author: Bramer, Mary.
Publication: St. Louis, Mo. : Concordia, 1984
This is the grass /
Author: Marshall, Alan, 1902-1984.
Publication: Melbourne : Cheshire, 1963, 1962
Through a dark valley /
Author: Redford, Dianne.
Publication: North Battleford, Sask. : D. Redford, 1986
Through a looking glass /
Author: Nelson, Doris.
Publication: Elk River,Minn. : DeForest Press, 1997
Through the iron lung /
Author: Pahl, Viola, 1925Publication: Olds, Alta. : V.A. Pahl, 1954
Through the storm : a polio story /
Author: Hall, Robert F., 1926Publication: St.Cloud, Minn. : North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1990
To catch the snowflakes : memoir of a polio survivor, an adoptive parent, a teacher, a school principal, and the father of an
addict /
Author: Schulenberg, Lawrence J.
Publication: Baltimore : PublishAmerica, 2003
To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven : the Donna Carson story /
Author: Humpherys, Leslie Crider.
Publication: Orem, Utah : Cedar Fort, 1991
To live for tomorrow /
Author: Stead, Annie May, 1926-1982.
Publication: Calgary : Pen to Page, 2010
To me with love /
Author: Beebe, Carol Alldredge.
Publication:[Louisville, Colo : C.A. Beebe, 1977
Trapped : a polio victim's fight for life /
Author: Banister, Betty.
Publication: Saskatoon, Sask. : Western Producer Prairie Books, 1975, 1974
Triumphing over disability /
Author: Lane-Fox, Felicity.
Publication: Brighton, Eng. : Book Guild, 2008
Twin voices: a memoir of polio, the forgotten killer/
Author: Nichols, Janice Flood, 1947-.; Nichols,Janice Flood,
Publication: New York : iUniverse, Inc., 2008, (c)2007
Two lives.
Author: Marshall, Peter, 1939Publication: London, Hutchinson, 1962
Two steps at a time /
Author: Stein, Marcé.
Publication: Great Neck, N.Y. : Todd & Honeywell, 1984
Upside of the downside : journeys with a Companion called polio /
Author: Kloepping, Kent
Publication: Tucson, Arz. :
Wheatmark, 2006
View from the seesaw /
Author: Sternburg, Louis.; Sternburg, Dorothy.;Dickens, Monica,
Publication: New York : Dodd, Mead, 1986
Walking fingers : the story of polio and those who lived with it /
Author: Aitken, Sally.; D'Orazio, Helen.
Publication: [Montréal] : Véhicule Press, 2004
Walking isn't everything /
Author: Denecke, Jean.; Gruenewald, Kristin.; Storey, Keith,
Publication: Oshawa, Ont. : Crystal Dreams Publishing, 2008
Warm Springs : traces of a childhood at FDR's polio haven /
Author: Shreve, Susan Richards.
Publication: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007
The way it was : an autobiography /
Author: Marshall, Helyn Wright, 1912Publication: Manhattan, Kan. : Kinko's Copy Center, 1984
What it is to walk : Henry Schipman's story /
Author: Stearns, Rose Mary Schipman.
Publication: Santa Fe, NM : R.M.S. Stearns, 1995
What price polio! /
Author: Walton, Pamela.
Publication: London : A.Wingate, 1959
Wheels to victory /
Author: Hebb, Mel.
Publication: Hantsport, NS : Lancelot Press, 1996
When the hedges are down /
Author: Zimmerman, Linda Rempel, 1916-; Dyck, Betty Mae.
Publication: Burlington, Ont. : Welch Pub., 1987
Why not smile : a memoir of the early life of John Kormos as told to Thelma Kormos.
Author: Kormos, Thelma.; Kormos, John.
Publication: New Martinsville, WV : T. Kormos, 2007
A will to survive : Fay's story : an autobiography /
Author: Cottrell, Fay.
Publication: [Brisbane, Qld.]: F. & R. Cottrell, 1999
With every breath I take : one person's extraordinary journey to a healthy life, and how you can share in it /
Author: McPherson, Gary, 1946Publication: Edmonton: Gary McPherson, 2000
With these hands /
Author: Fenner, Maureen, 1955Publication: Maidstone : Heartland, 2002
Wounded dove : a true story of courage, hope, faith, and love /
Author: Heslinga, Virginia.; Hegberg, Carol M.
Publication: West Conshohocken, Penna. : Infinity, 2008
Writing My Story & Finding My Self /
Publication: Gardners Books 2007
Yes we can! : one family's triumph over insurmountable odds /
Author: Frost, Wally, 1925Publication: Ventura, CA : Regal Books, 1981
You can tell he is a gentleman : look at his boots /
Author: Harris, Leo.
Publication: Northampton, Eng. :Shoemaker Press, 1982
You should see me in pyjamas /
Author: Giddings, Robert.
Publication: London, Eng. : Hamilton, 1981