Description |
xvii, 380 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. The Paralyzed President -- 2. A Nation at War with Polio -- 3. A Young Man from Pittsburgh -- 4. The Vaccine that Opened Pandora's Box -- 5. Triumph and Disaster -- 6. Does Anyone Know What's in This Vaccine? -- 7. The Virus Discovered -- 8. "We Were Scared of SV40" -- 9. "The Worst Thing in the World" -- 10. Why Not a Safer Vaccine? -- 11. Everyone Knows SV40 Doesn't Cause Cancer -- 12. "A Wild-Assed Idea" -- 13. Don't Inflame the Public -- 14. A Call to Turn Aside the Dogma -- 15. On the Scientific Map -- 16. The Perfect War Machine -- 17. A Study Marred by Strife -- 18. Wasted Time, Wasted Money -- 19. No Funding, No Research -- 20. Alexander's Tumor -- App. A. Association of SV40 with Human Disease -- App. B. Correspondence between Bernice Eddy, Joseph Smadel, and Roderick Murray (chapters 6 and 7) -- App. C. Documents and Articles Concerning the Discovery of SV40 in Salk's and Sabin's Vaccines (chapters 8 and 9) |
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App. D. Memos and Correspondence Relating to Multi-Laboratory Study and Carbone-Pass Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID) Grant (chapters 17 and 18) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
SV40 (Virus) -- History -- Popular works.
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Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Contamination -- History -- Popular works.
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Author |
Schumacher, Jim, 1955-
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LC no. |
2003019114 |
ISBN |
0312278721 |
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