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polio and its aftermath [To view this image, refer to the print version of this title.] Pickingupwhereheleftoff. POLIO a n d i t s a f t e r m at h th e pa r a lysis o f c u ltu r e marc shell harvard university press Cambridge,Massachusetts London,England 2005 Copyright©2005bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Shell,Marc. Polioanditsaftermath:theparalysisofculture/MarcShell. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01315-8 1.Poliomyelitis—Socialaspects—UnitedStates. 2.Poliomyelitis—Biography. 3.Peoplewithdisabilitiesinmotionpictures. I.Title. RC181.U5S53 2005 616.8′35—dc22 2004060562 Aftermath:Secondorlatermowing;thecropofgrasswhichspringsupafter themowinginearlysummer. —ANewEnglishDictionaryonHistoricalPrinciples,1884–1928 Contents Prologue 1 I Autobiographiesof aDisease 1 OnePolioStory 27 2 IntheFamily 57 3 APolioSchool 92 II StasisandKinesis 4 ParalyticPolioandMovingPictures 129 5 Handi-CapitalismandCinemaBusiness 139 6 TheCastofRearWindow;or,CinemaandAkinesia 150 III Politics 7 PolioandtheGreatWars 181 8 RememberingRoosevelt 190 9 WhatWeCanLearn,IfWeHurry 204 Aftermath 227 Notes 231 Acknowledgments 297 TextCredits 299 IllustrationCredits 303 ListofBoxes 307 NameIndex 309 SubjectIndex 313 polio and its aftermath

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It was not long ago that scientists proclaimed victory over polio, the dread disease of the 1950s. More recently polio resurfaced, not conquered at all, spreading across the countries of Africa. As we once again face the specter of this disease, along with other killers like AIDS and SARS, this powe

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polio and its aftermath [To view this image, refer to the print version of this title.] Pickingupwhereheleftoff. POLIO a n d i t s a f t e r m at h th e pa r a lysis o f c u ltu r e marc shell harvard university press Cambridge,Massachusetts London,England 2005 Copyright©2005bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Shell,Marc. Polioanditsaftermath:theparalysisofculture/MarcShell. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01315-8 1.Poliomyelitis—Socialaspects—UnitedStates. 2.Poliomyelitis—Biography. 3.Peoplewithdisabilitiesinmotionpictures. I.Title. RC181.U5S53 2005 616.8′35—dc22 2004060562 Aftermath:Secondorlatermowing;thecropofgrasswhichspringsupafter themowinginearlysummer. —ANewEnglishDictionaryonHistoricalPrinciples,1884–1928 Contents Prologue 1 I Autobiographiesof aDisease 1 OnePolioStory 27 2 IntheFamily 57 3 APolioSchool 92 II StasisandKinesis 4 ParalyticPolioandMovingPictures 129 5 Handi-CapitalismandCinemaBusiness 139 6 TheCastofRearWindow;or,CinemaandAkinesia 150 III Politics 7 PolioandtheGreatWars 181 8 RememberingRoosevelt 190 9 WhatWeCanLearn,IfWeHurry 204 Aftermath 227 Notes 231 Acknowledgments 297 TextCredits 299 IllustrationCredits 303 ListofBoxes 307 NameIndex 309 SubjectIndex 313 polio and its aftermath

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It was not long ago that scientists proclaimed victory over polio, the dread disease of the 1950s. More recently polio resurfaced, not conquered at all, spreading across the countries of Africa. As we once again face the specter of this disease, along with other killers like AIDS and SARS, this powe

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