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Polio and Its Aftermath
In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He deftly draws a detailed yet broad picture of the lived experience of a crippling disease as it makes it way into every facet of human existence.
Living with Polio
Polio was the most dreaded childhood disease of twentieth-century America. Every summer during the 1940s and 1950s, parents were terrorized by the thought that polio might cripple their children. They warned their children not to drink from public fountains, to avoid swimming pools, and to stay away from movie theaters and other crowded places. Whenever and wherever polio struck, hospitals filled with victims of the virus. Many experienced only temporary paralysis, but others faced a lifetime of disability. Living with Polio is the first book to focus primarily on the personal stories of the men and women who had acute polio and lived with its crippling consequences. Writing from personal ex...
Practical Electromyography
Contains 13 contributions covering general topics in electrodiagnosis and needle electromyography as well the assessment and evaluation of particular problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome. This edition (first, 1980) drops a chapter on central evoked potentials which duplicated readily available techniques but covers new approaches to clinical electrodiagnosis, as well as updating established concepts. Ample bandw illustrations, a self-examination, and a glossary. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
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