Download or read book Polio written by David M. Oshinsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the 1950s polio epidemic that caused panic in the United States examines the competition between Salk and Sabin to find the first vaccine and its implications for such issues as government testing of new drugs and manufacturers' liability.