Polio: An American Story | 
These are 2 books I read about polio - it was a real fear in the 1950s. Oshinsky‘s book was a comprehensive history, while Kehret‘s book is a personal memoir.
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Reason for my course next week with Hamilton in the background. Good way to spend a Thursday night.
Never really been one for history but if you mix it with some virology, I‘m down! 🤩 Heard David Oshinsky on NPR over the summer and I‘m just now getting around to reading him... I‘m so behind on the things I want to read. Anyway, this is a great non-fiction pick for anyone trying to do more of that in the New Year.
That time of year again when I get the joy of rereading and teaching these books in my Principles if Ecology and Virology courses! Also you can see where my Gus tried to enjoy the Polio book by eating it. 😂😂
I ask my husband if I can borrow a book. Well, he couldn‘t find it so he brought me these from his office instead. My TBR is already out of control!! I feel like the professor just gave me homework. 😁
Tired from PT/OT, and then a hard night at home with some miscommunications and someone (not me) going to bed at 6. So I engaged in some bibliotherapy and apparently what I want to read when I'm tired and frustrated are books about pandemics and stuff. Please tell me I'm not the only one who likes stuff like that?
*cough* James Watson and Francis Crick *cough*
"Large gifts were hard to come by in the 1930s; the secret lay in small donations. Who wouldn't contribute something to see a crippled child walk again? The key was to reach millions through modern media - people who had never given to a charity before, or who, in truth, had never been asked"
The beginning of the March of Dimes and also celebrities supporting charities. This book is so fascinating
The idea that so much money was thrown into polio research because the primary victims were middle class (read white) children is terrible but not surprising. It doesn't hurt that FDR was a survivor.
I am really enjoying this #nonfiction - if anyone is interested in the history of medical research, I highly recommend it! 🔬💉
Some evening reading - I wanted to read some medical #nonfiction this year! Hopefully this will scratch that itch!
#AprilBookShowers- #Muscles
Polio destroys the nerve cells that signal muscle fibers to contract; this causes paralysis.
pickA very interesting book which takes you from the discovery of the disease to its near eradication.
I am really enjoying this although a part of me would rather be working my way through some good fiction...practicing book patience right now...
