From obscurity to epidemic. Polio's early history. The disease of development

The early years of polio research. Dr. Ivar Wickman. Landsteiner and Popper. Dr. Simon Flexner

Polio on the rise. New York city epidemic, 1916. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A bright spot

Coping with the incurable. Sister Kenny, crusader against polio. Ordinary people, extraordinary lives.

Vaccine trials

and errors. Brodie and Kolmer. The typing program. The 1952 epidemic

Salk and Sabin. The Sabin vaccine

Conclusion: polio today.