Straws in the wind: early epidemics of Poliomyelitis in Johannesburg, 1918-1945

Straws in the wind: early epidemics of Poliomyelitis in Johannesburg, 1918-1945

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This thesis offers a detailed account of early polio epidemics (between 1918 and 1945) in Johannesburg, where the disease was particularly severe. At this time, little was known about the poliovirus, and such limited understanding affected the public health and medical initiatives taken during this...

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Main Author: Wade, Mary Margaret
Other Authors: Van Heyningen, E.B. (Dr.)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Social history
Medical history
History of disease
Epidemics in South Africa
Poliomyelitis
Early 20th-century medical science
Public health in Johannesburg
Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Dr James Gear
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Poliomyelitis > Epidemiology
Poliomyelitis > History > 20th century
Poliomyelitis > South Africa > Johannesburg
Online Access:Wade, Mary Margaret (2009) Straws in the wind: early epidemics of Poliomyelitis in Johannesburg, 1918-1945, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1518>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1518

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Wade, Mary Margaret (2009) Straws in the wind: early epidemics of Poliomyelitis in Johannesburg, 1918-1945, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1518>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1518

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