Author’s Updates
Gareth Williams
In 2013, Gareth Williams published a comprehensive history of poliomyelitis. On May 10th, he spoke in Swansea about his latest book, ‘The Impossible Bomb’, a highly impressive and detailed history of the nuclear bomb. I gave him a copy of…
Tony Gould
Tony Gould’s book ‘A Summer Plague’ was an invaluable source of information when I was starting this project and learning about polio. He was one of the few historians who recognised that the outbreaks in 1938 were worthy of comment.…
Another significant outbreak
How did the number of cases of polio in 1938 with the number in 1937? This seemed like a simple question to answer. Oddly enough I don’t remember many MOHs raising it when writing their reports on 1938. For most…
Feedback
I will greatly welcome any kind of feedback from you. Do you have any experience or memory of people with poliomyelitis? Any expertise that might elaborate or correct information or speculations in the book? Any questions about the book or…
Contents
If you want to know more about the book, the Contents page on this blog provides a succinct summary. The following is the introduction that I’ve included on the book’s flyer: “In the 21st century, poliomyelitis is largely forgotten. In…
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