Polio '53

A Memorial for Russell Frederick Taylor

By Russell F. Taylor
Categories: Health, Social Work & Psychology, Health & Medicine
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Ebook (MobiPocket) : 9780888646989, 104 pages, September 2012
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780888646996, 104 pages, September 2012
Ebook (PDF) : 9780888647733, 104 pages, September 2012

Description

In the summer and fall of 1953 an epidemic of poliomyelitis struck Edmonton. Dr. Taylor recounts his experiences as director of the program that dealt with the worst medical emergency ever faced in northern Alberta.