Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue 1
4. I: Autobiographies of a Disease
5. 1. One Polio Story 27
6. 2. In the Family 57
7. 3. A Polio School 92
8. II: Stasis and Kinesis
9. 4. Paralytic Polio and Moving Pictures 129
10. 5. Handi-Capitalism and Cinema Business 139
11. 6. The Cast of Rear Window; or, Cinema and Akinesia 150
12. III. Politics
13. 7. Polio and the Great Wars 181
14. 8. Remembering Roosevelt 190
15. 9. What We Can Learn, If We Hurry 204
16. Aftermath 227
17. Notes 231
18. Acknowledgments 297
19. Text Credits 299
20. Illustration Credits 303
21. List of Boxes 307
22. Name Index 309
23. Subject Index 313