Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. “I’m Afraid It’s Polio” 11
6. 3. The Crisis of Acute Poliomyelitis 35
7. 4. Covenants of Work: Recovery and the Rehabilitation Hospital 67
8. 5. Straws on the Ceiling: Life on the Polio Wards 101
9. 6. Going Home to a Long Recovery 130
10. 7. Resuming Life after Polio 169
11. 8. Living with Polio 200
12. 9. An Old Foe Returns: Post-Polio Syndrome 228
13. 10. Epilogue 252
14. Notes 255
15. Index 289