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Polio and Its Aftermath: The Paralysis of Culture
Polio and Its Aftermath The Paralysis of Culture Author:Marc Shell In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He deftly draws a detailed yet broad pictur... more »e of the lived experience of a crippling disease as it makes it way into every facet of human existence.« less