It was a time of panic. Swimming pools and playgrounds were closed. Children were kept inside. Why? The dreaded poliovirus was targeting young children across the United States. By the late 1940s, help arrived. Dr. Jonas Salk made the world a safer place because of his work to stop the poliovirus. This biographical historical recount highlights Dr. Stalk's career, as he follows scientific inquiry.Text Type: Biography, RecountTheme/Topic: Medicine, Life Science
Back in the 1800s, medicine was not like it is today. There were no medicines or cures for most sicknesses, and surgeries were done on patients when they were awake! The people of this time period also believed that women were weak and nervous. This was the world that Elizabeth Blackwell was born, the world she set out to -cure.-Text Type: Biography, RecountTheme/Topic: Medicine, Conflict and Challenge
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