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Modern Marvels S5E1 — Polio Vaccine

Modern Marvels•Season 5•Episode 1

Polio Vaccine

Aug 17, 199744 min

When “poliomyelitis” swept the nation, thousands died or were disabled before American ingenuity, trial and error, and blatant acts of desperation led to one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history. We’ll see how polio shaped the vision of FDR, and catapulted the young unknown

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Lloyd Sherr

Lloyd Sherr

Self - Narrator

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Episode Summary

"Polio Vaccine" is episode 1 of Modern Marvels season 5. It aired on August 17, 1997.

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