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Modern Marvels
1993
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Modern Marvels
Polio Vaccine 5 Season 1 Episode
44 min
1993
8.7
When โpoliomyelitisโ 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. Weโll see how polio shaped the vision of FDR, and catapulted the young unknown doctor Jonas Salk to international celebrity.
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