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Success of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine...
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Success of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine...

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TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., March 12, 1954

  • Jonas Salk changes medical history
  • Polio vaccine success announced

The front page has a historic and early report on the success of the polio vaccine with a two column heading: "Lifetime Polio Protection Hoped for in Vaccine" (see images) This was a very early report of clinical trial successes, and it would be 13 months later that a formal announcement would be made of a definitive polio vaccine being successful.
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally in good condition.

Category: The 20th Century
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100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.