1914:
Birthday of Jonas Salk, developer of the first successful polio vaccine (1955). Through his efforts and those of Albert Sabin, polio which had killed or crippled hundreds of thousands of people, was almost entirely eradicated.
Birthday of Jonas Salk, developer of the first successful polio vaccine (1955). Through his efforts and those of Albert Sabin, polio which had killed or crippled hundreds of thousands of people, was almost entirely eradicated.