Title: One of them had polio--Skilled teamwork brought recovery / Herbert Matter
Digital ID: 3g04880
URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04880
Description: This poster of two children running was created for the National foundation for Infantile Paralysis. It represents the work of Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine. “In 1947, Salk accepted an appointment to the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While working there, with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Salk saw an opportunity to develop a vaccine against polio, and devoted himself to this work for the next eight years.
In 1955 Salk's years of research paid off. Human trials of the polio vaccine effectively protected the subject from the polio virus. When news of the discovery was made public on April 12, 1955, Salk was hailed as a miracle worker. He further endeared himself to the public by refusing to patent the vaccine. He had no desire to profit personally from the discovery, but merely wished to see the vaccine disseminated as widely as possible.”