The story of mankinds struggle against polio is compelling exciting and full of twists and pardoxes one of the grand challenges of modern medicine it was a battleground between good and bad science gareth williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. An engaging narrative and critical commentary a great strength of the book is that all of the competing ideas are covered giving the reader a wonderfully rich picture of 20th century medicine in all its forms paralysed with fear can be recommended both as a wonderful biography of polio and a revealing story of the development of 20th century . Paralysed with fear the story of polio by gareth williams review the history of polio and its treatment is one of dead ends missed opportunities and downright skulduggery the polio virus . An engaging narrative and critical commentary a great strength of the book is that all of the competing ideas are covered giving the reader a wonderfully rich picture of 20th century medicine in all its forms paralysed with fear can be recommended both as a wonderful biography of polio and a revealing story of the development of 20th century . Gareth williams paralysed with fear the story of polio basingstoke new york 2013 palgrave macmillan ss xvii 354 polio czy jak czesciej mowiono w polsce choroba heinego medina od co najmniej kilkudziesieciu lat nie fi guruje w katalogu przyczyn zbiorowych lekow