This JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, we recognize Dr. Jonas Salk and the contributions he made towards the discovery of the polio vaccine. Learn more about Dr. Salk’s research and how his influence inspired others in medicine.
Those who lived through the 1940s and 1950s will not forget the devastating ravages of poliomyelitis, a spinal cord motor neuron disease caused by the poliovirus. Indeed, the mere mention of the virus quickly evokes heartwrenching images of crippled children in leg braces, or an infant trapped in a sarcophagus-like breathing machine known as the ‘iron lung’. However, the poliovirus is on the verge of global eradication today – an astounding achievement of modern medicine.
Despite his momentous work, Salk was conspicuously snubbed for membership in the American Academy of Sciences and was never awarded a Nobel Prize. He is said to have trivialised the contributions of other scientists that preceded him and even downplayed the efforts of his own research team.
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