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02885aam a2200373 i 4500 001 5DC9F7FE0FFB11EEA4E4A60F27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230621011750 008 230620t20232023bcca e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1771649453 020 $a 9781771649452 035 $a (OCoLC)1337143672 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d PX0 $d UAP $d OCO $d CLE $d VP@ $d JQW $d GK5 $d SILO 043 $a e-dk--- 082 04 $a 614.44 084 $a 614.44 $b WUN 100 1 $a Wunsch, Hannah, $e author. 245 14 $a The autumn ghost $h [Book] : $b how the battle against a polio epidemic revolutionized modern medical care / $c Hannah Wunsch. 264 1 $a Vancouver ; $b Greystone Books, $c [2023]. 300 $a 348 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 35.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-335) and index. 520 $a A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost." Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world. In vivid, captivating chapters, Wunsch tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world--from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine. Moving and informative, The Autumn Ghost will leave readers in awe of the courage of those who battled the polio epidemic, and grateful for the modern medical care they pioneered. 650 0 $a Poliomyelitis. 650 0 $a Poliomyelitis $x History. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Epidemics $x History. 650 0 $a Poliomyelitis $z Copenhagen $z Copenhagen $x History. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $z Copenhagen $z Copenhagen $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Epidemics $z Copenhagen $z Copenhagen $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230621012150.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DC9F7FE0FFB11EEA4E4A60F27ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search