Polio

Sarah Gilmore: Polio

By bmorrissey
  • First clinical description of Polio

    First clinical description of Polio

    Michael Underwood was a English physician who provided the first clinical description of Polio.
  • Jacob Heine discovers charactristics of Polio

    Jacob Heine discovers charactristics of Polio

    In 1840 Jacob Heine describes the clinical features of Polio. He describes Polio's involvement in the spinal cord.
  • U.S. Polio epedemic

    U.S. Polio epedemic

    The First U.S. Polio epedemic that occured was in Vermont with 132 cases of Polio
  • New discovery about Polio

    New discovery about Polio

    Polio is discovered to be contagious in 1905.
  • Big Polio epedemic

    Big Polio epedemic

    There was a huge Polio epedemic in New York in 1916.
  • The start of the Poio vaccine research

    The start of the Poio vaccine research

    Scientist start to look for a Polio vaccine
  • Polio vaccine found

    Polio vaccine found

    The Polio vaccine is ofically licenseed
  • Sabin's Vaccine

    Sabin's Vaccine

    Sabin found a new oral vaccine that came into commercial use in 1961
  • When Polio was eliminated in the U.S.

    When Polio was eliminated in the U.S.

    By now Polio was practically eliminated from America because of the vaccines.
  • Polio cases decreased

    Polio cases decreased

    The amount of Polio cases has significantly decreased from when it first started.
  • National Polio day

    National Polio day

    National Polio ay is celebrated on October 24th each year