{"id":235,"date":"2026-05-01T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:45:07","slug":"boger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/?page_id=235","title":{"rendered":"B\u00f8ger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"235\" class=\"elementor elementor-235\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c51df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87c51df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ea0c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ea0c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Indhold<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/?page_id=235\/#Boger_pa_dansk\" >B\u00f8ger p\u00e5 dansk<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/?page_id=235\/#Boger_pa_engelsk\" >B\u00f8ger p\u00e5 engelsk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boger_pa_dansk\"><\/span>B\u00f8ger p\u00e5 dansk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8430db2 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8430db2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e63b9b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e63b9b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frydenlund.dk\/historie\/kongelige\/miraklet-pa-blegdammen-11260\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5636.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-607\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5636.jpg 241w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5636-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Miraklet p\u00e5 Blegdammen\" \u2013 polioepidemien i 1952 af Henriette Bendix og Prevben Lund: om polioepidemien i 1952-1953 og det medicinske gennembrud i K\u00f8benhavn. F\u00f8rst og fremmest fortalt af patienterne og deres p\u00e5r\u00f8rende. (Udgivet p\u00e5 Frydenkund 2020)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3382dae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3382dae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fadlforlag.dk\/produkt\/matilda-effekten\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9788776250218_foreloebig-forside-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-611\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9788776250218_foreloebig-forside-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9788776250218_foreloebig-forside.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Matilda-effekten\" af Ann-louise Bergstr\u00f8m: I tegneserieform beskrives poliosygdommen og kampen for at f\u00e5 en effektiv vaccine. Bogen har fokus p\u00e5 de kvindelige forskere som har levet v\u00e6sentlige bidrag til udvikling af vaccinen og som tidligere har v\u00e6ret overset. (Udgivet p\u00e5 FADLS forlag 2025).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd91c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd91c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/modtryk.dk\/products\/endnu-er-der-haab\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/karin_wahlberg_endnu_er_der_haab_300x300@2x-197x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-620\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/karin_wahlberg_endnu_er_der_haab_300x300@2x-197x300.webp 197w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/karin_wahlberg_endnu_er_der_haab_300x300@2x.webp 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Endnu er der h\u00e5b\" af Kain Warberg: Roman som foreg\u00e5r i 1953, hvor polioepidemien h\u00e6rger i Sverige. P\u00e5 det lokale sygehus er alle, h\u00f8j som lav, p\u00e5virket af situationen, og ingen kan vide sig sikker p\u00e5 ikke at blive ramt af sk\u00e6bnen, hvad enten det er sygdom, d\u00f8d eller k\u00e6rlighed. (Udgivet af Modtryk 2016).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9ce04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b9ce04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.williamdam.dk\/spark-doeren-op-og-traek-livet-ind__2731408\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spark-doeren-op-og-traek-livet-ind.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-621\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spark-doeren-op-og-traek-livet-ind.jpg 458w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spark-doeren-op-og-traek-livet-ind-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spark-doeren-op-og-traek-livet-ind-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Spark d\u00f8ren op og tr\u00e6k livet ind \u2013 en livsfort\u00e6lling af Hanne Klitgaard Larsen: en helt personlig livsfort\u00e6lling skrevet af en kvinde, som blev f\u00f8dt som offer for polioepidemien i 1952-53. Siden sit f\u00f8rste \u00e5r har Hanne Klitgaard Larsen v\u00e6ret handicappet med de f\u00f8lger, polio - ogs\u00e5 kaldet b\u00f8rnelammelse - gav hende. (Trykv\u00e6rket 2020).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595bb84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"595bb84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wadskjaerforlag.dk\/vare\/polio-fra-oldtid-til-nutid\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Polio-Mockup-2-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-619\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Polio-Mockup-2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Polio-Mockup-2-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Polio-Mockup-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Polio-Mockup-2-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Polio: Fra oldtid til nutid\" Striden om vaccinerne af Sven-Erik Svehag: en popul\u00e6rvidenskabelig fagbog, der dykker ned i polioens medicinhistorie, kampen for at udvikle vaccinerne og sygdommens fornyede aktualitet. (Udgivet p\u00e5 Wadskj\u00e6rs forlag 2026).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f973fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f973fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54247671-polio\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-191x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-612\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-768x1204.jpg 768w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-980x1536.jpg 980w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671-1307x2048.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54247671.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Polio \u2013 Historien om den store polio epidemi i K\u00f8benhavn 1952\" af Paul Warwicker: en skildring af den katastrofale polioepidemi i 1952, der ramte K\u00f8benhavn. V\u00e6rket skildrer, hvordan l\u00e6ger, sygeplejersker og medicinstuderende reddede hundredvis af b\u00f8rn fra kv\u00e6lning ved hj\u00e6lp af datidens nye, banebrydende respirator- og ventilationsteknikker. (Udgivet p\u00e5 Gyldendal 2006).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14cf910 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14cf910\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f178cbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f178cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boger_pa_engelsk\"><\/span>B\u00f8ger p\u00e5 engelsk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fb7626 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fb7626\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71382c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71382c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Black bird fly away: disabled in an able bodied world. Af Gallagher H.<\/b><\/span> This unusual autobiography is a collection of writings, some previously unpublished, by a man who is recognized today as the father of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the grandfather of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He takes readers on a journey through his life, his reaction to his own disability, his public courage, and his very private desperation. (Udgivet p\u00e5 <span lang=\"en-US\"> Vandamere Press 1998)<\/span><\/p><p><b>FDR&#8217;s Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt&#8217;s Massive Disability-And the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from the Public. Af Hugh Gregory Gallagher. <\/b>The book traces FDR\u2019s developments from the early years, his battle with polio, his fight for rehabilitation, his paralysis and his need to hide it, both in public and in private-as well as the impact the paralysis and its cover-up had on his political career, his personality, and his relations with others. Vandamere Press 1999<\/p><p><b>The Polio Paradox af Richard L Bruno. <\/b>A guide to what postp Polio Syndrome is and how you can<b> l<\/b>ive with it. (Udgivet af Little Brown &amp; Company 2003)<\/p><p><b>Nemisis af Philip Roth<\/b>. Novel about a polioepidemic i Newark, New Jersey, summer 1944. Where a young teacher Bucky Cantor, hvis svage syn forhindrer ham i at k\u00e6mpe i krigen, hvilket kaster ham ud i eksistentielle moralske dilemmaer. [<span style=\"color: #467886;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nemesis_(Roth_novel)\">1<\/a><\/u><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #467886;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/litteraturnu.dk\/pris-ingen-lykkelig-for-hans-dod-philip-roth-nemesis\/\">2<\/a><\/u><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #467886;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/forfatterweb.dk\/oversigt\/roth-philip\/nemesis\">3<\/a><\/u><\/span>]<\/p><p>Nemesis (af Philip Roth). A novel about the polio epidemic in Newark New Jersey 1940 and the psykological aspects from a playground teacher. (Udgivet af Vintage 2011)<\/p><p><b>Paralysed with Fear \u2013 The Story of Polio af Gareth Williams<\/b>. The story of mankind&#8217;s 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.\u00a0Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. (Ud givet p\u00e5 Palgrave Macmillan 2015)<\/p><p><b>The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care by Hannah Wunsch<\/b>: Examines how the 1952 polio outbreaks prompted life-saving innovations in intensive care and the invention of early ventilators. (Udgivet af Greystone Books,Canada 2023) .<\/p><p><b>Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication by Thomas Abraham<\/b>. provides a compelling, in-depth investigation into the decades-long global campaign to eradicate polio. The book examines the complex hurdles of this mission, contrasting the triumph of early vaccines with modern challenges like geopolitical instability, vaccine hesitancy, and regional violence. (Udgivet af Hurst 2018)<\/p><p><b>Warm Springs : Traces of a Childhood at FDR&#8217;s Polio Haven by Susan Richards Shreve: <\/b>At Warm Springs, Shreve found herself in a community of similarly afflicted children, and for the first time she was one of the gang. Away from her protective mother, she became a feisty troublemaker and an outspoken ringleader. She navigated first love, rocky friendships, religious questions, and family tensions\u2014and experienced healing of all kinds. During her stay, the Salk vaccine would be discovered, ensuring that Shreve would be among the last Americans to have suffered childhood polio. (Udgivet af HarperCollins 2008)<\/p><p><b>Living with Polio: The Epidemic and Its Survivors by Daniel J. Wilson<\/b>: Blends historical research with deeply personal stories from over one hundred polio survivors, detailing how they coped with lifelong disability. University of Chicago Press,\u00a011. apr. 2005\u00a0<\/p><p><b>To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 af Babara Haworth -Attard <\/b>In a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment. (Udgivet af Scholastic Canada 2010)<\/p><p><b>Post Polio Syndrome Management and Treatment in Primary Care<\/b> (The Blue Book) udgivet af den irske patientforeningen Polio Survivors Ireland. Kan downloades her <span style=\"color: #467886;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/polio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Post-Polio-bluebook-2024.pdf\">Post-Polio-bluebook-2024.pdf<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p><p><b>A Summer Plague Polio and Its Survivors by Tony Gould: <\/b>A comprehensive account of the polio epidemic in the West, from the first major outbreak in New York in 1916 to post-polio syndrome, combining biographical, political, social, and microbiological perspectives and focusing on key individuals, such as President Roosevelt, Jonas Salk, and Sister Elizabeth Kenny.<b> (<\/b>udgivet p\u00e5 Yale University Press 1995).<\/p><p><b>Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung\u00a0Paperback \u2013 April 13 2020 by\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #467886;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Paul-R-Alexander\/e\/B08YZ242KW\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Paul R Alexander<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #0f1111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> T<\/span><\/span><\/span>he true story of Paul Alexander&#8217;s life: a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of the early 1950&#8217;s. Survivors of the 1950&#8217;s Polio Epidemic in America are rare. Polio victims, like Paul Alexander, who require the assistance of an &#8220;Iron Lung&#8221; respirator for their<\/p><p><b>Dancing Past the Light: The Life of Tanaquil Le Clercq af Orel Protopopescu, <\/b>The book cinematically illuminates the glamorous and moving life story of Tanaquil &#8220;Tanny&#8221; Le Clercq (1929<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">\u2012<\/span>2000), one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the twentieth century, describing her brilliant stage career. She came ill with polio during a proformance in Copenhagen, the book describes her struggle with polio, and her important work as a dance teacher, coach, photographer, and writer. (Udgivet p\u00e5 University Press of Florida 2021)<\/p><p><b>And They Shall Walk:\u00a0The Life Story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny af Elisabeth Kenny Martha Ostenso: <\/b>Elizabeth Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis in the era before mass vaccination eradicated the disease in most countries. Her findings ran counter to conventional medical wisdom; they demonstrated the need to exercise muscles affected by polio instead of immobilizing them. Kenny&#8217;s principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy. (Udgivet p\u00e5 Dodd, Mead &amp; Company 1965)<\/p><p><b>Sister Kenny: The Woman Who Challenged the DoctorsSister Elizabeth Kenny, af \u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #467886;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Victor-Cohn\/e\/B001KCF8LI\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Victor Cohn<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><b>: <\/b>the Australian-born nurse, is remembered by thousands of grateful parents and grandparents of young polio patients, as well as others who were less personally affected, as the woman who successfully fought the medical profession to win acceptance of her techniques to combat the crippling effects of this disease.<b>\u00a0 <\/b>(Udgivet af \u00a0 Univ Of Minnesota Press1976 )<\/p><p><b>Dancing in My Dreams: Confronting the Spectre of Polio af Kerry Highley: <\/b><i>Dancing in My Dreams<\/i>\u00a0explores the impact of polio on individuals and communities, highlighting the experiences of patients and the voices of survivors. It delves into the debates between medical professionals and alternative therapists, focusing on the contrasting approaches of Dr. Jean Macnamara and Sister Elizabeth Kenny. Readers will discover the challenges faced by those affected by polio, the social stigma they endured, and the resilience they demonstrated in the face of adversity.<span style=\"color: #0f1111;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> (<\/span><\/span><\/span>Monash University Publishing 2015)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B\u00f8ger p\u00e5 dansk &#8220;Miraklet p\u00e5 Blegdammen&#8221; \u2013 polioepidemien i 1952 af Henriette Bendix og Prevben Lund: om polioepidemien i 1952-1953 og det medicinske gennembrud i K\u00f8benhavn. F\u00f8rst og fremmest fortalt af patienterne og deres p\u00e5r\u00f8rende. (Udgivet p\u00e5 Frydenkund 2020) &#8220;Matilda-effekten&#8221; af Ann-louise Bergstr\u00f8m: I tegneserieform beskrives poliosygdommen og kampen for at f\u00e5 en effektiv vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"solace_meta_sidebar":"","solace_meta_container":"","solace_meta_enable_content_width":"","solace_meta_content_width":0,"solace_meta_title_alignment":"","solace_meta_author_avatar":"","solace_post_elements_order":"","solace_meta_disable_header":"","solace_meta_disable_footer":"","solace_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postpolio.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}