Jonas Salk
Author Charlotte Jacobs talked about her book, Jonas Salk: A Life, about the life and career of the creator of the polio vaccine.
Description
Charlotte Jacobs talked about her book, Jonas Salk: A Life, about the life and career of the creator of the polio vaccine.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Explain how Isabel Morgan influenced Jonas Salk's idea on developing a polio vaccine.
- Explain John Enders' impact on Salk's polio vaccine plan.
- Why was Salk not permitted to be involved with the testing of his vaccine?
- Describe how the polio vaccination trial was conducted.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Albert Sabin
- Isabel Morgan
- John Enders
- Killed Virus
- Live Virus
- March Of Dimes
- Polio
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Smallpox
- Thomas Francis
- Vaccine