A team of Harvard researchers found that the poliovirus could be grown in non-neural tissue cultures
In 1949, a team of Harvard researchers led by Dr. John F. Enders found that the poliovirus could…
Dr Jonas Salk began classifying more than 100 strains of poliovirus
In 1949, Dr. Jonas Salk, with grants from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the Pitt team and…
John Enders, Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins successfully grew poliovirus in live cells
In March 1948, John Enders, Thomas Weller, and Frederick Robbins used human embryonic skin and muscle tissue, grown…
Dr Isabel M Morgan demonstrated that chemically inactivated poliovirus would induce immunity
In 1948, Dr. Isabel M. Morgan of Johns Hopkins University demonstrated definitively that chemically inactivated poliovirus derived from…
The CDC began a study connecting flies and poliomyelitis
In 1947, the CDC began a five-year study of flies and the spread and transmission of poliomyelitis.
Dr Jonas Salk arrived at the University of Michigan School of Public Health
In 1942, Dr. Jonas Salk arrived at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Techniques earned there…
Charles Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis for polio studies
In 1939, Charles Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis to cotton rats and then to laboratory mice,…
Sister Kenny introduced methods of hot-pack applications, stretching, and muscle massage for polio
In 1939, Elizabeth Kenny, or Sister Kenny, as nurses were called in Australia, came to the U.S. in…
Albert Sabin and Peter Olitsky successfully grew poliovirus in a culture of brain tissue
In 1936, Albert Sabin and Peter Olitsky at the Rockefeller Institute successfully grew poliovirus in a culture of…
Maurice Brodie and John Kolmer test polio vaccines, with disastrous results
In 1935, Maurice Brodie, a research assistant at New York University, attempted to produce a formaldehyde-killed polio vaccine…
First Birthday Balls to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation was held on FDR’s birthday
On Jan. 30, 1934, the First Birthday Balls to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation was held…
The first iron lung was used to treat polio patients
On Oct. 12, 1928, the first iron lung was used at Boston Children’s Hospital by Harvard Medical School…
Franklin D Roosevelt organized the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for polio sufferers
In 1927, future President of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt organized the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for polio…
The iron lung was invented
In 1927, the iron lung was developed by Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw at Harvard School of…
Future President of the US Franklin D Roosevelt became a victim of polio
In 1921, Future President of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt became a victim of polio at the age…
Polio epidemic spread throughout New York killing more than 2,300 mostly children
On Jun. 17, 1916, New York City experienced the first large epidemic of polio (poliomyletis), with over 9,000…
Large polio epidemic in the New York
In 1916, New York City experienced the a large epidemic of polio, with over 9,000 cases and 2,343…
Guillain-Barr syndrome, also known as Landry-Guillain-Barr-Strohl syndrome, was described
In 1916, Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), also known as Landry-Guillain-Barr-Strohl syndrome, was described. Its incidence in North America and…
Laboratory evidence of polio infection in persons with non-paralytic disease was published
On Nov. 30, 1912, John F. Anderson and Wade H. Frost published “Transmission of Poliomyelitis by Means of…
Milton J Rosenau and John F Anderson established the standard unit for tetanus antitoxin
In 1908, Milton J. Rosenau and John F. Anderson established the standard unit for tetanus antitoxin. A pioneer…
Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper identified a virus as the cause of polio
In 1908, Dr. Karl Landsteiner at the University Department of Pathological Anatomy in Vienna discovered that the cause…
Swedish pediatrician Dr Ivar Wickman categorizes the different clinical types of polio
In 1905, Dr. Ivar Wickman of Stockholm recognized the contagious nature of polio and the importance of abortive…
Cutter Laboratories was founded
In 1897, Cutter Laboratories was a pharmaceutical company located in Berkeley, California that was founded by Edward Ahern…
First known polio epidemic in the U.S. occurred in Vermont
In 1894, the first known polio epidemic in the U.S. occurred in the Rutland, Vermont. 132 people from…
German scientist Dr Jacob von Heine conducted the first systematic investigation of polio
In 1840, German scientist Dr Jacob von Heine conducted the first systematic investigation of polio and developed the…
British physician Michael Underwood provided the first clinical description of polio
In 1789, British physician Michael Underwood provided the first clinical description of polio. Underwood referred to polio as…