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Who was Elizabeth Kenny and how was her treatment of polio unusual?

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Who was Elizabeth Kenny and how was her treatment of polio unusual?

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Appel, Toby A. Shaping Biology: The National Science Foundation and American Biological Research, 1945-1975. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. There is an account of the organization of biological research before 1945. This is particularly good on the tensions involved in the combining of botany and zoology into biology and the development of various fields within biology. Brannigan, Michael C., ed. Ethical Issues in Human Cloning: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives. New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2001. This had a selection of essays including the essay by Leon R. Kass on the “Wisdom of Repugnance.” Scientists, philosophers and religious leaders have contributed articles. http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nsf50/vbush1945.htm Bush, Vannevar. Science – The Endless Frontier: A Report to the President on a Program for Postwar Scientific Research. Washington: National Science Foundation, 1945. This is the report in which the plans for the National Science Foundation were first descr