Collected Publications of David Bodian (1935-1967) (4 volumes)

David Bodian

Various; David Bodian, 1935

[Combating Polio and related Research: 140 original offprint articles authored by Dr. David Bodian, from Bodian's personal collection] 4 volumes. Bound in navy cloth, with gilt lettering.  v.1. 1935-1941; v.2. 1932-1947; v.3. 1948-1953; v.4. 1953-1967.  

Typed table of contents page. 26 publications in the first volume; 28 publications in second volumes; 39 publications in third volume; 47 publications in fourth volume. 

Good bindings and covers.  V.1. has water damage to edge. 

David Bodian (1910-1992) was a noted polio reseacher and professor at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute.  "Bodian demonstrated that the poliovirus was transmitted through the mouth (oral route) and digestive tract to the bloodstream and then to the nerves. This was counter to the long-held idea that the virus entered the nose and went directly to the nerves...  His lab also introduced the use of the chimpanzee as the animal best suited for experimentation because the species had a greater sensitivity to the poliovirus. Bodian was involved in research that concluded that the poliovirus multiplied within parts of the brain as well as the spinal cord.  His studies published during the 1940s showed that monkeys that appeared not be affected by polio may have had as much nerve damage as those who did but that the distribution of the destroyed motor neurons were too scattered to show clinically-evident functional loss. His histopathologic study of 24 human brains of those who died from acute poliomyelitis showed that all had damage or lesions in the brain, but with great variation in the severity of the involvement. The same centers were involved in almost all cases. The severest lesions were found in the brain stem." -  Post-Polio Health International.