American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist (1900-1969)

Thomas Francis Jr. Photograph by Fabian Bachrach.

209 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

See it now / edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly.

An evaluation of the 1954 poliomyelitis vaccine trials : summary report / by Thomas Francis, Jr. [and others] ; from the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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An evaluation of the 1954 poliomyelitis vaccine trials : summary report / by Thomas Francis, Jr. [and others] ; from the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Thomas Francis Jr. Photograph by Fabian Bachrach.

See it now / edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly.