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Poliomyelitis is an acute infectious disease. Among the most terrible symptoms is paralysis of the limbs or respiratory muscles, when a person dies simply because he is unable to take a breath. At the beginning of the 20th century, polio epidemics occur in various parts of the world, but most often outbreaks occur in the United States. Most of the sick are small children. To help those who can no longer breathe on their own, American engineers create iron lungs - something like a ventilator that helps patients live on, but, unfortunately, cannot cure them. At the beginning of the last century, doctors tried to create a vaccine, but a series of tragic accidents prevented its successful distribution. Only in 1950 was the first certified drug created, but some time after the start of mass vaccination, problems began ... 00:00 Film 1 25:49 Film 2 Guest - biochemist Yana Venerina. Host - Alexey Egorov. #medicine #educational #health #diseases #infections #history