From the beginning of mankind, man has looked for cures of illness. Jonas Salk found a cure for one of the worst illnesses in the history of man, polio. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was a great discovery of his time, and it is still being used today to eradicate polio worldwide. Dr. Salk is also known for other medical discoveries. He was a quiet man who lived a rough childhood. He was not looking for …showed first 75 words of 2416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2416 total…in the suffering from the flu viruses. Dr. Salk has attributed to the polio free Western Hemisphere of today, yet another problem has arisen in the post-polio syndrome ailment. Now, Jonas Salk is working on a vaccine for the dreaded disease at this time, the AIDS virus. It might be possible for one man to save two generations of people in one lifetime. As Dr. Salk says, 'I have this way of being right.'