Jonas+Salk


 * Jonas Salk** (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995)



Jonas Salk was an American medical researcher who became famous for developing the first safe and effective polio vaccine. Salk attended medical school at New York University and was at the top of his class. He chose medical research instead of becoming a physician. Up until 1955, polio was the most terrifying health problem in the United States. In 1955 Salk invented the Salk vaccine which effectivley cured patients with Polio. Salk was a very honorable man, he refused to patent his invention in order to save peoples lives quicker.