Contents

Prologue Two Plagues

1. Born to Serve

2. Finding His Place

3. A Wedding and a War

4. Joining the Fight Against Influenza

5. Vaccine Neophyte

6. Pittsburgh’s Virgin Territory

9. Ready to Run

10. Research Sub Rosa

11. Out of His Hands

12. The World’s Largest Clinical Trial

13. Relief from Fear

14. The Cutter Affair

15. Fame and Its Consequences

17. Two Cultures Under One Roof

18. The Price of a Masterpiece

19. Seeking Shangri-La

20. A Troubled Marriage

21. Harnessing the Immune System

22. A Most Unusual Arrangement

23. Salk Unfolding

24. Fall from Grace

25. Final Fling

26. Marginalized

27. The Swine Flu Snafu

28. Return to the Polio Vaccine Controversy

29. A Trojan Horse

30. Disciples, Sycophants, and Lovers

31. AIDS: Salk’s Next Mountain

Acknowledgments