“It is high time that we examine the career and personality of this remarkable man—Albert B. Sabin…. The reader must already have an impression of him as an able, tireless, and articulate medical scientist, who did not stand on ceremony and seldom dealt delicately with situations which from his point of view required direct, immediate, and strong action. Albert Sabin could be more than generous on occasions, and equally egotistical and possessive on others….Often he was misjudged by an audience whose members did not appreciate that perhaps he was much more familiar with the background or the actual facts of the case than they were. Naturally, they regarded him as an obstinate fellow. Yet, in my estimation, no man has ever contributed so much effective information—and so continuously over so many years—to so many aspects of poliomyelitis, as Sabin. He possessed not only an uncanny sense for nosing out the fallacies contained in old ideas, but also an ability to correct his own mistakes. His was a fierce joy when he turned up a new observation and put it to his own good use.”

John R. Paul, A History of Poliomyelitis