The polio epidemic of the 1950s devastated Americans. Thous... ...ccine became available in 1955. Those stricken by polio also had to deal with possibility of post polio syndrome, in which paralysis develops, resurges,... ...xander has become increasingly paralyzed from th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/11/25/The-Last-of-the-Iron-Lungs/Sixty years ago today, April 12, 1955, Dr. Thomas... ...iversity of Michigan made the announcement that a polio vaccine had been created. The nation immediately... ...er one revealed soon after. In the United States, polio killed or paralyzed thousands of children every s... ...rty.Scientists had been working...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/12/A-Monumental-Day-in-the-Fight-Against-Polio/Medical diagnoses from history usually reflect the... ...s in a wheelchair because he was paralyzed by the polio virus. But a new study suggests that the presiden... ...illain-Barre Syndrome. If true, it would make his polio diagnosis one of the most famous misdiagnoses in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/01/Did-FDR-Really-Have-Polio/[https://youtu.be/Fy2y7UIpgP4] (Warning: Some... ...lb iron lung. As a child, O'Brian had a bout with polio that left him largely paralyzed. The crux of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/26/The-Sessions/[vimeo 35545694](Video Link) Agustín lives... ...te;n lives in Siguatepeque, Honduras. As a child, polio broke his body and left him nearly immobile. But...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/12/Old-Man-Crippled-by-Polio-Spends-His-Life-Building-a-Helicopter/Martha Mason of Lattimore, North Carolina was a vi... ...ason of Lattimore, North Carolina was a victim of polio that left her paralyzed from the neck down when s...
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