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A10217-17
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- 1940-09-09 (Creation)
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Nine of the poliomyelitis patients at Pierce County Hospital and seven of the wards staff posed for a Tacoma Times photographer in September of 1940. The patients and staff were celebrating the third birthday of Katherine Ann Clinton of Midland (not in photo) who had recovered enough from her infection that she only required part time treatment in a respirator. The patients in iron lungs at this time included (not in order) Mary Burns-7, Jesse James-2, Dean Loucks-10, Herbert Grabowsky- 23, Jake Wunders- 26, Bernard Vanderkinter- 14; in the iron lungs part-time were Leona Havens- 10, Mary Alice Hohensiner-7 and Glen Mohr - 10. The wards staff included Dr. Melvin Warren, Mrs. Genevieve Houston, Miss Elsie Strandness, Miss Gertrude Sydow and Miss Susan Felchlin. The nurse at the front left is standing beside a infant respirator with a toy doll in it. (T. Times 9/10/1940, pg. 3)
Iron lungs; Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma);