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D10217-5
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- 1940-09-09 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Katherine Ann Clinton joyously celebrates her 3rd birthday. She is a polio patient at the Pierce County Hospital. Katherine lifts one of her toys with her legs to admire it. She is unable to use her arms, the paralyzed limbs have been immobilized in splints, the standard treatment at that time for polio. After 8 weeks in the hospital, Katherine Ann is improving and requires only part-time treatment in the iron lung. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clinton of Parkland. (T. Times 9/10/1940, pg. 3)
Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Clinton, Katherine Ann;