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D10217-9
Date(s)
- 1940-09 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A young polio patient at the Pierce County Hospital is pictured in physical therapy. A nurse is stretching and moving muscles affected by the disease. In the early 20th century, before the vaccine developed in 1955 by Dr. Jonas Salk, the virus would attack children and young adults. In some cases, the victims would die or suffer permanent paralysis.
Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Sick children; Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma);