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D12421-1
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- 1942-01-20 (Creation)
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On January 22, 1942, the March of Dimes dedicated the recently completed therapy pool at the Pierce County Hospital. The pool was used in the treatment of infantile paralysis (polio) patients. The dedication was attended by county officials, hospital employees and members of the Pierce County Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Posed around the pool are, left to right, Mike O'Connell, Dr. Norman Magnusson, George M.V. Brown, Dr. Burton Brown, John Fishburne, Freeman Cochran, John Binns, Mrs. Genevieve Houston, William McIntosh, Mrs. Myrak T. Thayer and Miss Florence West. In the pool are Paul Curran and nurse Loretta Botto. The chair Curran is seated in was donated by the auxiliary of the Lumber and Sawmill workers, Local 284. The $15,000 pool was located in a sun room off the main floor and had an adjacent heated locker room. (T. Times 1/24/1942, pg. 5; TNT 1/23/1942, pg. 1)
Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; March of Dimes (Tacoma); National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Physical therapy--Tacoma;