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  2. Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin (showing leg brace) and Eleanor at Hyde Park (1927) Roosevelt in his wheelchair at Springwood in Hyde Park (1937) On August 9, 1921, 39-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the time a practicing lawyer in New York City , joined his family at their vacation home at Campobello , a Canadian island off the coast of Maine.

  3. List of polio survivors - Wikipedia

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    After five years of massage and exercises, she managed to walk again without leg braces. She became a basketball star, and led her team to a state championship. Rudolph won a bronze medal, aged 16, at the 1956 Summer Olympics and three gold medals (100-meter, 200-meter, and 4 x 100-meter relay) in the 1960 Summer Olympics , setting two world ...

  4. Post-polio syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring in more than 80% of polio infections. The symptoms are caused by the damaging effects of the viral infection on the nervous system and typically occur 15 to 30 years after an initial acute paralytic attack.

  5. What to know about polio as it resurfaces

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    The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like symptoms. Paralysis from the polio virus is rare. This year, polio cases have been detected in New York state, London and Jerusalem.

  6. Winifred Ainslee - Wikipedia

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    Winifred contracted polio at age 6, but although she was in a leg brace for several years, she made a complete recovery and took up ballet to strengthen the affected leg. She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College [ 4 ] and graduated from Ohio State University in 1947, [ 5 ] double-majoring in English and Music. [ 6 ]

  7. Polio - Wikipedia

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    Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.

  8. Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years ...

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    Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said.

  9. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio - Wikipedia

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    She dies from Polio five years after the events of the book. Alice: Sheltering Arms roommate, who has been there for ten years. Her parents didn't want to take care of her because she was so badly crippled, and she became a ward of the state. She dies from cancer in 1993. Dorothy: Sheltering Arms roommate, who longs to be in leg braces to go home.