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[Marcia Moore]

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[W. Gray]

I remember the polio scares of the late forties and early fifties. The Iron Lung was reported to be a cure for or at least an arrest for polio.

My cousin wound up with polio and had to wear leg braces for a long time. After taking them off, he continued to limp for the rest of his life.

And then there was President Roosevelt.

[Diane Amberg]

  And my husband.

[kdfrawg]

Indeed. I have met a number of people that were partially (as opposed to completely paralyzed) affected during that period of time. It was, indeed, an epidemic. I am truly glad it did not reach the proportions of the Flue Pandemic of 1918.

[Bonnie M.]

I had Polio in 1954.  The treatment used for me was the "Sister Elizabeth Kenny's polio treatment. "  That was done by soaking blankets in "very hot" water, and then covering my body with them, leaving them that way until they cooled off, then doing it again.  Fortunately, I wasn't left crippled.  I was one of the lucky ones.  I have Vertigo now, sometimes terribly bad, and I asked the Doctor if there could be a connection with my having had Polio, he said "nah!"  I know what "they say" happens to cause an attack of Vertigo, and I've done all of the "exercises," but, only time gets me beyond the dizzyness and nausea!  Since I have had Vertigo, there are SO MANY people that I talk to who also have it.  It seems to be very common!  So, just keep smiling, and "get over it!"

[Marcia Moore]

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[Wilma]

I was a pre-teen during this time, but I remember being told not to play with the children visiting their grandparents who were neighbors of ours.  These children seemed to have been warned also, as they didn't seem inclined to join in our games as they had been used to doing.  It wasn't something that was easy to understand at that age.  Later we learned that President Roosevelt had been a victim of polio and that was the reason he was lame.  His lameness wasn't something that was readily apparent in the newsreels and pictures that we saw of him.  He was careful to keep it hidden as much as possible.  And for you younguns, the March of Dimes was started because of him.  A new dime was minted with his likeness and we were all encouraged to contribute to help fight this disease.

[Marcia Moore]

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[Wilma]

With age comes knowledge, if not wisdom.

[W. Gray]

It seems to me we had a little card on which to insert five or ten of those Roosevelt dimes.