POLIO
This child has a severely deformed leg because of Polio
--Image Courtesy of World Health Organization--
Hospital respiratory ward in Los Angeles, 1952. This photo was taken when thousands of people were dying of polio or were crippled by it. People are in iron lungs (breathing machines), unable to breathe on their own due to polio
--Image Courtesy of Center for Disease Control and Prevention--
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