Polio History
The History of Polio - How it began, the treatment of symptoms, how vaccines have been developed, distributed, and ultimately how the pieces of polio history came together, as was the mission of our friend, Daniel J. Wilson, PhD.
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Thomas Fetterman caught polio when he was 8. His various hospital stays included needing an iron lung. Despite his many challenges he always looks for the positive aspects of his experiences.
“For those who found themselves needing to be placed inside an iron lung, the experience could be bewildering, unfamiliar and even downright frightening especially for the number of young children who were unfortunate enough to contract polio.”