Tag: infantile paralysis
The dimes that saved lives
On April 12, 1955, a vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective. Jonas E. Salk’s great discovery was too late for President Franklin Roosevelt, who had contracted polio in 1921, at age 39, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. But the President, who died in 1945, had been instrumental in funding research that eventually led [...]
Posted by Hilary on April 12, 2011, under Uncategorized.
Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, infantile paralysis, Jonas Salk, March of Dimes, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, polio
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