Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness began in 1921 at age 39, when he got a fever after exercising heavily during a vacation in Canada.

It is famous for the Little White House, where Franklin D. Roosevelt lived while president, because of his paralytic illness.

There he befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was receiving treatment for his paralytic illness.

He came to the springs seeking relief from the symptoms of the paralytic illness he had contracted some years earlier.

Tell your doctor if you ever had Guillain-Barré syndrome (a severe paralytic illness also called GBS).

A peer-reviewed study in 2003 reasoned that Roosevelt's paralytic illness was more likely actually Guillain-Barré syndrome, not polio.

He also saw Franklin Delano Roosevelt when his paralytic illness struck, and worked closely with six American presidents.

He died, it appears, of a lingering paralytic illness, presumably a stroke.

Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness, leading to paralysis that typically starts with the muscles of the face and then spreads towards the limbs.

Shortly afterwards a serious paralytic illness, from which he never fully recovered, forced his retirement from active public life.