Of the polio epidemics in America.
Andrew traces the impact of the great polio epidemics and the ethical dilemmas they posed.
Further polio epidemics in 1947-48 and 1951-52 saw more patients sent to Fairfield for treatment and rehabilitation.
Leg braces and crutches: in America, they symbolize polio epidemics long past.
Although major polio epidemics were unknown before the 20th century, the disease has caused paralysis and death for much of human history.
In addition, the occurrence of polio epidemics led to a number of public health innovations.
It was the provincial rehabilitation centre for the polio epidemics in the 1920s and 1950s.
Those centers all across the country began to close after the polio epidemics in the United States ended.
Small localized paralytic polio epidemics began to appear in Europe and the United States around 1900.
Our days never seemed to end, especially during the polio epidemics of the late 1940's.