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Excerpt from: Where Infantile Paralysis Gets Its "Walking Papers" It was great sport just paddling and floating around. Soon Mr. Roosevelt's cheery "Good Morning!" sounded on the air and in a few minutes he had joined us in the pool. At once we were told and shown a series of exercises he had worked out. It was "Catch hold of the bar this way" --- now swing --- in and out --- Hard! harder! that's it --- that's fine! Now - again, this way ----," and so through the entire regime of things he had worked out that morning.... | Read Full Text |
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Title: | Where Infantile Paralysis Gets Its "Walking Papers" | |
Creator: | Fred Botts (author) | |
Date: | Circa 1930 | |
Format: | Manuscript | |
Source: | Franklin D. Roosevelt Library | |
Keywords: | Advocacy; Architecture; Assistive Technology; Braces; Cane; Crutch; Diagnoses & Diseases; Disease; Doctors; Exercise; Family; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Fred Botts; Georgia; Health & Medicine; Hydrotherapy; Identity; Institutions; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Native American; Nursing; Pennsylvania; Physical Disability; Physical Therapy; Polio; Railroads; Rehabilitation; Social Welfare & Communities; Transportation; Travel; Warm Springs Foundation; Wheelchair | |
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Funding Support Provided By: | Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |