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ID#: 2612
Caption:
This 1963 image depicted a physical therapist, who was assisting two polio-stricken children that were holding on to a handrail, while they exercised their lower limbs, by keeping a beach ball suspended between their upper bodies.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Charles Farmer
Creation Date: 1963
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Biological Sciences
Health Occupations
Medicine
Psychiatry
Specialties, Medical
Psychiatry
Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Spinal Cord Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
Neuromuscular Diseases
Motor Neuron Disease
Poliomyelitis
Virus Diseases
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
RNA Virus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
Enterovirus Infections
Poliomyelitis
Health Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Services
Child Care
Persons
Persons
Age Groups
Child
Psychiatry and Psychology
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry
Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.
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