fdr and polio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt became ill with what most historians think was polio. Roosevelt’s illness left his legs paralyzed for life and he avoided being photographed in his wheelchair. However, he used braces and canes to appear to walk. In President Roosevelt 1944 radio-broadcast appeal for donations to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis he compared his fight against polio to the Second World War: “The dread disease that we battle at home, like the enemy we oppose abroad, shows no concern, no pity for the young. It strikes—with its most frequent and devastating force— against children. And that is why much of the future strength of America depends upon the success that we achieve in combating this disease”. Due to this crisis being made aware to the public by the president it became a major target for the scientist of America.
"National Museum of Health and Medicine ." TO BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS TRAUMA AND SURGERY. National Museum of Health and Medicine, nd. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=exhibits.nationswounds.page_02>.
"National Museum of Health and Medicine ." TO BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS TRAUMA AND SURGERY. National Museum of Health and Medicine, nd. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=exhibits.nationswounds.page_02>.