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socksmatterTWO t1_j7jdr9f wrote

Gosh I need new prescription for my eyes or Lasik. I thought that was Drew Barrymore in ET I was trying to remember the scene.

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socksmatterTWO t1_j7jdxom wrote

Strong little girl and what a kindness during treatment. Nature is what we all need... As much as possible.

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senorbozz t1_j7jfg2e wrote

Heard her Doc was a real quack though

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tramhappy8 t1_j7jjboq wrote

Poor girl. Hopefully they had the medicine when this picture was taken. Ducks can’t hurt though

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beefrodd t1_j7jn031 wrote

They used to but they still do too

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Joeleflore t1_j7jvkul wrote

Actually, depressed ducks were brought in to hang with a dying child in order to cheer the ducks up…. Looks like it worked!

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lcc1353 t1_j7k5k5h wrote

The first certified therapy animals in the USA.

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roderick15215 t1_j7kbtph wrote

Today that device would be promoted as polio vaccine alternative.

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Overall-Lynx917 t1_j7kqv0q wrote

How different it must have bee in the 1950's, these vaccines were being rolled out and made a huge difference to people's lives. I remember being at junior school with children in leg-irons because they'd had polio.

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warren_stupidity t1_j7l16u2 wrote

And thanks to the gurgling idiots polio is making a comeback.

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RS_C187 t1_j7l9v67 wrote

Feeding time in the children’s ward at Arkham Asylum. -1976

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where-is-my-mime t1_j7lkr6h wrote

Man, that’s a picture that makes me both happy and sad all at the same time.

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BetOk7796 t1_j7m5hl3 wrote

Beautiful and heartbreaking picture. I hope she is living or lived well beyond this.

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raspberry_rhino t1_j7m6q75 wrote

Replying to Overall-Lynx917 (#1,743,941)

My mother was born after, but she's still of a generation that remember classmates never coming back, and suffering mumps. I had all vaccines as soon as possible, and she's taken all covid vaccines as soon as she could.

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akaDee53 t1_j7mmvsi wrote

I remember the school nurse giving us polio vaccine shots at school in the late 50's. Small town memories

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drjrf2000 t1_j7n78ti wrote

Replying to DamnGentleman (#1,746,986)

Polio had been successfully eradicated because of the vaccination. The vaccine was not necessary anymore because it was so well contained nobody was spreading it. That would never have happened today.

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DetroitBrat t1_j84nxaw wrote

My brother, born 1944, got polio before the vaccine was available and had this type of treatment. He was "lucky" because it was a mild case. I wasn't born until 1964, so I only knew him after he was grown; and sadly not too long either. Died of a massive heart attack at 36 years old, due to the damage from polio.

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