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Polio Short Course
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Wisconsin physicians seated in a classroom while attending the second annual polio short course. The course is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Medical School and the Wisconsin county chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
June 29, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
February 19, 1948
Dr. Clair Turner, Assistant to the president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, is shown at the left as he conferred in Madison with a group of three Wisconsin health leaders.
Polio Survey
August 9, 1944
James R. Law, chairman of the Dane County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Palmer F. Daugs, Lake Mills, representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,...
"Fight Infantile Paralysis" Display
March 19, 1945
A women seated at a desk with a display board titled "Fight Infantile Paralysis".
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - Dane Co. Chapter
March 8, 1950
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - Dane County Chapter retiring officers Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, March of Dimes Chairman, and James R. Law, Dane County Chapter Chairman of National F...
Musicians and Instruments
August 3, 1948
Four youth posing in a classroom with their musical instruments--a violin, cello and two trumpets.
Polio Resistance Exerciser
October 16, 1951
Close-up of a polio resistance exerciser. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is shown receiving "treatment" on the machine given by Frank Lam of the Elgin Exerciser Appliance Company, ma...
