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Many cases of infantile paralysis used to occur
all over the world. US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a victim and
through his influence much reseach was undertaken and the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in the 1930s was founded with its March
of Dimes. This organization works on premature births and the like since it
has lost its theme. Massage and excercise for paralytics as advocated by the
famous Australian nurse Sister Kenny has also lost its theme in this epoch
of eradication.
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