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Born July 17, 1935, in Saint John Canada, Sutherland survived a series of childhood diseases that included infantile paralysis, rheumatoid fever, and spinal meningitis.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 June 2024
Polio, also known as poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis, is a serious and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus that mainly, though not exclusively, affects children under five years of age.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
When infantile paralysis struck her husband, rendering him first a helpless cripple and then a man who never again would walk without the aid of cane and braces, Mother’s true strength and courage emerged.
—James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
Residents battled outbreaks of the Spanish flu, smallpox and infantile paralysis.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10 June 2021
In the meantime, more children would be afflicted with polio, with more instances of infantile paralysis, more deaths.
—Annika Neklason, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2021
After his body was recovered by Merritt Coffin, son of Cordie Coffin, it was learned that young Kurm was an infantile paralysis victim and that his death probably was a result of this affliction, rather than that of drowning.
—Post-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2017
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 June 2024
Polio, also known as poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis, is a serious and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus that mainly, though not exclusively, affects children under five years of age.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
When infantile paralysis struck her husband, rendering him first a helpless cripple and then a man who never again would walk without the aid of cane and braces, Mother’s true strength and courage emerged.
—James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
Residents battled outbreaks of the Spanish flu, smallpox and infantile paralysis.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10 June 2021
In the meantime, more children would be afflicted with polio, with more instances of infantile paralysis, more deaths.
—Annika Neklason, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2021
After his body was recovered by Merritt Coffin, son of Cordie Coffin, it was learned that young Kurm was an infantile paralysis victim and that his death probably was a result of this affliction, rather than that of drowning.
—Post-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2017
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“Infantile paralysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infantile%20paralysis. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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