Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission Clinic at the Boston Children’s Hospital. America lost a future athletic champion when infantile paralysis struck four-year-old John Davis of Jamaica Plain and paralyzed his right leg from the waist down. Johnny is shown being examined by the eminent Dr. Arthur T. Legg of the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission.

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Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission Clinic at the Boston Children’s Hospital. America lost a future athletic champion when infantile paralysis struck four-year-old John Davis of Jamaica Plain and paralyzed his right leg from the waist down. Johnny is shown being examined by the eminent Dr. Arthur T. Legg of the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission.

[ca. January 1939]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Misc.

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