Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Infant Polio Victim--Tiny Dianne Chabot, 4 1/2 month baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chabot, lies completely paralyzed in an iron lung at the county hospital here where she is said to be the youngest polio victim ever confined at that institution. Nurse Winifred Wagg adjusts a tube administering oxygen to the baby, with every effort being made since her confinement last Tuesday, to keep the tiny sparkle of life alive.
Infant Polio Victim--Tiny Dianne Chabot, 4 1/2 month baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chabot, lies completely paralyzed in an iron lung at the county hospital here where she is said to be the youngest polio victim ever confined at that institution. Nurse Winifred Wagg adjusts a tube administering oxygen to the baby, with every effort being made since her confinement last Tuesday, to keep the tiny sparkle of life alive.
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Infant Polio Victim--Tiny Dianne Chabot, 4 1/2 month baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chabot, lies completely paralyzed in an iron lung at the county hospital here where she is said to be the youngest polio victim ever confined at that institution. Nurse Winifred Wagg adjusts a tube administering oxygen to the baby, with every effort being made since her confinement last Tuesday, to keep the tiny sparkle of life alive.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1949]

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