Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Pair of Breaks for Polio Patient--Horace Clinton Gann, 12, displays his cast-covered arms after a visit to a hospital here. Horace is said to have broken both arms above the wrists while exercising with weights as part of the therapy following a polio attack.
Pair of Breaks for Polio Patient--Horace Clinton Gann, 12, displays his cast-covered arms after a visit to a hospital here. Horace is said to have broken both arms above the wrists while exercising with weights as part of the therapy following a polio attack.
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Pair of Breaks for Polio Patient--Horace Clinton Gann, 12, displays his cast-covered arms after a visit to a hospital here. Horace is said to have broken both arms above the wrists while exercising with weights as part of the therapy following a polio attack.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1952]

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