Woman Rallies -- Mrs. Marvin Wilson, right, stricken by poliomyelitis while pregnant, rallied in an iron lung today after her husband, Cpl . Marvin Wilson, left, flew home from India. Doctors, who once had forlorn hopes, expected the birth to be successful. The baby is expected before Christmas.

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Woman Rallies -- Mrs. Marvin Wilson, right, stricken by poliomyelitis while pregnant, rallied in an iron lung today after her husband, Cpl . Marvin Wilson, left, flew home from India. Doctors, who once had forlorn hopes, expected the birth to be successful. The baby is expected before Christmas.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1943]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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