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polio effects
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What Did Polio Do to FDR? The Hidden Toll on America’s Greatest Leader
The year was 1921, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, then governor of New York, was vacationing at Campobello Island in Canada. A sudden fever, muscle spasms, and...
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How Polio Reshaped FDR’s Life: What Did Polio Do to FDR?
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life was forever altered in August 1921 when he contracted polio during a vacation in Campobello Island, Canada. The diagnosis struck...
