Sally Jane Shown was in the "*Polio Hospital" in Greensboro, NC -1948 [she was struck with polio in 1947-48-see pic] (16-17 years old). She had to re-learn how to eat, talk,dress herself, walk. She had Bulbospinal polio which only occurs in about 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory polio or bulbospinal polio. Here the virus affects the upper part of the cervical spinal cord (C3 through C5), and paralysis of the diaphragm occurs. Along with polio of the spine and limbs.
As a result, she stayed in an **iron lung for awhile and then made amazing progress.
Although polio struck her in her teens (she continued to suffer from a slight limp and a weakened leg muscle) she went on to marry and to raise five children and be involved in the growth of five grandchildren which she loved and enjoyed till her last days at the age of 55 yrs old when she died in April 1987.
*In the 1940's a polio epidemic was sweeping the nation. On the (then) outskirts of Greensboro, between Huffine Mill Road, Summit, and Bessemer Avenues, one could see rows and rows of white cinder block buildings.These buildings were constructed, virtually overnight, to quarantine children who had contracted polio.
**see example of iron lung in photos
As a result, she stayed in an **iron lung for awhile and then made amazing progress.
Although polio struck her in her teens (she continued to suffer from a slight limp and a weakened leg muscle) she went on to marry and to raise five children and be involved in the growth of five grandchildren which she loved and enjoyed till her last days at the age of 55 yrs old when she died in April 1987.
*In the 1940's a polio epidemic was sweeping the nation. On the (then) outskirts of Greensboro, between Huffine Mill Road, Summit, and Bessemer Avenues, one could see rows and rows of white cinder block buildings.These buildings were constructed, virtually overnight, to quarantine children who had contracted polio.
**see example of iron lung in photos
Sally Jane Shown was in the "*Polio Hospital" in Greensboro, NC -1948 [she was struck with polio in 1947-48-see pic] (16-17 years old). She had to re-learn how to eat, talk,dress herself, walk. She had Bulbospinal polio which only occurs in about 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory polio or bulbospinal polio. Here the virus affects the upper part of the cervical spinal cord (C3 through C5), and paralysis of the diaphragm occurs. Along with polio of the spine and limbs.
As a result, she stayed in an **iron lung for awhile and then made amazing progress.
Although polio struck her in her teens (she continued to suffer from a slight limp and a weakened leg muscle) she went on to marry and to raise five children and be involved in the growth of five grandchildren which she loved and enjoyed till her last days at the age of 55 yrs old when she died in April 1987.
*In the 1940's a polio epidemic was sweeping the nation. On the (then) outskirts of Greensboro, between Huffine Mill Road, Summit, and Bessemer Avenues, one could see rows and rows of white cinder block buildings.These buildings were constructed, virtually overnight, to quarantine children who had contracted polio.
**see example of iron lung in photos
As a result, she stayed in an **iron lung for awhile and then made amazing progress.
Although polio struck her in her teens (she continued to suffer from a slight limp and a weakened leg muscle) she went on to marry and to raise five children and be involved in the growth of five grandchildren which she loved and enjoyed till her last days at the age of 55 yrs old when she died in April 1987.
*In the 1940's a polio epidemic was sweeping the nation. On the (then) outskirts of Greensboro, between Huffine Mill Road, Summit, and Bessemer Avenues, one could see rows and rows of white cinder block buildings.These buildings were constructed, virtually overnight, to quarantine children who had contracted polio.
**see example of iron lung in photos
