ID#: 29629
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This historic image, captured in 1960, depicts a young boy seated in a crib in a clinical setting during the Rhode Island polio epidemic. The child was affected by poliomyelitis, with paralysis involving the right side of his face, evident in the asymmetry of his facial expression.
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Creation Date: 1960
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