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POLIO EPIDEMIC
An emergency polio ward in Boston in 1955 equipped with iron lungs. These pressurized respirators acted as breathing muscles for polio victims, often children, who were paralyzed.
More: Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine: How He Solved the Mysterious Epidemic That Terrorized America