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Jeffrey James Hall (7 September 1929 – 4 April 1959) was an English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England.. It was the death of Hall – a young, fit, international footballer – from polio which helped to kick-start widespread public acceptance in Britain of the need for vaccination.
Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.
Around age two, Little was infected with poliomyelitis which caused a deformed foot. He decided to enter the medical profession, with the intention of finding a cure for his foot. [154] [155] Elsie MacGill: 1905–1980 The first female aircraft designer in the world, MacGill was afflicted with polio at the age of 24.
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Dempsey was born without toes on his right foot and no fingers on his right hand. He wore a modified shoe with a flattened and enlarged toe surface. The custom made, $ 200 (equivalent to $1,619 in 2024) shoe [ 3 ] generated controversy about whether such a shoe gave a player an unfair advantage.
In comparison, polio viruses linked to the vaccine caused more than 500 cases in nearly two dozen countries globally, mostly in Africa. Zimbabwe last reported a wild polio virus case in 1986 ...
Polio has been a common childhood vaccine since the 1950s, but do adults need a polio booster? What about if you’re planning to travel? Infectious disease experts break it down.
Roberts contracted polio at the age of fourteen in 1953, two years before the Salk vaccine ended the epidemic. [1] He spent eighteen months in hospitals and returned home paralyzed from the neck down except for two fingers on one hand and several toes. He slept in an iron lung at night and often rested there during the day.