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99%: Roosevelt had fevers up to 102 °F (38.9 °C), which is rare in GBS, although the pattern of the fevers that Roosevelt experienced was atypical of paralytic polio. 72%: Roosevelt had permanent paralysis, which occurs in about 50% of paralytic polio survivors, and only about 15% of cases of GBS.
Mar 17, 2023 · While Roosevelt’s polio was no secret during his successful 1928 campaign for governor of New York, he carefully cloaked his disability in public. The press agreed not to photograph or film...
Aug 2, 2021 · Retropolis. A century ago, polio struck a handsome young politician — and forged one of the country’s greatest presidents. In August 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken and transformed...
Jun 4, 2020 · Famous Political Figures. How Franklin Roosevelt’s Health Affected His Presidency. Although his name is forever intertwined with polio, the 32nd President successfully made his physical...
Jan 3, 2013 · Franklin Roosevelt ’s crusade to defeat polio actually began more than 10 years before he created the group that would become known as the March of Dimes. His first efforts centered on a...
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Nov 25, 2013 · Roosevelt contracted polio at the age of 39, and Tobin's new book explores his battle with the illness and the ways it molded his character and influenced his rise in the Democratic Party....
Apr 28, 2020 · But Roosevelt’s struggle against polio — the mysterious virus that swept through the country in epidemics that terrified Americans in a manner not unlike the fear generated by the coronavirus...
