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Polio struck terror in Houston and across the nation – Houston Chronicle

Posted on September 25, 2016September 26, 2016 by annleehussey

In response to deadly public health crisis, community demanded ‘Victory Over Polio’ The polio epidemic made 1943 to 1954 a frightening decade in the Houston area, but it also begot TIRR Memorial Hermann, a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital, as well as medical innovation, a spirit of community unity and a health museum that endures to this […]

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