RHODE ISLAND POLIO OUTBREAK
Epidemic Intelligence Service officers Joseph Oren and Edward J. Pickering confer with Dr. Scruggs, and Dr. McAteer, Rhode Island's state epidemiologist about the polio outbreak.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
~1960
SPECIMEN COLLECTION
Dr. Marine collecting saliva specimen for virus study.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
~1960
KYPHOSCOLIOSIS
Girl with kyphoscoliosis, Rhode Island polio epidemic.
First 1960 polio case - residual kyphoscoliosis - back view of 8-10 year old girl.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1960
POLIOMYELITIS - Case
Rhode Island Polio patient with right facial weakness
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1960
INFANT VACCINATION
Dr. Barrett vaccinating and infant with a jet injector.
Rhode Island polio epidemic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1960
JET INJECTOR VACCINATION
Mass polio vaccination campaign during a Rhode Island epidemic. Dr. McAteer vaccinating with a jet injector.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1960
Ramesses II
Egyptian tablet thought to be the earliest pictorial record of polio 3000 yrs ago. It is a depiction of Ramessess II, Pharoh of Egypt who was believed to have polio.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1301-1213 BCE
VACCINATION LINE
People line up to receive oral polio vaccine in Laredo, Texas, May 1962
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
May 5, 1962