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Polio Mystery Deepens After Walsh Family Outbreak
In Winnebago County Illinois nine siblings in the Walsh family contract polio, two teenagers in iron lungs. Dr. Charles L. Leonard notes different polio patterns across epidemics and urges university research to uncover causes and transmission.
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