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Teetering rocking bed aids polio study with Ruth Van Kirk
Ruth Van Kirk, a 19 year old infantile paralysis patient at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, uses an electrically driven teetering bed for 18 hours daily to test if immobilization effects can be reduced. Doctors monitor muscle re education and report she sleeps better when the bed moves.
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New York
Ruth van Kirk
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New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes
New York Stroy
Cornell University Car College