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- Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery. He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis and underwent years of therapy, including hydrotherapy at Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public. In 1938, he founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, leading to the development of polio vaccines. Although historical accounts continue to refer to Roosevelt's case as polio, the diagnosis has been questioned in the context of current medical science, with a competing diagnosis of Guillain–Barré syndrome proposed by some authors. (en)
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- Franklin and Eleanor at Hyde Park (en)
- The Roosevelt family at Campobello (en)
- Roosevelt in his wheelchair at Springwood in Hyde Park (en)
- Roosevelt accepts a $1 million check, the proceeds of the first national President's Birthday Ball (en)
- Roosevelt exiting a car during a campaign trip to Hollywood, California (en)
- Roosevelt walking with assistance toward the dedication ceremony for the home of Woodrow Wilson (en)
- Roosevelt supporting himself on crutches at Springwood in Hyde Park, New York, with visitors including Al Smith (en)
- A statue of Roosevelt in a wheelchair at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (en)
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- FDR-Exiting-Car-1932.jpg (en)
- FDR-Wheelchair-September-12-1937.jpg (en)
- FDR-Wilson-Dedication-May-4-1941.jpg (en)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial IMG 2228.JPG (en)
- Roosevelt-Family-Campobello-1920.jpg (en)
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery. He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis and underwent years of therapy, including hydrotherapy at Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public. In 1938, he founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, leading to the development of polio vaccines. Although historical accounts continue to refer to Roosevelt's case as (en)
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- Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt (en)
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