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Show Baltimore's "Miracle Boy"' Walks Again I : ,, - s?:hK,::: j. r I'M "s ""taiMWta J&.v v. . . x-u .. . J I Five-year-old Roger Hawk, almost completely paralyzed for eleven months, made so rapid and I complete a recovery within five weeks that he's called the "miracle boy" of Kernan's Hospital. Stricken with infantile paralysis in August of 1944, just after he had been crowned "Supreme King" of perfect health in a contest for Baltimore youngsters," young Roger's case was considered ; almost hopeless. I Parents of the boy took the Polio Emergency I Volunteers training course in polio care, sponsored by the Maryland Chapter of The National Foundation Founda-tion for Infantile Paralysis, so that they could help Roger in his fight back to health. First photo shows Mrs. Hawk helping Roger with his physical therapy exercises to strengthen weakened muscles. Second photo, Roger shows mother and dad that he really can walk again and without crutches. Dad, incidentally, was also a polio victim in his youth. |