Show I Polio Hits All Ages 1 All Given Help They're neither too young nor too old to get polio But Dr John S S. SAn An Anderson derson was a little skeptic r when when he was called to treat a spry gentleman of ot 86 86 Mr Sven Williamson of Dannebrog Nebraska Nebraska for for polio pollo On August 27 1949 Nebraska was in inthe Inthe Inthe the midst of a hot spell Mr Williamson went for a refreshing swim Later in the day he had chills and that evening he really felt sick He was taken to the St. St Francis Hospital at Grand Island Neb Neb- Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska where several doctors made a number of ot tests and established the fact that Williamson had polio pollo He is the oldest person on record to get the disease The Howard County Chapter of ot the National Foundation for Infantile Para Pars Paralysis Paralysis lysis financed the necessary treatment for Its oldest patient Unlike most ad ad- adults adults adults who get polio pollo Mr Williamson had hada a very light case which left him only slightly paralyzed Still d ing his exer exer- exercises exercises class to keep in trim Sven Williamson today is as fit tit as ever and looking for tor- forward forward ward to his ninth eighty-ninth birthday At the other extreme Wendy Woods of Long Island N. N Y Is the youngest patient to have had polio A few weeks before Wendy was born her mother felt ill m but there was nothing to Indicate that Mrs Woods had polio When little I Wendy was only five lve days old however she got infantile paralysis For a month Wendy was in New York Hospital under the care of ot Dr William Laupus resident in pediatrics A year old on October 14 1951 Wendy has a weak arm from her attack of ot polio but she's following a course ourse of physical therapy to minimize it Since the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was established in 1938 some children and adults I have received March of Dimes funds to I help them in their fight tight against polio Sven Williamson and Wendy Woods are patients at the ex extreme cx- cx examples of polio I eX-I ends of a long age scale Sven I and Wendy know that polio pollo viruses respect neither the very young nor the the theold old And Sven Sv n at least knows that March of Dimes funds are always ready to assist polio patients of all ages who need help That Is why you are being asked to give voluntarily voluntarily now now to the 1952 March Marcia of Dimes S |