Polio Strikes Two-Month Old Baby--Martha Ann Murray, who at two months is the youngest Arizonian ever placed in iron lung, is watched by Nurse Martha Sumner in St. Mary's hospital when she is critically ill of polio. Her five-year-old brother, Richard Y. Murray, Jr., also is stricken with the disease but his condition is not as serious as his sister's. Their father was a polio sufferer in 1943.
Polio Strikes Two-Month Old Baby--Martha Ann Murray, who at two months is the youngest Arizonian ever placed in iron lung, is watched by Nurse Martha Sumner in St. Marys hospital when she is critically ill of polio. Her five-year-old brother, Richard Y. Murray, Jr., also is stricken with the disease but his condition is not as serious as his sisters. Their father was a polio sufferer in 1943.
Polio Strikes Two-Month Old Baby--Martha Ann Murray, who at two months is the youngest Arizonian ever placed in iron lung, is watched by Nurse Martha Sumner in St. Mary's hospital when she is critically ill of polio. Her five-year-old brother, Richard Y. Murray, Jr., also is stricken with the disease but his condition is not as serious as his sister's. Their father was a polio sufferer in 1943.
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Tiny Polio Victim-Martha Ann Murray of Tucson, Ariz., at two months is among youngest children ever placed in iron lung. She's watched by Nurse Martha Sumner in St. Mary's hospital where she is critically ill with polio. Her five-year old brother Richard Y. Murray, Jr., also has polio but not so seriously. Their father had polio in 1943.
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