Children's Hospital Boston Treating Polio at Children's Hospital Boston Close Window
Photo of a room-sized respirator Room-Sized Respirator, 1933

To help meet the demand, Children's built a room-sized respirator in the basement of the old Infants' Hospital Building in 1932. In 1933, there were 49 admissions for polio; in 1935 there were 146 admissions.

Photo: Children's Hospital Boston Archives.

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