No.472 Frances Huddlestone Broadhead, 2009

File — Box: 61, Folder: 7

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Scope and Contents

Broadhead (b. 1931) was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She discusses her family and growing up in that area. She contracted polio at age six during the fall of 1937. She has limited memory of her hospital stay and treatment, but discusses some follow-up physical therapy and her course of recovery, including crutches and massage therapy. Ms. Broadhead discusses the onset of, associated problemswith, and coping with post-polio syndrome. She tells of working in the family assay business until retirement and discusses her current medical care.
Polio Project.
Interviewer: Becky Lloyd

Dates

2009

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