1930's Medicine and health
By: Tatum Sommer
Health Concernsđź’”
40 percent of america could not pay their medical bills, causing doctors and nurses incomes to be split in half. Sadly many people could not afford to be hospitalized when they were sick or wounded.
Common diseases
Medicine
vaccines
Polio Vaccines
Polio worries
The iron lung
Perfusion Pump
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