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The Sister Candy Treatment for Polio
"I didn't get at the residual effects or the late onset that some people get. I think my life might have been saved by the sister candy treatment, the nurse from Australia," she says. A lot of very strenuous massage to stretch the muscles back into a shake because they contract during polio. And also extremely hot pieces of blanket, woolen blanket that are cooked in a double boiler until they're almost scalding. "My parents had to do it themselves. They couldn't afford a nurse."
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