29 August 2022

President Roosevelt's polio legs


His bare legs are briefly visible in a video embedded in the Washington Post today.  The atrophy of the quads is quite evident to the experienced eye.  The video is a compilation of clips from home movies that were not released for public viewing; the press at the time shared a gentlemen's agreement not to photograph or film evidence of his impairment, which is why he is seldom depicted standing (and rarely walking).  More at Wikipedia.

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