Polio was called Infantile Paralysis in the early 20th. century.
Infantile Paralysis Microbe.
infantile paralysis
Infantile Paralysis Microbe.
Franklin D. Rooseveldt
infantile paralysis
Poliomyelitis.
spastic paralysis
It didn't really have an "early" name that I've ever heard; it has always been called both "polio" and "infantile paralysis". The full medical name of it is "poliomyelitis".
Basil O'Connor has written: 'The conquest of infantile paralysis' -- subject(s): Poliomyelitis
He developed what was diagnosed as infantile paralysis in 1921, before he was elected governor or President.
Animals can catch paralysis
He was paralyzed from the chest downwards, the victim - at the age of 39 - of infantile paralysis. Often called polio.