from the Panes of Glass Collection

Jim Mounts-Miller tells his personal story as one of the very last patients with the once devastating Bulbospinal Poliomyelitis  disease.

Bulbospinal Poliomyelitis  attacks both the brainstem, affecting breathing and swallowing, and the spinal chord, affecting both arms and legs.

Jim entered the hospital with Polio just three months before the release of the Salk Polio vaccines.