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Hydrotherapy Machine: Therapeutic Bath, 1937

Hydrotherapy Machine: Therapeutic Bath, 1937. Memorial was the first hospital in Houston to have a therapeutic tank to treat polio. Robert Jolly, the hospital superintendent for over 20 years, was a great fundraiser and was able to secure new equipment for the hospital through generous donations. [Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library, IC 103, IC103-P243]

Hydrotherapy Machine: Therapeutic Bath, 1937. Memorial was the first hospital in Houston to have a therapeutic tank to treat polio. Robert Jolly, the hospital superintendent for over 20 years, was a great fundraiser and was able to secure new equipment for the hospital through generous donations. [Memorial Hospital Photograph Collection, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library, IC 103, IC103-P243]