Abstract:
This photograph depicts Dr. Kurt Wegner and his wife Margot taking part in the Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine immunization program in Youngstown in 1962. They are shown giving vaccinations to players at a Youngstown University basketball game. Dr. Kurt Wegner was in charge of the program. The program, which was sponsored by the Mahoning County Medical Society and endorsed by the American Medical Association, was reportedly the first in the nation. This phase of the program occurred February 15-17, 1962.
