[Dr. Kurt Wegner and Volunteers]

Abstract

This photograph depicts Dr. Kurt Wegner, head of the Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine immunization program in Youngstown, Ohio, and volunteers preparing vaccinations prior to the three-day immunization 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.