Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/23/1/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date21 February 1962
DescriptionNorma Smith talks about contracting polio and being treated in hospital.

Tracks 1-2: Norma Smith talks about her background
Tracks 3-6: Norma Smith tells how she first contracted polio, what she was doing at the time, and describes her first symptoms
Tracks 7-10: Norma Smith talks about being treated in hospital for polio, and breathing with a mechanical aid
Track 11: Norma Smith discusses how she used to smoke, 2.19 mins
Tracks 12-13: Norma Smith talks about her time in an isolation ward and the mental impact of her paralysis
Track 14: She talks about her religious beliefs
Track 15-16: She talks about having to be helped all the time by hospital staff, and how this made her feel
Tracks 17-20: She talks about her time in an isolation ward, the people who came to see her, and her thoughts on leaving the ward
Track 21: She talks about the mental impact of paralysis
Track 22: She talks about caring for her daughter

Total: 1.04.48 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0993080
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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