A Plea for Funding: Multiple Sclerosis Research, 1951-01-01 - 1951-12-31

Item — Box: 27, Folder: 60

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_3_27_60_0024

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The letter is from Gertrude Blay Bley, a forty-year-old woman with Multiple Sclerosis who has been unable to work for ten years due to her condition. She discusses the lack of a cure for the disease and urges Rep. George B. Schwab to consider funding the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness with at least $8,000,000 to further research and find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. She emphasizes the desperate need for help for the thousands of Multiple Sclerosis victims.

Dates

1951-01-01 - 1951-12-31

Language of Materials

English

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