:05:02
- You have no idea who I am, do you?
- Should I?
:05:06
I wrote you a letter
:05:08
right after I saw the article
in the paper. Didn't you read it?
:05:10
It got read, I assure you,
but probably not by me.
:05:15
He's open right there.
:05:16
- He sure is! Thank you, ma'am.
- Ow!
:05:20
See, I've been studying the effects
of moist heat on polio patients.
:05:24
And I think that repeated physical
therapy in warm water...
:05:27
- Can help them regain lost strength.
- Yes.
:05:30
Incredibly, I have come to the same
conclusion myself.
:05:35
No ramps, no running water,
no doctors...
:05:38
from the newspaper article I assumed
this was a rehabilitation center.
:05:41
Don't believe
everything you read.
:05:43
I feel I was brought here
under false pretenses.
:05:45
Join the club.
:05:49
- Now push into my hand.
- I'm trying.
:05:58
Okay.
:06:03
Give me
the good news first.
:06:06
Your gluteus maximus
is better than I'd hoped.
:06:10
- It'll serve you well.
- Oh, that must be all that sitting.
:06:13
I'm serious.
:06:15
Your right leg has some
movement along the thigh. That's good.
:06:18
Because then we'll be able to use
that to extend your hip,
:06:21
flex your knee
and rotate your tibia.
:06:23
I'm supposed
to walk on one side?
:06:26
The water may build some strength
I'm not able to see yet.
:06:30
But to do that, you would need to swim
in the water much of the day,
:06:33
not the limited hours
you have now.
:06:37
Why should this place cater
to a few able-bodied folk
:06:40
when it could be open
year-round for polios?
:06:44
There's a real need
for a place like this, Tom.
:06:47
Are you aware that
in the last epidemic
:06:49
over 16,000 people got polio
in the New York area alone?
:06:53
It sounds like
you've been reading up.
:06:55
I wish there was more to read... damn few
things being written about any of this.
:06:59
Think of someone like Fred
locked away...