Family tree of Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT, JR
American politician, Industrialist, Businessman
Born Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT, JR
American lawyer, politician, and businessman
Born on August 17, 1914 in Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada , Switzerland
Died on August 17, 1988 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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As a young man in 1936, he contracted a streptococcal throat infection and developed life-threatening complications. His successful treatment with Prontosil, the first commercially available sulfonamide drug, avoided a risky surgical procedure which the White House medical staff had considered, and the subsequent headlines in The New York Times and other prominent newspapers heralded the start of the era of antibacterial chemotherapy in the United States.
... Roosevelt was born at his parents' summer home at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada – now a historic site. This made Roosevelt entitled to Canadian citizenship, in addition to being an American citizen, although it is unknown if he ever exercised any of the prerogatives of Canadian citizenship. A brother of the same name had died in infancy in November 1909, having lived only several months.
As a young man in 1936, he contracted a streptococcal throat infection and developed life-threatening complications. His successful treatment with Prontosil, the first commercially available sulfonamide drug, avoided a risky surgical procedure which the White House medical staff had considered, and the subsequent headlines in The New York Times and other prominent newspapers heralded the start of the era of antibacterial chemotherapy in the United States.
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