This paper, in accordance with educational purposes, analyzes acute paralytic poliomyelitis, its evolution and the rehabilitation of its sequels. All these aspects of the disease are reflected in the film Warm Springs, through the figure of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his life between 1921 and 1928. Clinical, psychological, epidemiological, rehabilitative, family and social aspects of polio infection are examined./n Se analiza con fines docentes la polio aguda paralítica, su evolución y la rehabilitación de las secuelas permanentes a través de la figura de Franklin Delano Roosevelt entre 1921 y 1928, utilizando la película Warm Springs. Se examinan aspectos clínicos, psicológicos, epidemiológicos, rehabilitadores, familiares y sociales
