The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-08-12
CASES OF isfAsriLE PARALYSIS.
Two childTea IN Family OF w, y.
TayioF III With the Disease.

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80 IA tho family oi " y faflur on The
Marlboro fnad alasai ihfsr mikes hrHond
Met nfaiikhafu. Tho ffsi ease sas Ee-
parted Monday 10 Health uflnsF lisHIY
fursfr and Hmm u, ilqlion, SECRETARY
II ihc .tair laaFi 4 health, faul, the
laysarah san II Mr. Iaylor, was siTisksn
uith the disease and yesterday a four
faaf-aA ehild II the same family Nas at
iackrl b. Il The condition u the older
rhild is somewhat impIu1oi from what
il aas the hrst Part = ihe uerk ani the
Attending physician take kffa holsiui
rirW ~ thr case. The sceond eass had
nof sufheisnily drfeiafrd YESTERDAY 10
warrant a statement from physicians -
to what might h. the rrsull u the dis
Paul Taylor lrsi displayed symptoms
u thr disease on Ju'y ~ when be had
hish tsmpeniurr, n he iudisIfasii ION
.o'5n i.a..si his PARENTS thought nothing
more about h and a physician ANs not
called. saturday the hos lesan 90 dis
ffaV .kfnufums that alarmed he fafents
and Df Fnmuni Hamilton Was called, IL
"a. found that the hoy had a ismpera'
tufr of isc, drsrs,s aud a Nsfy high pulse.
Thr physician discovered thai the boys
leit lcs wa affected and az once dias.
n0sei the diseAsc a. anterior poliomye'
l.ti. and il was reported % The health
oihoer Health oiilcer Henry Tucker aud
Df Holion visited the patient Monday
md pronounced the case infanille paral.
y.. During the week several physicians
have been invited by Dr. Hamilton 70
make a study OF the Gaze aud have visited
the Taylor boy.
While the symptoms of the disease can
hardly b. described sufficiently 20 warn
p.r,on. al the approach oi the malady u
NAV be stated iha, overexeriion may, u
i thought. be responsible for an attack.
lA.situde and a high temperature ihdi,
cate the early stages OF the disease ana
the paralysis soon makes its appearance.
The TAYLOR boy went berying last week
and doubtless oycr-eNerted himself. lie
also went swimming and the reaction may
have helped 10 bring on the disease: As
the disease j. apparently communicable
the state board OF health has ordered all
cases 10 be quarantined.
While the mortality percentage ranges
from 10 10 IL per cent in different local..
ties and reports come from number OF
sections OF the country OF the appearance
Of the disease It Is not the first appear
anoe of the disease in Brattleboro or IN
| Vermont. In 1894 there was an epidemic
Of anterior poliomyelitis in Vermont. Al
that time there were about 100 cases IN
Rutland county and OF that number about
- were children under six years OF age.
About eight years ago there was a case
reported in Brattleboro, near Centreyille.
Ii was of a small girl. The child recov,,
cred. but was left a cripple and Obliged
to wear an appliance on one OF her legs.
During that same year Gulliord woman
about 80 years old was attacked by the
disease but recovered her normal health.
DIR. Holton offers the suggestion that
children be >induced to take their amuse'
ment and recreation during the summer
with more moderation than Is usually OBJ
served. He says that 1t will tend to make
children less susceptible to an attack OF
the disease if they do not indulge in toe
strenuous games. Avoid the extremes OF
heat and cold is a suggestion from Health
officer Tucker. DIR. Holton said yester-
day that the children of the town may
as well be kept here as sent out into the
country or 10 other parts OF the state.
He said that the disease Is just as hkeiy
to show itself in one part OF the state
as in another He has already had re-
ported 10 him two cases from 81. johns
bury, and yesterday received an un'
official statement that two cases had been
found in Chittenden county.