Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-19

and other secretions are mixed with the
dust of the street and thus taken into
the system. For this reason children
with the measles should be warned
against eXpectoration
Studies of InfantiIe Paralysis.
Among others of the recent investiga-
ton of the hygenic laboratory is infan-
tile paralysis. This dread disease Is like
the meSles in that It usually attacks
little children. 1t is disease of the
spine. which paralyzes the chi.4 either
| in part or in certain OF its members,
and which often causes death. In Sweden
out of 592 cases of children under H.
seventy-one died and in Massachusetts in
Cos cases the State Board of Health
found that l6 per cent of the babies Of
| less than one year failed to recover.
Among the others, who got partially we'll
four had one thigh and leg paralyzed,
eight had legs paralyzed and number
had a leg, arm and other members made
dead. as II were.
Infantile paralysis is not a new disease.
| Evidences of II have been found In an
Egyptian mummy which Is almost 5000
years old, and 1t has long existed in Eu-
rope, There have been number of out
! breaks of 1t in various parts of the
| United States within the last few years.
Massachusetts had one In 1907 1903, 1909
and 1910, Michigan one in 1907 and 1905
! Pennsylvania one in 1910, and Oregon
South Dakota and Virginia were afflicted
with 1t during the same year 1t was
in 1910 that it broke out here at Wash
ington, resulting in 536 cases and about
sixteen deaths. The youngest case was
only 4 months old and the oldest 81
/ years.
In studying this disease there have been
many attempts to give IL 10 guinea pigs,
! rabbits, horses, sheep, dogs, cats, chick
ems, ducks and pigs. They have all failed
! but it has now been discovered that It
can be given to the monkey, and also
that a monkey which has had the dis
ease once cannot be given the disease
again. # has been found that "A serum
| from the diseased monkeys will arrest
the progress Of the disease after # has
developed, and monkeys have been vac
cinuted with this and thus made immune
| It may be that this vaccination viii some
| day be extended to children,
Infantilo paralysis is found to como
from a germ, but this germ is so small
that It will 90 through stone filter
! The scientists have macerated the spinal
cord Of a monkey having the disease and
have passed the water containing this
/ through such filter. A drop Of the
water which camo from the filter was
! then injected into another monkey, and
| it got iufantile paralysis,
1t Is also found that the secTetions from
the noses OF the infected monkeys are
Infections and il IS believed all the
. 81
! likewise so. This indicates that the
disease may be transmitted from one per
son to another by direct contact and that
| 1t is contagious.
PclIngrn Comes from Italy,
! Another terrible disease which Is caus-
/ Ing much excitement IN certain sections
| OF tho United States just now is pellaEra.
| This, I'm the words Of Surgeon General
/ Wyman, is IA veritable scourge In parts
| Of Europe 1t Is found in Florence.
/ Italy and Roumania, and It occurs also
/ IN Spain and Upper Egypt. In certain
parts Of Italy as many as 80 per cent
/ Of the people have the disease, and &c
| per cent of these are mentally affected.
Pellagra has only recently come 20
America. 1t first broke out in the south
ern states, but # IS now found as Tar
north as Philadelphia. 1t Is estimated
that we have something like 5000 cases
Of IT, Once caught it lasts long time
During the present year the laboratory
has been attempting 10 give monkeys
pellagra. II has taken the blood and
spinal fluid of pellagra patiants and in.
ieCted them into the blood of these little
animals. Or. Lavinder has done the same
but 50 far their experiments have not
been successful although valuable nnfor,
nation has been obtained
Typhoid Mary and Mrs. y.
Some OF the most interesting work Of
Uncle Sans hygienic laboratory has re-
lated TO typhoid fever. The corps Of doc.
tors here are ready 90 respond TO any cal
from a typhoid epidemic provided IA,
state or city where the typhoid Is makes
the call At such times they go 10 tho
site Of the epidemic aud investigate its
origin Dr. Anderson tells me that IT,
ph9id can only come from typhoid