Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-27
INFANT PARALYSIS
IS SPREADING TO
WEST CAUSING
MANY DEATHS
Five to Ten Per Cent of Per-
sons Affected by Severe
Malady Are Killed While
Many Others Are Crippled

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Washington Ann ., The proven.
lion of ininntilc paralysis in the
United states II one of the greatest
fights leading phi, sicians and surgeons
a." undertaking In this country TODAY.
During The past three or -four years,
through successive epidcmics thp mat
ady has caused the death of from iiy'
To ten por cent of persons affected.
and permanently or often severely
paraly<ipg or cripplng - on more pgr
cent OF those attacked Dr simon
FlcNncr of the Rockefeller institution
Tor medical iesearch who has been
conducting series of experiments
with his disease. ~ " recent inter.
view here charactcfizcs tn, discns"
as being as deadly as cholera the
white plague or the plague now cpl
dcmic IN China ANA Eastern Russia
Tho disease FIRST appeared In cpi.
d'inic form IN The United States IN
l'",, said Dr FloNncr, upon being
asked concerning the extent 10 which
the disease had spread In this coun.
tfy. Since then he continued. the
epidemic WIVES have been moving 20
The west and south. uutil. AZ present.
there Is probably no single state that
has escaped. ana thar is ao' subject
to still further ravagos \ cOnserva'
tive estimate woull plaoe the nunbc'
of eases embraced Within the epi-
dcmic ~ 2o.ooo and the number of
a int - LOT, la ID a
li0oo
within half century, localized
outbreaks Of the disoasr have occur.
red IN this country. one oi the most
disastrous al which prevailed ia Yer.
mont IN isii, But never until laOi
did IN. disease extend 80 as 10 aztec
large numbers oi psiSons. or to raw.
age IN succ ssion adjacent ana re-
mote cOmMualiics Prior To this
date. the c.idcmics were practically
confined To NORWAY aud sweden.
whore )hey have been prevalent los
more than a quart Q OF a c,niGrN
"Nc can now affirm with crrilint,
thai Infantle paralysis Is disease
40 to *peciic getm Thai atiacEs
~ spinal cord aud 10 less c',fCn'. tho
brain. and Nv iniuing 'hs nrrvnna
Tissues. causes either a tcmpururI OF
permanent pNIalt Sta Of The muscles.
The specific cause has been kn1wn iur
about yenr and half since which
lime The disease has been under ac.
curHto scientific inycstiEatigE fhrtrgh
experiments with MONKEYS 'vi,r 80
this period almost no knowledge wns
possessed of the nature OF lh' discesc
aud all our accurate knowledge has
been gaincd since then through cX-
pcriments on animals No more con.
N.ncing and impressive example than
this of the value vi the EN- lloyment OF
auimals IN the study of discaaes could
b. cited The germ If very minrtc,
and Is without The limits of direct
human vision Yet. IN spite of It's
excessive minutoncss, accurate meth
ODDS exist Tor determining the presence
OF the germ. a. well as for Subiecting
Il To those experimental tests and
nianipulations upon which further adj
vance IN knowledge OF inian'ile pa.
ralysis depends. The infectious agent
Is not known 10 reside anywhere in
nature. except In connection with Hn'
man beings who either have had or
have been In contact With someone
who had lntantile paralysis Il Is e.
'ablished thai the Infection Is spread
b, persons afflicted with The disease
The infectious agent of infantlle
PARALYSIS has been proved 10 pass
ilom the central nervous system OF
innCculated monkeys into he nasal
ipassagos IN human beings, II is prob
ole that the portal OF entry is also
n. nose The innoculation of The
.erm into he nasal passage has been
followed by the appearance OF paraly'
sis
The cNcretion OF the virus by way
of The nasal passages indicates wha,
measures are TO he adopted Ia prevent
dissemination Sufferers should %
strictly isolated. AMI the sccreiions
from the nose and mouth should be
carefully DESTROYED The length ol