New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

tie sufferers who are crowding the no 3
pitals throughout the greater city
OF Yesterdays volunteers, one was ="
woman twenty-three years Ola, wno
had the disease twenty years ago. She
gave ten ounces of blood AnotheI
was a man twenty years DID, VINO hae
paralysis when he was four years Old
and who gave eight ounces OF blood 10
HELM the Riddles" Another of the for
mer victims of paralysis who. gave
their blood in the hope that the babies
might be saved was a travelling en-
gineer for the Western Electric Com
pany.
81 lost my wife and three children
when the steamer Eastland sank a.
Chicago,T he said, "and 1 know what
Il means to lose a baby. want to
give all the blood l can, and III come
back and give more any time the doe-
tors think | can spare II. / want 70 90
ANYTHING ] can y save some mother
or father the pain | suffered.
Miss Anna Bofrd, of 72s West End
Avenue. Jersey City, a fran woman
who hes not been strong since she had
infantile paralysis ten years gao, gave
an ounce of her blood. She wanted TO
give more. bus the physicians deciued
il was impossible. Several ounces Were
drawn from the veins OF MISS Elin
Peterson, supervisor of the woman
Infrmarv at 32l East Fifteenth Street.
Resides these, DR.. Zingher had oherS,
from two persons by telephone, ano
from two others by mail. The Depart
ment of Health urges every person IN
New York who has had paralysis 20
give q norton of their blood for the
work. There is no pain in the opera
tion and no illness will result from IT,
DIR. Zingher Treats Seventy.
DR.. Zingher ard his assistants have
now treated seventy children with the
immune serum. and excellent results
have been observed in more than hall
Of the cases. Two types OF cases are
chosen for the work-thOse in the pre-
liminary stage, where paralysis mas no,
vet set in, and those in the paralyzeC
stage. where the paralysis has de-
stroved the use of an extremity or 6
muscle group.
In many instances, it has been def
r,teIv determined. the use of the serum
prevented the onset Of the actual pa
ralvsis. in others il has been definite
L. determined the serum has caused
iesseninp of the paralysis and
marked improvement in the genera
condition of the patient. Better results
ere being obtained every day, an'
while physicians are very conservatlV'
| in expressing opinions concerning th'
serum. it is being hailed as the bes
method now known for combating th'
Willard Parker Hospital now houses
| $50 children and few adults suffering
/ from paralysis in all stages and Oh al
t,,pes. DR.. Haven Emerson, CITY heaiti
/ Commissioner, conducted party O.
| rewspaper men through the paralysis
wards Yesterday, that they might SCI
/ TIE type of children who nave peer
[ stricken and view at first hand the en-
/ y.ronment under which they are treat
| ed and the arrangements for their care
Newspaper Men Visit Hospital
Extensive precautions were taken. u
nreyent the newspaper men from De
| coming germ carriers or contracuhI
/ the disease. Each man was suolecVe'
10 vaccination and was shrouded III
| white robe and hooded turban. comm
out of the hospital, every ISan Dathe'
| in alcohol to destroy whatever germ
NAV have clung TO his garments
One of the remarkable features O
the patients in the Willard Parker !
their apparent good health, ana thel
vigorous bodies and smiling races
Hardly a child was crying, and hardl
a one appeared to be in pain. som
we're unable to move, and lay WIZ
/ their legs and bodies encased IN orth
/ opedic appliances, or with their mus
I cIes bandaged. White robed nurse
appeared to be everywhere, attendlnl
/ 10 the little sufferers and ANXIOUS Il
| do ANYTHING to relieve them. .,
Many of the children in the ward
/ visited had been treated with the I'm
mune serum. and the beneficial result
/ of the treatment were apparent IN IN
smiling faces, the keen eyes and tn
/ ability to play. Some Of these chlldrei
/ Rad come to the hospital with thel
chest muscles almost completely para
lyzed or with their legs drawn up II
| the grip of paralysis, and some OF then
| Yesterday were able to stand alone AM
walk about in their cribs and upon tn
floor. One child, little girl, had 81
I far recovered she climbed from ne
bed and ran across the floor. Whel
She came to the hospital her chest wa
paralyzed. Another patient, httl'
West Indian girl, had not had tn