New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-18
Doctors Hope for Enough
TO Treat New York'S
6,774 Cases.
EMERSON'S APPEAL
WILL GO TO 1000
Adult Fatality Increases as
Rigid Quarantine Rules
Are Made.

Reports on the inidH'iit Pa 80
endemic showed another decrease yes
terday. Twelve fewer new cases we're
reported than on Wednesday, and two
fewer deaths. The new cases numbered
l2l and the deaths 80.
Delegates from thirty-nine state
health departments and medical repre-
sentatives of fourteen railroads met in
Washington with surgeons of the Fed
eraI public health service to prepare
measures to prevent spread of the
disease.
The DEPARTMENT Of Health has begun
an active campaign for obtaining blood
Of former patients 10 be used in pre-
pairing immune blood serum for treat
ing the 6,774 cases in this city. The
department's records contain the names
of nearly 1000 persons, many of whom
had the disease during the epidemic Of
1907. II is believed that their blood
would be suitable.
DR.. John s. Billings, Deputy Health
Commissioner, in charge of the paraly-
sis fight during the absence Of Com
missioner Haven Emerson in Washing
ton, said yesterday that the Commits
sioner was preparing an appeal to be
sent 10 everybody known to have re-
covered from infantile paralysis. Those
who do not respond probably will be
visited by an agent Of the department
or a charitable institution, and i'm
pressed with the fact that few ounces
of their blood might be the means of
preventing a child from becoming per-
manently crippled.
No Pain in Drawing Blood.
The department plans further TO es-
tablish a central station in each bor-
ough, with physicians in. attendance,
where persons can 90 TO have their
blood drawn. An automobile livery
service 70 take children TO the blood
giving stations probably will be or
ganized also, if enough youthful voiun-
teers appear TO warrant 1t.
In both the letters and visits the de-
partment will emphasize that in giving
blood there is absolutely no pain or i'll
after-effects. Indeed, in many instances
the drawing of a small quantity OF
blood is of considerable benefit
DR.. Abraham Zingher, Of Willard
Parker Hospital, in charge Of prepar-
ing the serum, hopes as soon as the
supply is adequate to extend its use TO
ali the hospitals Of the city and to the
private homes where patients are quar-
antined. p>. Zingher yesterday empha-
sized, both to physicians and parents,
that the serum must be used in the
early stages of the disease, and warned
doctors. attending private patients to
watch for secondary cases in the same
family.
Often Prevents Paralysis.
"When they are found the serum
should be used Immediately. he said
"The results we have obtained at Will
lard Parker are especially encouraging
when the serum is used in the Fremont
tory stages. Ii has often prevented pa
ralysis from setting in, but in cases
where paralysis is apparent before the
serum is used it has not been of SO
much benefit
Twelve patients were treated yester-
day by Dr.. Eingher, each child receiving
an intrasp.Hal injection Of from fifteen
to twenty cubic centlmetres OF the
serum. An improvement in their gen.
eral G1<dition was noticeable few
houy> later, and it is believed that all
viii escape being paralyzed. Practical
ly III of these are in the premonltory
stage.
From four volunteers, who appeared
Yesterday, DR.. Zingher drew twenty
four and one-half ounces Of blood
This will make about half that much
serum. Nine ounces were taken from
W. +. Loves, of Yonkers. eighteen
years old, who had the disease seven
teen years ago. Miss Alice O'Neil
seventeen years old, of 1871 West
Eighty-third Street, gave six and one
half ounces, and eight ounces were
drawn from the veins Of Carl Branso
twenty-nine years old, who gave his
address as the Salvation Army Home
in West Forty-Gghth Street. The
other volunteer was a boy, sixteen
years old, who refused his name. He
gave one ounce of blood.
Gives Blood for Boy.
At the Kingston Avenue Hospital
Brooklyn, DR.. Joseph Regain obtained
three ounces of blood from John
O'Connell, of 397 Third Street, Brook
Ign, twenty-three years old. who had
paralysis when ne was two years old
lie specified that his blood be made
into serum for the treatment OF
Milton Joachim, thirteen, of 3s2 Third
Street, Brooklyn.
Samuel Rothman, sixteen years old
of 1877 West Twenty-second Street
Bayonne, yesterday asked DIR. John T
Connolly, city physician there, to draw
some of his blood and use it for the
preparation of serum. DR.. Connolly
gave the boy a letter to Willard
Parker Hospital. where he is expected
TO appear to-day.
The Health Departments Bureau of
Epidemiology yesterday began an in
vestigation of the sources of milk
supply in The Bronx, to determine
whether any of the cases of poliomyeli-
tbs in that borough could be traced 10
milk. DR.. Billings said yesterday SO
far no connection had been shown. The
investigation, however. will be con-
tinued, along the lines used in ex-