New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-08
New Cases Reported Yes
terday AZ Fewer than
on Sunday.
DEPARTMENT FEARS
AN INCREASE TO-DAY
Several Former Patients Offer
Blood to Provide Serum
for Sufferers.

from SUNDAY uEuttsS III Nhc uu"O'i va
infantile paralysis cases reported yes
terday. The total was las. or forty
seven less than Sunday. There were
forty-four deaths, an increase Of
eleven. and the mortality rate of the
epidemic, which has been gradually
rising, exceeds % per cent.
Despite the more favorable case re
port. authorities gave warning that 1t
did not indicate that the epidemc had
slackened. II is feared that the de-
crease will be more than made up in
the report to-day.
With the spread of the disease
more rapid than it has ever been
medical research workers are exerting
every effort to find a cure. Eleven
men responded yesterday to the Will
lard Parker Hospitals call for volun-
teers who have had infantile paralysis
and are willing to give a little Of their
blood, from which a serum can be eX-
tracted to treat patients now III.
Two Give Blood.
Eight ounces Of blood were drawn
by an operation, which the physicians
said was painless, from F. B. Green,
of $50 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, who had
infantile paralysis twenty-seven years
ago. Ten ounces were taken from a
young man who refused to give his
name, but said he had paralysis when
he was year old. Both were exam
ined by physician before the opera
ton.
The remaining volunteers are TO give
up some of their blood only If an ex-
animation by hospital physician
shows each to be well.
One is a young student Of medicine,
who had the disease when five years
old. Another called at the hospital
and said one Of his children was Ill
with infantile paralysis in Kingston
Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn. An older
child was i'll with the disease in 1901
The father asked that blood be taken
from the elder child and serum from 1t
be injected into the younger one. This
may be done to-day.
Commenting on the treatment, Health
Commissioner Emerson said yesterday:
I'VE are going to continue tins ap-
peal by sending request 10 all physl-
clans in the city, through our weekly
bulletins, TO enlist cooperation 70 the
end that a sufficient supply Of this Sc
rum may be had.
"The department would not have al
lowed Il 20 be used IN hospitals unless
convinced that there is SOUND evidence
that il has been helpful in some IN
stances.
"People should be warned against
the use Of any materials supposed TO
be immune serum, unless the source
is absolutely vouched for by reliable
physician or hospital. While We are
not yet in q position 10 say that TINS
serum has proved ITS curative Vaiue'
the results Of its use have been
promising, and justify d trial under
the most careful clinical control
Treatment Experimental.
Or. c. H. Lavinder and DR.. Wade
A. Frost, of the United States Public
Health Service. in "a statement yester-
"Pcrsonallv we do not feel entitled
TO an opinion as 20 the curative value
OF the treatment, but We hope that the
appeal Will bring forward enough
volunteers 20 insure q trial, which Will
determine its value. To make a
thorough test the treatment must DO
applied in a large number Of cases
under a very careful scientific control
an its present state this treatment
is not 10 be recommended Tor general
and indscrminate use. II IS IN an
experimental stage
DR.. Charles T. Bolduan, director OF
the Health Departments Bureu OF
Public Health Education, declared that
the serum must be handled with the
greatest care and only by those familiar
with sociological technique.
Plans for the after care of children
now IN were discussed yesterday IN
Commissioner kmcrsOu's Office. A COM
mittee was appointed 90 arrange for a
central Office from which the work viii
be handled. 70 register all cases and
establish a bureau of information for
children. The committee members are
O. II. Bartinc. superintendent of thu
Hospital for the Ruptured and Grip
pied; DR.. J. Rushmore. of the Long
island College Hospital; Miss Bessie
zimmerman. Of the Henry Street Set
Element; Dr.. Thomas Riley, of the
Brooklyn Bureau Of Charities, and
DR.. Walter Truslow. representing the
Brooklyn dispensary Of the Orthopedic
Hospital.
Schiff Aids Fund.
Among contributors 20 the Health
DEPARTMENTS fuud for after-care Of pa
tients. many of whom will need braces
and medical attention fora long time,
are Jacob II. SchN, who gave $1,000,