The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-07-19
IF EGyPTS I'VE
| IS INF NTILE PSf 'SIS
LIKE LIGHTNING
rocr UNEXPECTED PLACES.
/ su,TEs THE STRONG.

mysterious do 0i
Egvpt and took the first born
p a,sorv house that lacked the
~ the door post; as mysterious
w. va hrpath of death that left the
';ou host in its purple and gold
lldoring on the ground continues
's i g',aad infantile paralysis which
,aaning through New York city.
"rribIe in its devastation infantile
alrsis strikes like lightning, here,
IT, and everywhere. 1t confounds
4 doctors, and experts stand ac-
DwIedping their helplessness before
II defes all rules and regula-
II strikes down the strong be-
-. If strikes the weak. Its damn
"a curse knows no section line. From
contested" section of great
M with its myriad Of children play
IN the streets, it jumps miles
S the city to the exclusive arls-
tic section and takes a victim
tho most isolated and hygienic
.uf bindings.
terror strikes the heart of ev-
&. Oarent of young children in New
va Each days paper brings its
Of fresh cases. "Seventy-six
Cases-Eight More Diev' This
h sample headline from the
York papers of last week. Since
endemic began on June 26 there
been 1857 children stricken
have been 311 deaths.
nm That Tackles the Nerves.
Simon Flexner, the expert path
;st connected with the Rockefel-
Institution, has made a deep study
e plague. Three years ago, with
Japanese DIR. Noguchi, he found
Malignant germ that creeps into
ebild's body through the mucous
sbrane and attacks at once the
ms system. That's about all they
tell about it.
ev recommend: If child has
if he had indigestion even OF a
type. if his joints are lame, or
seems weak, send for a doctor
ISOLATE the child until diagnosis
been made.
INV physicians believe solution
lie teaspoonful of salt to pint
arm water, or weak solution
ric acid, used freely to wash out
ose and throat is a preventive.
even doctors disagree as to the
by of this.
cOntagion hospitals are ready
Ike hundreds of patients and a
watch is kept for fresh cases.
the present knowledge of the
Be the doctors can recommend
BIZ better than complete isola-
They recommend keeping chill
from picture shows, picnics and
Md places where large numbers
regate.
stronger the child, the worse
ttack. The disease attacks the
young chiefly, but no age is
ne and adults are sometimes It's
ps. A healthy boy goes out IN
norning, comes home from his
at noon with dull headache.
is the beginning. The end fol
quickly. The spinal cord is al
limbs become paralyzed or
comes. AS swiftly as that does
read disease work. For months,
th be defed, the boy fingers on
bOrderland. If he survives it is
b certain to be with paraly-
some part of the body or with
defOrmity.
es through Mucous Membrane.
th such danger lurking there IS
wonder that men of science are
ng every nerve to discover and
the plague. Up to date the
is that the virus of pOliomyell-
transmitted in the secretions OF
ucous membrane, the discharges
the nose and throat, and in the
rges from the intestines. Kiss
Coughing and sneezing are pos
ways in which an infected per-
nght spread the plague of in
paralysis.
ger exists in connection with
fnders of uncooked food. Great
OuOnS are being enforced by
lew York health authorities to
pat no one in whose family a
OF infantile paralysis exists
handle foods for sale.
alarming extent of the disease
Snng something of a panic IN
10 iofk. Up to the early part of
~ eek the contagion was not re-
an 70 have spread from the me-
~ u.s. Twelve deaths in "a hours
~ an unusual record from this
lsease.
elSe study of the infection
mat an epidemic occurred in
INNER of 1908 in Europe, South
Va and Australia, and in some
r :. VI the United States. Expert
u with the stable fly, that was
y suspected, proved that the
nTt necessarily a cause, though
Se a carrying agent. Records
Nlg disease is most prevalent
: children from / to 2 years.
i ouuNR IL.