The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-08-05
INFANTILE PARALYSIS HAS LONG
Been A PUZZLE TO SCIENTISTS
Disease Which Has Collected Awful Toll Of Children Caused by
Minute Organism That Attacks the Spinal Cord and May
Turn a Healthy Baby into a Cripple Over Nght-PiCks
Strong and Well Children in Preference to
the Weak
the Weak.


\cw York. Tn. ,.pnarun .rra. =~
Iufautil. raraly~r~ is rh, r,.~.i ut aa
attack by au ur..,.~m u- m,na.r para.
site uu 'ho. contents of ,'.,. -...aI ,.o.f.
into which il makes i.~ n.s. The
spinal cu-t r,.,.rrl.~ uu,G ..,. I.,uG
AMI rl. >,r~urv aul motor .,.-. .,
they are Called hr.r..l- G~,.-.. ..l
and hru..a \ Luu.Ny baby ..t .r
turned ..'n. "a rr.,,,,.,.. over r.-.,.r TO-. r..
disease. Au..n for .uu. r... r.n,,!
the most ,NIo.rt skill tr I...r...,.-
pr. S.uop Tlr\urr. head 90. tn.
Rockefeller institute, ana tile rau
Whose. discoveries in connection uI.u
rh,. disease have gwen him ar inter.
national reputation. declares. reports
he New York Times. that. arrurGiu.
iu all records. iuraufiIr rar:.l,~i~
seems go pick the strong and we'll
children ia preference iu .hr wrah.
Vigorous health seems g. b." mo- pro-
;rc,iun against the disease"
THE infectious agent enters the
body chiefly. if NOT exclusively. through
the mucous membranes of the nose
and throat" he SAYS "PolinmyclitiS.
or mranHlr raraIy>i>. effects chiefly.
but nor exclusively. ymluy urr~pn~. il
may and not iufr,Gurutly docs affect
adults AMI mo- acc is absolutely free. of
danger of Infections"
Doctor Flryrrr aprrarrd before n
meeting Of rLy>l,fau- i'm ErnoIl,p and
explained To- them ho.y ,hr disease
could be- contracted
The virus of iur9urfI. Ut~aIy~iS ry-
ISIS in the >rcr,:iurt~ Of .hr NOSE, and
throat and i'm rln iurrSriuc~." lr said
"Bru,.r ,ha uInd,. of srrrad may ta
bv kissing. cou.,hfu. and sDrczEug
which carry The ,rcrrtiuus of the nose
and throat from one person who may
be infected 10 other persons.
since The di>raS, attacks hv prefer
onrr Young children and infants whn>r
nasal and mouth SrcrcriuuS are wiped
away by mother or nurse. the fingers
of these persons readily become con
Eliminated The care of other children
10y persons with contaminated fingers
may, therefore, lp:it To- the conveying
of the Infectious mfcro-oryaniSm iudi.
rcc1lv from the sick 10 Tho. healthy.
This danger also exists in connection
with vendors of food which is eaten
mcouked. The existence of cases of
infantilr paralysis in the homes of ven
doris of food is. therefore, "A perpetual
source of danger. Dissemination can
/ be made by means of house flies.
As to Treatment.
''Trcatmcnt involves isolation of the
acutcIy H. uroppr care and dpStruction
of contaminated discharges. Supcrvi-
sion of uprSuuS i'm cnntnct with tho III
ord az an ,..,,I,.,., ~ ed .,,.,.,,,..i,,,
-
VI an li'S' anu E'h'raI sanitary con
troll of the personnel and hahitationS Of
/ families i'm which the disraSe evfStS
! "< .,,,,, 10 ,r,,,I
-" "H' !" ""H''"'''H NV '' "dHS'I
/ OF injection. although lnfantlle paraly-
/ sis affects chiefly Young perSnnS II
not ipfro,,o,..I,. :. .r,,,.,., I,,,,
'
/ "Ncr' "S ihulcated' the disease is one
/ that can be communicated 10y healthy
/ pcrSOnS who bova hnau i'm c,pt,,t with
/ ,b, ,iI- -. =, :, =,
Wv '>' '"' nv "'V ''''i''>''N'H N'Ii'
hep"T'S Oh cIhlcal cases lnulcIt"
/ that the onset of the disease is likely
/ IN lao inCidin,s p,ror,s ,,,.,.;,,,, ti.,i,
| -, ii,
"''' w H'0i' HP'N'Ii> III 'll'lr 'llIldTch
/ are IN due time shocked by the slow
/ whitening of limbs and tho herinnino of
/ a Ct.ta which g., ,,,o,,,. i,,....,,,.. :.
- III
"i''iiiS uiH''''ie II"Ih l'IIN NI'al n"IpIrNS-
! ness. Then, when il is too late, the
! question of contarion is roiSnd I'm
! ,I;. L.. t.,
'''', '"'' punt hoc'"r r''Nher mas
/ written:
OF Infectious Orioip
Tho ,ao, -, ,,,,,,o,.,,., -
don,,,. noIio,,,,.ar;,ts - -. -. " .pi.
. orDo,ra3 a. a. ri,,.. ~
-, -, -. VI ,"",r nan
NO, f-o,,,a,,I,, -, "'', m, " '',t ''aS
course of tho disease indicated an intoc'
tious origin. but up to very recent times no
convincing NJ. know.edee concerning the ma
Ivsis axisted Tho orjdnraio 80 ZOO =, "a,
/ country, in France and in Germany led to
/ renewed study Of the nature Of the in
s',h,Io ga go % ",,',I ,ie n,'Ir
were employed.
/ These methods led almost simultaneous
~, III .ne Cilllen states. oy Doctor Lewis
/ ar and LevaditI 10 the dfscovery. ,ha, ~.
| infectious agent was an extremely minute
mlcr"-organism that readily passed
and rons,i,,,dI hrae o,,n n'1el
/ the so-callcd hlterable viruscs. Of which AZ
/ @ al D..