New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-11
Surgeons Wonder if Ami
mails Spread Disease to
Human Beings.
CAUSE OF SCIENCE
GETS MALONEY'S PET
Federal Surgeons to End
Supervision of Travel
This Week.

Paddy Maloney's yellow dog has be
come scientific exhibit. and the fact
that it may prove a means OF check
ing the spr.ad Of infantile paralysis is
small consolation 10 Paddy.
The vagrant mongrel. which Paddy
rescued from a perilous existence on
the upper East Side, was discovered
by a Psychologist al Beth Israel Hos
pital 20 be afflicted with anterior polio
myelitis, or infantile paralysis. Il is
the first instance Of dog having the
disease that mas come TO the attention
OF scientists. and opens a vide field
for exploration.
Paddy lives =, 1O2 East Ninety
eighth Street. Until late in July the
dog called that home, too. although his
visits 70 its interior were Few and
generally the result Of expert SNUG
Cling on the part Of Paddy. It was
about July 20 that Paddy noticed with
dismay that something was wrong with
the dog.
Paddy Nurses His Pet.
IT. eyes still shone at PaGdy's ap-
proach. but even its profound JOY and
admiration could not bring the usual
eager vibrations and contortions with
which Us emotions were expressed.
For a time Paddy's days were given
over 10 nursing MS PEI in secluded
packing box and his nights in worry.
IN desperation he gathered together
his meagre savings and his yellow dog
and set out for the veterinary hospital
Of Dr. Louis Griessman, nearby.
Dr.. Griessman took ar extraordinary
interest in his patient when he found
that It's headquarters we're paralvZed.
He called ia D.. =. J. Hertz, bscteri-
ologist at Beth Israel Hospital. Torn
between pride and grief, Paddy saw his
yellow dog taken IN state 20 the hos
pltal laboratory.
An X-ray examination Of the ami
malls spinal column was not ealighten-
ing. ard Paddy's reluctant consent was
won 20 a lumbar 0uncture and the
withdrawal OF spinal fluid. The test
showed the presence OF the disease
Autopsy Confirms Diagnosis.
= lew Ad1S -dItI dAAF = PEI llrN.
This was sad news FOR Paddy. but was
an aid 70 the cause OF science. An
autopsy confirmed the original diag-
nosis.
Immediately request was issued by
the hospital 70 all veterinarians 20 turn
over 70 the institution dogs which
seemed to be suffering from paralysis.
Not only will every effort be made 20
save the lives of the animals, but L IS
hoped through examination OF such
cases 70 q scOver whether the disease
can be communicated 20 human beings
from animals
No figures on the new cases and
deaths IN the epidemic were given out
by the Department Of Health yester-
day. With the wane OF the disease J.
has been decided 20 combine Sundays
and Mondays statistics. Federal physi-
clans intend 20 cease their supervision
OF interstate travel in New York this
week or early next week. Several
hundred certificates were issued by the
municipal Department Of Health 20
parents who wished 20 take their chill
dren out Of town.
Finding that towns outside Of the
city. some Of them vacation resorts,
are now visited by the epidemic, many
churches have decided 20 postpone the
opening of their Sunday schools until
next month. Parochial schools viii
open in two weeks.
sunday Schools to Open Late.
Among the Sunday schools which will
not reoren until the public schools DO
are those Of S. Georges Episcopal
Church and All Angels St. Michae s.
81. Matthews and Hollywood, the West
End. Fourth and West-Park Presby-