Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-06-12
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR INFANTllE PARALYSIS ON
GAMMA GLOBULIN AND VACCINE

STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR lNEAhIlLE MILE p pARALYsis al - ON
GAMMA GLOBULIN AND VACCINE
Paralysis resulting from mfanle paralysis pOliyeitiso
be prevented in two ways One is called passive immunity
| and the other active immunity.
immunity temporary protection of
receiving of human blood called antbodes
which have been other The
take actively mmunizing For
blood passvey Older who
be because they do not have enough anbodies be pavey
The latter (serum concenrae) what called gamma globu
The anbodies received by injection vanish matter of
weeks that why passive immunity lasts only for brief period
Active immunity last for relatively long time because the
anbodies continue created by the body itself
may the result natural infection by the polio
virus whether the infection paralyc disease Most
produce result although very
with M s the o % % Ae Al e y1aSy S6aS s @
always they produced rapidly enough protect against
to protect against paralysis however immunity
against future infections by that polio virus
The production of antibodes by the body also be
polio virus that has been stripped of power parayze
suggested passive temporary immunity
from nt e even v o @
whether immnization of children likewise would
infection with the virus.
For that extensive field trials of the blood fraction
IN s5a at Houston Sioux City Iowa and South Sioux
City, Nebraska total of 5472 children nocua
We're given gelatin None the Investigators gave
had into each child
gobuin OLA per pound of body weight
given ntramuscularly into the right buttock
Results total Of 1o4 of Pa1s VI po polio ;asa
significant the number of the that
ity s' Of f't PARALYSIS s was reduced
within we Of sn 81 .v with go
through fifth week however highly significant though
who had received gamma gobu1in paralysis
80 who gelatin Shots During the sixth seventh
globuln appeared evidenced by the fact that
se tina, at had gelatin
Current GIobun Use Present stocks of
gamma globun obtained from human blood will not be ade
1888 m all sren Is ne
adolescent this country under fifteen while
The Office Of Defense Mobilzaton announced its plan Of
@ m sne bso %
effective preventing measles infectious hepatits "a form Of
supply controlled distribution the nations stople through
was Of Of hs ali
The Defense Mobilization announced its plan of
ass m n. for ,s use ags polio % on ap
appointed by the National Research Council qasgov
ernmental agency
ae SSs, s, .e,
shipment polio Aocation based the
t e Sess peaa Sixty a state
allowed for each Of these At appropriate intervals
additional ALLEGATIONS of 60 for each reported in
cumulative annual incidence the
seasonal period s
Approximately 1870 of the total supply will be reserved
nationally for mass ,n @ in @ Of
unusual or special situations.
Research conducted during by National
grantees clearly that practical method
control of parayc polio might be achieved through
Although this goal has been IL rapid the objective
proof both safety and effectiveness Such studies
rapidly they be completed the results will
No vaccine be expected for 1858 however
/ named administrator of