THE PRESENT STATUS OF METHODS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS OF ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS
Authors: John A. Kolmer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 July 1938THE PRESENT STATUS OF METHODS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS OF ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITISJOHN A. KOLMER, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN A. KOLMER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-1-95 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute anterior poliomyelitis is still among the important diseases in which knowledge of the mechanism of infection, its mode of dissemination and the factors responsible for epidemics, as well as the nature of natural and acquired immunity, is quite incomplete and controversial in many particulars and especially in relation to methods of prophylaxis.Twenty-eight years ago Flexner and Lewis1first suggested that infection occurred through the upper respiratory tract and especially by way of the olfactory nerves. 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