Show po polio lio may strike anyone anywhere and at anytime any person school child business man farmer far nier financier or housewife need only step into tile the spotless white corridors corr ldora of the polio ward in salt lake general hospital to realize the full import of 0 what march of dimes contributions can mean then there la Is no doubting the tremendous power tor for good in the tiny dimes and pennies and the dollars dropped into contribution boxes during the annual march of dimes the laughter of children children recovering from dreaded pollo polio removes any doubt of the worth of march of dimes more than 60 of the patients still receiving treatment in the polio ward are children struck down in the tha epidemic in 1945 only a few months ago these same children were brought in stricken with the fever and the dreaded twisting of limbs characteristic act of tho the disease immediately the results of preparation through the march of dimes campaigns and the wholehearted cooperation of state city and county agencies and service organizations as well as the american red cross began to show ward facilities were expanded to meet increasing needs more afore than beds were added physiotherapists nurses additional dit ional lonal medical specialists aids and dietitians provided by the national foundation F oun dation lot for infantile paralysis through its epidemic aid program began their work irot hot packing equipment waa installed and teachers from salt lake cites resident teaching program wore were assigned to help the patients keep up with their studies and the outside world thus began a long hard haid tight fight continued on last page polio may strike anyone anywhere continued from page 1 I back to complete recovery a 1 recovery I which would have been impossible were it not for the march maich ot of dimes and the genor genei osley of utah residents all ot of the contributed in the 1945 5 15 march ot of adli dimes nes campaign plus allocated en ted to utah from the national foundations epidemic ald aid pro grain giam went into the courageous fight to curb the ravages mages of the crippling disease how well tuo the cooper atly efforts f of lias has worked is shown in the remarkable kable record the polio conter has attained complete recovery the absence of visible after effects of the disease is predicted tor for 86 per cent of those who ho entered the hospital dining durilin the last years epidemic there Is no known cure or preventative tor for polio there are only the under muscle am involvement element and impairment lire aie lessened and tho the muscles ire re educated to comi for the crippling effects |