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W GU t OW to Od of 1 the e National rr roc lor infantile I The fhe outlook in the battle 1 sat t Infantile paralysis like outlook in the war against i ce e enemies of ot democracy is ens en's en- en tte s 's aging l fight goes on propelled National F Foundation for forthe for a II the the Paralysis Paralysis' and by the thel l tit and nd dimes of a fighting who celebrate the birth- birth af e the president by dancing that t others others may walk k din cure has been found but bute l 0 Sister Kenny treatments e to doctors and nurses all ht cU the land land by the famous Aus- Aus C nurse here since 1940 4 tr Cyan suffering and d reduce e a g after ter effects It must emphasized a the Kenny meth- meth tere- tere jh II pot not a cure though It re- re id bout 80 per cent to norand nor nor- and the other 20 raI ife Per ire are generally helped WIt lut Stakes It takes one nurse and two asSato as- as patients as-patients Sato to treat 10 patients with fi Kenny method The nurse learn earn her part in a week j takes tikes the physiotherapist to master the art of oft l ching paralyzed muscles to t tub ork again nt The cotton rats used in polio south south- research come from south south- r at United States After eutera trying to breed them In captivity captivity cap cap- scientists discovered they would not m mate mat a t e e unless they smelled alike So t the they h e y were sprayed with creosote creosote and and all raised families Poliomyelitis polio or infantile Infantile infantile tile paralysis whatever paralysis whatever you call it it-is it is an old disease A picture carved on a tomb i in I Egypt years ago and mummies from the land of ot the pharaohs prove it Many persons have had poliomyelitis poliomyelitis poliomyelitis polio polio- recovered and never knew they had it They are car car- It is estimated there are 50 to 1000 carriers to every victim Carriers became nauseated nauseated nau nau- seated but fortunately for them the virus centers in the digestive system Instead of in the spinal cord nerves Poliomyelitis is taken from the Greek meaning gray plus meaning marrow plus itis ills Victims call one another Each year there are in the United States an average of to victims of this disease Many become cripples beyond cure The greatest epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic in inthis this country was In 1916 o 0 over v e r reported cases Many children badly crippled were not discovered until later Many d die died f e d without the true cause of their death being known These cases were in the east n near e ear a r New York Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Boston and New Haven cities cities s where there are excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent doctors and plenty of hos hos- It costs about 1800 to keep one child in a hospital for a year under the Kenny treatment But that one year may mean freedom to that child for lifetime At Ata a dime apiece people have contributed to treat that child Throughout the country there are now 2494 local chapters ch of the National Foundation for Infantile In In- Infantile In- In Paralysis They cover 2894 of the nations nation's coun coun- ties If you were stricken to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow regardless of where you were or what was your race creed age color one of these units would help you Maybe you are one of many people who think all of the dimes and dollars go to the Georgia Warm Springs foundation They do not Half of the money goes to the counties which contributed for local relief tide other half is retained by the National Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis It Itis is used sed when an epidemic strikes and for research to try to find the cause the preventive and cure of the disease Thousands of infantile paralysis sis victims are war workers and some ome even are are In the army Orville Orville Or- Or ville Davis of Bellingham Wash was stricken a year ago Dimes and dollars and the Kenny method method method meth meth- od brought his recovery Hes He's In the army now And theres there's Philip Hawco 18 of Quincy Mass For 14 years he wore a steel jacket A few weeks ago he removed It passed his army physical and now hes he's in the air corps Lovable Tiny Tim the little crippled boy In Dickens' Dickens Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Carol very likely was the first widely known polio victim The immortal classic was first published in 1644 1844 just nine years after the date of the first recorded infantile paralysis epidemic epidemic epidemic epi demic in England Some of the greatest fighters In the world have enlisted in the fight against polio The celebration celebration celebration cele cele- bration chairman in Fentriss county Tennessee is Alvin C C. York York the the same Sergeant York praised by Marshal Foch as the outstanding hero of World War I I. I The Japs have an even tougher enemy to fight than the marines at Wake island Press correspondents correspondents correspondents corre corre- returning as exchange prisoners from Tokyo bring word of a raging polio epidemic In the island empire but the Nipponese government does nothing about it in sharp contrast to this nation nation nation na na- na- na tion with its Miles its Miles of Dimes |