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Show May Conquer Dread 'Polio' This Year, Thinks Dr. Blue ' WASH. NOTO V, Jun t. "Laat a urn. him- Infantil paralysl- epidemic resulted re-sulted In a great many men. In official and private capacltlea, taking; up In-tenelve In-tenelve study of the disease and out of their effort If le likely much more definite knowledge will come.1 said Hurgeon General Rupert Ulue. United mates public health service, today, sum Ins; up obeervfi Ions after watching watch-ing sporadic outbaraka during the winter. Dr. Blue urges guarding I against panicky methods and believes sane conduct will prevail. "Dr. Rosenow of Rochester, Minn., thinks he has discovered the microorganism micro-organism responsible for Infantile paralysis. He has dona a great deal of work along that line. If he Is right his discovery will aid greatly In control of tha disease. It will. In the first place, make possible accurate and early llagnoala. That will be of great I Importance In preventing spread of the rtlnewae snd therefore In nmtctipe; the public. It will also probably enable us to recognise) chronic carriers of the disease. - The trouble about Infantile paralysis paraly-sis la that eo many cases of the disease have la the past gone unrecognised. It Is not a new disease. H Is simply a newly recognised disease and we krvo wthat there are human carrier!. Just as there are of typhoid, who have established an Immunity against ths diseaao, but can communicate it to others. "The Identification of the organism which cause the dlprses may make it poeaibla for ws to devise soma serum that I a specific In thee cases. All this, of course. Is speculation. "But there are many hopeful thing about the situation and a great many reasons why the public need not feel so much anxiety as in the past. There ar many things the public can do to help prevent the spread and occurrence of the dteaee.' |