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Show . f ? P ' @ II A ' . \ I \ itiNthS \I\\ I \ \ \ \ ' ) ' $ ; t \ \ \ \ , mI\ mI \ mIit \ { it Released neleased by Western Westorn l'oewsp loewsp P.ewap Pewap ' . w p per por Un onINFANTILE on onINFANTILE INFANTILE PARALYSIS PARALYSISAs As most cases of pol poi omyel t s oe oecur oecur occur cur towaid towald toward the "nd nd pnd end " of the lhe summer summeror or the beg nnmg of the autumn autumnweather autumnweather autumnweather weather many theories as to why v.hy vhy v.hyIt whyit . whyIt It occurs at this tlIDeof timeof time tlIDe | of year are brought broughtforward broughtforward broughtforwardSome forward forwardSome Some parents are areapt areapt areapt apt to blame an at attack attack attack tack on the summer summercamps summercamps 4 4camps camps the public publicswimming publicswimming sWlIDmmg swimming pools on onsWlmmmg onswimming onswimming sWlmmmg swimming beaches beachesnear beachesnear beachesnear near i industrial industrialplants Industrialplants n d u s t ria I Iplants plants There is ap apparently apparently parently plenty ol of ofeVldence ofi > ; > ? , . . JCKB i evidence eVldence pointing to toDr toDr toDr Dr Barton ward camps andswimming and andswimming swimming places as ascauses ascauses ascauses ascausesHowever causes causesHowever However many physicians beheve believe believethat believethat that It is because children chldren ] are t red redfrom redfrom redfrom from summer play that they are areattacked areattacked areattacked attacked by infantile mfantle ] paralysis as asmany asmany asmany many of them are too young } ; ) oung for forcamps forcamps forcamps camps or swimming swimmmg beaches Dr W J McCormick Toronto Torontopomts Torontopoints Torontopoints pomts points out in m the tbe Medical Record Recordthat Recordthat Recordthat that in m all cases invest mvest gated it was wasfound wasfound wasfound found that the child ate too much muchstarch muchstarch muchstarch starch food and did not get enough enoughvltamm enoughvitamin enoughvitamin vltamm vitamin Bl in his food In addit addlt on onto onto onto to improper d et it was pointed pomted .out out .outthat outthat . outthat that these children had a h story of ofoverexert ofoverexert ofoverexert overexert on or tiredness prcv prev prey ous ousto ousto ousto to the attackAs attackAs attack attackAs As there was an ep demic demlC demie of in infantlle infantile tofantile fantlle fantile paralys s in m Winnipeg Wmnlpeg Can Cun Canada Cunada Canada ada in September 1941 Dr Mc McCormick McCormick MeCormick Cormick was given the opportunityof opportumtyof opportumty opportunity of making makmg a study of t the tie e d et and andphyslca andphysical andphysical physlca physical ] exertion m in 24 cases in m the theIsolat theIsolat theIsolat Isolat on hospital hospitalIn In the Wmn peg cases invest mvest gat gated gated gated ed the diet habits showed that the thechIldren thechildren thechildren chIldren d d not get enough vitam n nBl nBl nBl Bl in m their diet which d et was wasmade wasmade wasmade made up almost entirely enbrely of whIte whIteflour whiteflour whiteflour flour bakery goods white sugar can candy candy candy dy boiled bOIed ] potatoes and corn syrup syrupall syrupall syrupall all of . which .hlch hlch con contain tam no vitamin BIFurther BlFurther Bl BI BlFurther Further m in 22 of the 24 cases In Investlgated investigated investigated vestlgated vestigated there was a definite h s story story story tory of overeJ overeaerton overexert .ert ert > . on in an the summer summeractivIt summeractivit summeractivit activIt es of youth-swlmmmg youth swlmmmg youth-swimming swimming youth - swimming bl bi blcyclmg bicycling bicycling cyclmg cycling dancing dancmg row ngInfantile ngInfantile ng ngInfantile Infantile paralysis has been be- be bebe belies be-Iwed be Iwed - - be\ be lies beed \ ed due to a tmy tIDY tiny invisible mVlslbe ] organ organIsm organism organism Ism although it was recently stated statedthat statedthat statedthat that a large orgamsm-streptococ orgamsm streptococ organism-streptococ organism orgamsmstreptococcusmay organismstreptococcusmay organism - streptococcus cus-may cus may - may be he the causeWhatever causeWhatever cause causeWhatever Whatever the cause in m view of ofDr ofDr ofDr Dr McCorm ck s invest gat ons re reported reported reported ported m in Med ca cal ] World it would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be good sense for parents as they theymay theymay theyI may not be able to cut down on their theirch theirch theirch ch Idren s play to at least see that thatthey thatthey thatthey they get plenty of rest |