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Show County's Doctors Report Favorably On Results of Salk Vaccine Shots Dr. E. S. McQuarrie, Beaver physician and surgeon, today issued the following statement: "I am wholeheartedly in support of the March of Dimes campaign. I am also thrilled with the promise that th? Salk vaccine will in time remove the menace of . polio. There is proof in the decline de-cline cf children in the age group that received the vaccine vac-cine who contracted tha disease, dis-ease, that the vaccine administered admin-istered to these children was very effective. "Up to date I have administered admin-istered Salk vaccine to 241 children in my office. This is in addition to the vaccina given at school. "I am willing and happy to do all I can to further the cause of exterminating the polio menace." Dr. D. A. Symond, Milford physician and surgeon, today issued is-sued the following statement: "In the first week of October, Octo-ber, 1954, a series of inoculations inocula-tions was begun for the ben-fit ben-fit of children of Minersville and Milford. 103 such shots were given, in cooperation with the Milford JayceEttes, before the serum supply ran out. "We now have a new shipment ship-ment of vaccine, sufficient to give another 75 shots. These will be administered first come, first served, at the Civil Defense night clinics to be started the second week in January "Immunizations will be restricted re-stricted at first to the children through 9 years of age, and to expectant mothers. The Civil Defense clinics, as last year, will be on Monday night at the clinic, and on Tuesday night in Minersville. "I hope we can get enough serum to make every child and younp; adult safe before the next polio season arrives. Whatever happens, the future soon will be safe from polio myelitis. "But we still have the maimed and crippled children chil-dren left by this frightful disease. Let's support the March of Dimes this year for THEM, so they may be helped toward a normal way of life." |