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Show VOL. XXIV JANUARY 20, 1951. NO. 11 News and Features oi Interest to Residents of Davis County. i LAYTON, DAVIS COUNTY. UTAH . Can you spare 35c. That's what each individual in Davis county is asked to contribute to this year's March of Dimes. You couldn't find a better bargain, or a more advantageous way to spend this money. For 35c you purchase a benefit and assurance that is worth many times this amount. The cost of treating Polio is to great for the majority of families to bear themselves. The only solution is the collective raising of funds to be used where required. All that is asked is 35c per person. But it will be effective only if everyone contributes. We had a lot of infantile paralysis in this natfon last summer. Tod much of it. Even one case of polio is too much. lust one kid, robbed of his God-give- n right to run and walk, and have fun, and grow up in health, is one youngster too many to have polio. At the same time, let's ponder the following and very hopeful fact: Research into infantile paralysis never has presented a brighter front than it does today. We can thank the March of Dimes for a great deal of our reasons for optimism. During the past 13 years, scientific investigators have come a long, long way since one Dr. Underwood, an English physician, noted polio's peculiar symptoms in the 18th century. Scientists now know what causes infantile paralysis: a group of viruses. They didn't-- , know that too many years ago. They now know how to grow the virus in test tubes a truly important step in the search for a vaccine, drug or serum to control the disease. That was achieved only two years ago. Scientists have also reduced tremendously the high fatality rate in bulbar polio, most serious form of the disease. This alone is a notable blessing. Yes, we've had a rough polio year. A lot of kids and grown-up- s came down with infantile paralysis. But we can take heart in the knowledge that research is advancing. Someday, you can bet your last dollar that superimposed over the word "polio" will be the word "conquered." The $9,000,000 authorized so far by the March of Dimes organization for virus research will have had a lot to do with final victory. It's worth bearing in mind when you make your contribution to the 1951 March of Dimes. . |