Show 11 r arch of I Dimes m s Now I tn full Swing Here no- no polio is no longer a n mystery sease I of research data f fAS s a result I cumulated during fie fhe past l ten n disclosed here to toY toft tom to- to ais eats it was m Duggins cha chair chair- rI r- r Sims Duggins ft Y Y b by Or ir medical advis- advis the tho local I un in n ot of n- n committee of the National f n for Infantile E knowledge has been aso as- as y s i more o about polio than man many titer iier diseases Referring to recent reports national headquarters 01 or om in e a March of Dimes Dillies ou u ll Dr Duggins said We mow ow ow today todar that polio is actually family of diseases having the theme theme me ue clinical symptoms but used by a number of or different ruses ruses Scientists are now gen- gen r uly agreed that the virus I lb is transmitted through close contact such as occurs households Scientists tell us he lie contin- contin ed d. d that the virus usually en- en p b th the digestive canal through 1 hb lie c mouth or nasal passages and then flen 1 en makes Its way along nerve fibres res to the central nervous SS em ehi em where it damages nerve e jells ells lIe He went on to say that i now believe that this Period of damage is rather brief requiring only a few days In the laboratories Dr DugIns Dug- Dug Ins hs revealed scientists supported supported sup sup- p ported by the March of Dimes h have tia e experimentally charted in ini i the speed with which polio virus travels along nerve nene fibers He gave the rate as two millimeters t rs an hour lOur nearly an anInch aninch l Inch ch In 12 2 hours hours hours-a a snails snail's pace considering the speed of modern transportation but actually a at t terrifically rapid speed for a disease organism of such small size The The Chapter official concluded that the time statement that the rate of of f scientific progress in polio has been been so g great reat In the past few Cew years j ars th that t scientists are now more more hopeful of ultimate success than an ever before I If we can give our our ur scientists continued support support sup sup- port he said I am certain that 1 aj J sure preventive for polio pollo can be found within the tutu future re I |