Show SCIENTISTS USE SOUTHERN RAT TO STUDY DREAD PARALYSIS I CLEVELAND From From a dingy lab lab- laboratory laboratory laboratory oratory in Cleveland's City hospital comes the word that a haired bushy strung high-strung rat from the cotton fields of the South may help scientists dis dis- discover discover dis- dis discover cover the cause of infantile paral paral- paralysis paralysis paralysis ysis the microbe which they have never seen The little rodent bounded into the spotlight when it was discovered that it could contract the disease from human beings For years men have searched the animal kingdom for a suitable ex ex- experiment experiment experiment victim There has been only one eligible candidate the rhesus monkey imported at high cost from India Because of a high mortality rate and higher upkeep charges the costs for a single experiment with the chattering little tree mammals has been staggering sometimes staggering sometimes as high as Hundreds of worth worth- while experiment ideas have been tossed aside because of insufficient funds The Southern rat can be delivered for 1 a head It is probable that experiments now may be conducted for as little as 20 The susceptibility of the rodent to infantile paralysis was discovered by Charles Armstrong of the United States public health service whose years of search finally took him to the cotton fields of the South Arm Armstrong strong succeeded in injecting paral paral- paralysis paralysis paralysis ysis virus virus into the rat from a 3 victim who had died of the disease in Lan Lan- Lansing Lansing Lansing sing Mich He reports that results of the experiment were highly suc suc- Today Armstrong and Cleveland's Dr John A. A Toomey national au au- authority au- au authority on infantile paralysis are pioneering the paralysis quest through the new medium |