Show scourging the fcc scourge burge by don W gudakunst DI D medical director to r IV 1 I oj foundation lor lal 1 intile t Partly sil WALTER irn of dsa duty lai the h V S atom t foott his hi ell and d will ill soon loll tsiun uma u a u usual ul 1 the outlook in the battle against infantile paralysis like the outlook the enemies of or in the war against democracy Is encouraging by the the fight goes on propelled national foundation lor for infantile paralysis and by the dollars and fighting people e who celebrate dimes of a the birthday r th d of the president bi by dancing rg so 0 t that hay to others may walk found but the N no 0 cure has been sl sister ster kenny treatments e taught to doctors and nurses all over the land by the famous australian nurse here since 1940 alleviate suffering and reduce crippling aftereffects after effects it must be emphasized the kenny method Is NOT a cure though it restores normal 1 life ife about 80 per ce cent nt to and the other 20 per cent are generally helped it takes one m nurse arse and two assistants to treat 10 patients with the kenny method the nurse can learn her part in a week but it takes the physiotherapist months to master the art of teaching paralyzed muscles to work again the cotton rats used in polio virus research come from southeastern united states after trying to breed them in captivity scientists discovered they would not mate ate unless they smelled smelter alike so they were sprayed with creosote and all raised families poliomyelitis polio or infantile paralysis whatever you call it is an old disease A picture carved on a tomb in egypt 4 years ago and mummies from the land of the pharaohs Phara prove it many persons have had poliomyelitis recovered and never knew they had it they are carriers it is estimated there are 50 to 1000 carriers to every victim carriers become nauseated but fortunately fortunate ly tor for them the virus centers in t the he digestive system instead of in the s spinal pinal cord nerves poliomyelitis Is taken from the greek 11 meaning gray plus Imy mallos my llos meaning marrow plus his victims call one another pollos each ye year ar there are in the united states an average of to victims of this disease many become cripples beyond cure the greatest epidemic in this country was in 1916 over reported cases many children badly cripp crippled led were not discovered until later many died without the true cause of their death being known these cases were in the east near new york philadelphia boston and new haven cities where there are excellent doctors and plenty ot of hospitals M maybe abbe you are one ot of many people w who think all of the dimes and dollars go to the georgia warm springs spring s foundation they do not halt half ot of the money goes to the counties which contributed for local relief the other half is retained by the nations national I 1 foundation tor for infantile paralysis it Is used when an epidemic strikes and tor for research to try to find the cause the preventive and cure of the disease infantile paralysis strikes the rich and the poor alike epidemics are not always near great medical centers the first cases discovered by nurse kenny were children in faint lies iles who lived 10 miles from any neighbor or telephones telegraph and improved roads it was over miles to the nearest doctor and hospital this was 30 years ago in 1942 there were two places in the united states that were hard hit one was thickly settled fairly wealthy new jersey with plenty of 0 doctors nurses and hospitals the other was arkansas where there was but one hospital in all the state willing to admit any case of infantile paralysis in its acute stage this hospital could not begin to care for the children who applied tor for treatment the first few weeks that Is where the national foundation tor for infantile paralysis came into the picture it had money it knew where to secure nurses trained in the kenny method ot of that hundred and more patients almost all have now gone home ri restored stored to health of the rest all but a very few win will soon be walking their condition good it costs about 1800 to keep one child in a hospital for a year under the Kenny treatment but that one year may mean freedom to that thal child for a lifetime at a dime apiece people have contribute contri but ed to treat that child throughout the country there art are now 2494 local chapters of the no na lional foundation tor for infantile paral ysis they cover 2894 of the na eions counties it if you were tt ricken tomorrow regardless ol of stricken rt race ace creed age color one of these units would help you |