Word: polio
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last year, Bacteriologist Claus W. Jungeblut of Columbia noticed that patients with ill-balanced diets suffered far more from the disease than those who had lots of vitamin C. Dr. Jungeblut put the statistics to experimental test, by going to work on some monkeys. He dribbled small amounts of polio virus into the noses of 56 monkeys, then gave them injections of natural vitamin C. Result: 33 monkeys (59%) became mildly sick, but had no fever or paralysis. The remaining 23 "developed complete or partial paralysis of the extremities." A group of 20 monkeys was given virus but no vitamin...
...making other suspected local chieftains his permanent "guests." On a group of disobedient mullahs (Moslem priests) he applied the whip in person. Strongwilled, previously healthy followers of the absent Sultan Ahmad Shah, whom Reza Khan later had deposed, developed mysterious maladies from which they never recovered. One chief of polio committed suicide, and a foreign minister underwent a fatal operation for a vague ailment. Summed up the Most Lofty of Living Men several years ago: "I am a soldier-a simple soldier-and love...
Very few of the polio-encephalitis victims died. Some were only mildly and briefly affected, returned to work. Others were desperately ill and still are. Still others, after apparently getting well, suffered sudden relapses, as though a built-up immunity had succumbed to a fresh onslaught of the disease...
...typical polio-encephalitis victim had blinding, excruciating headaches, accompanied by nausea and vomiting so severe that artificial feeding was sometimes necessary. About ten patients suffered bladder paralysis, necessitating the constant and painful use of catheters. Two developed arthritis. Many women had sharp abdominal pains, due to attacks by the germ on the ovaries. Such a diseased ovary, when exposed for surgical treatment, looked "like a sac of pale blue cellophane stuffed with tapioca pudding." The ovaries of a few patients were entirely destroyed and typical menopause symptoms followed. Endocrine disturbances snowed themselves in increased obesity and growth of body hair...
...committee of doctors concluded last week's report by recommending that they be authorized to continue to keep tabs on polio-encephalitis and its remaining victims...