Word: polio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old inventor and appliance manufacturer of Muncie, Ind. had never seen an "iron lung" respirator in his life. Last week he was asked to make one in a hurry. Muncie's Ball Memorial Hospital, which owned the only iron lung in three counties, suddenly had 28 polio (infantile paralysis) patients on its hands. That lung was in use when Rue Steel, an eight-year-old boy who urgently needed a respirator, was brought in. Hospital Superintendent Nellie Brown asked Reichart if he could turn out an emergency...
Last week, widespread polio created other emergencies...
...iron lung for 24 hours when she gave birth to a healthy, 5 lb. 4 oz. girl. For final delivery the lung was opened, and the motor shut off, for only 15 seconds. Mrs. Davis' condition was obstetrically good but she was still gravely ill from polio...
...York City appealed for 200 graduate nurses for emergency polio duty in city hospitals at premium pay. With 362 cases in July and 209 in the last week, the city had what Health Commissioner Harry S. Mustard called "a mild epidemic." But he warned that with plenty of hot weather still to come, a heavy polio case load could be expected until well into September...
Research on a method of training polio victims to use healthy muscles to do the job of paralyzed muscles will also receive March of Dimes support. Dr. Derek E. Denny-Brown., James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, who is perfecting the scheme, points out that even the simplest actions are performed by a "team" of muscles. He feels that these teams can be taught to function even when polio cripples some of the member muscles...