Word: polio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acupuncturists used range from 1/12s" to 1/16" in diameter, 1/2" to 4" in length; and round, elliptical and triangular in cross section . . . With the aroused interest and further research, maybe some day in the near future we will hear good news of applying this ancient art to cancer, leprosy, polio, etc., which have thus far handicapped our most promising doctors...
...Gracious God . . . we do thank Thee for the research scientists, for the doctors, for the nurses, for all others who have had a part in bringing this revelation of Thy truth to Houston. Grant Thy blessing on their experiment . . . that the scourge of polio may be removed...
Lollipops for Whimpers. The crowd pressed forward again. It was not yet 8 a.m., and already oppressively hot in Houston, Texas' biggest city (pop. 594,321). Because it is just the right size, and in the grip of a polio epidemic, Houston was chosen by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for the first full-scale test of gamma globulin injections as a means of preventing the paralyzing effects of polio...
...even Dr. William McDowell Hammon, the Pittsburgh epidemiologist in charge of the mass test, knew whether Pat got gamma globulin or ineffective (but harmless) gelatin. In that secrecy was the key to the whole experiment. The only way to find out whether gamma globulin can prevent paralysis from polio in humans as it has in monkeys (TIME, April 28) is to give it to tens of thousands of children, and give something else (to cut out the possible effects of suggestion) to an equal number of children under identical conditions...
...first place, from 10% to 30% of suspected cases admitted to hospitals turn out not to have polio at all. And even in confirmed cases, says Dr. Stimson, home care at first is often better because the patient is saved fatigue, excitement and excessive handling. These, in the early stages, can aggravate the disease. Since most patients are children, a mother's care is best, anyway, and there is a further advantage in having the regular family doctor remain in charge, though he may want to call in a specialist for help. Finally, home care of the milder, nonparalytic...