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12 The Health Bulletin September, 1948 and medical care set-up. It must move forward both with relation to the prevention and cure of disease. If it does, both the State and the local communities must carry their full share of the load of responsibility and meet all the obligations imposed by this "public trust"." POLIOMYELITIS — It is apparent that North Carolina is experiencing its worst epidemic of poliomyelitis. There is little that can be said that has not already been said about the control measures which can be inaugurated. Our knowledge of the disease has progressed considerably since our first epidemic in 1935. Unfortunately this increase in knowledge has not been sufficient to provide us with specific and effective control measures. The following excerpts from current medical journals may help our people to understand the problem. Lists 6 Rules to Guard Children Against Polio Despite the lack of a definite preventive for infantile paralysis, parents may guard their children this summer by following a few simple rules, Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, of New York, says in the current issue of Hygeia, the health magazine of the American Medical Association. Dr. Van Riper is medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and at one time served as a resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. He has been connected with the National Foundation since 1945. Dr. Van Riper listed these safeguards: 1. Practice cleanliness. 2. Avoid new contacts. 3. Don't get overtired. 4. Avoid chilling. 5. Don't swim in polluted waters. 6. Call your doctor at once. "These are simple safeguards, but important; especially the advice to call your doctor at the first suspicious signs. Early medical attention is the best protection parents have against infantile paralysis," Dr. Van Riper's article says, adding: "An answer to the question of where infantile paralysis will strike this summer cannot be wholly relied upon. From studying the visitations of previous epidemics, it is evident that infantile paralysis moves in cycles with a four to six year lapse between epidemics. "In attempting to guess where infantile paralysis may strike in this summer of 1948, we can see that the states along the Atlantic Coast, from South Carolina northward, have been relatively free from epidemics of infantile paralysis for the past four to six years. It is possible then, that the states along the Atlantic seaboard, from South Carolina to Maine, may experience a resurgence of virus activity. "But whether outbreaks will actually take place and how severe they will be no one can be certain. Nor should there be any undue alarm in the areas named. All efforts have been made to safeguard these potential trouble areas. "Severe infantile paralysis epidemics once seemed to be a problem peculiar to the American people and a few of the nations of Europe. Today infantile paralysis is considered a dangerous world health problem. The virus is evidently free from climatic restrictions. Cuba as well as Iceland has recently experienced epidemics. Nor has geographic remoteness been a barrier to the disease. "Many foreign countries face infantile paralysis as a new health problem. It is to our interest as well as theirs that the knowledge we have laboriously accumulated be shared with them and that they in turn acquaint us with their experiences. "It is for this purpose that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is sponsoring the First International Poliomyelitis Conference to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City next week, beginning July 12. "There is one problem which should take precedence over all others—'What is infantile paralysis?' We may be fight-
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1948 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-063 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 63 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 12 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1948 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-063-0146 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; editorial |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 63 |
Issue Number | 8 |
Page Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 12 The Health Bulletin September, 1948 and medical care set-up. It must move forward both with relation to the prevention and cure of disease. If it does, both the State and the local communities must carry their full share of the load of responsibility and meet all the obligations imposed by this "public trust"." POLIOMYELITIS — It is apparent that North Carolina is experiencing its worst epidemic of poliomyelitis. There is little that can be said that has not already been said about the control measures which can be inaugurated. Our knowledge of the disease has progressed considerably since our first epidemic in 1935. Unfortunately this increase in knowledge has not been sufficient to provide us with specific and effective control measures. The following excerpts from current medical journals may help our people to understand the problem. Lists 6 Rules to Guard Children Against Polio Despite the lack of a definite preventive for infantile paralysis, parents may guard their children this summer by following a few simple rules, Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, of New York, says in the current issue of Hygeia, the health magazine of the American Medical Association. Dr. Van Riper is medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and at one time served as a resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. He has been connected with the National Foundation since 1945. Dr. Van Riper listed these safeguards: 1. Practice cleanliness. 2. Avoid new contacts. 3. Don't get overtired. 4. Avoid chilling. 5. Don't swim in polluted waters. 6. Call your doctor at once. "These are simple safeguards, but important; especially the advice to call your doctor at the first suspicious signs. Early medical attention is the best protection parents have against infantile paralysis" Dr. Van Riper's article says, adding: "An answer to the question of where infantile paralysis will strike this summer cannot be wholly relied upon. From studying the visitations of previous epidemics, it is evident that infantile paralysis moves in cycles with a four to six year lapse between epidemics. "In attempting to guess where infantile paralysis may strike in this summer of 1948, we can see that the states along the Atlantic Coast, from South Carolina northward, have been relatively free from epidemics of infantile paralysis for the past four to six years. It is possible then, that the states along the Atlantic seaboard, from South Carolina to Maine, may experience a resurgence of virus activity. "But whether outbreaks will actually take place and how severe they will be no one can be certain. Nor should there be any undue alarm in the areas named. All efforts have been made to safeguard these potential trouble areas. "Severe infantile paralysis epidemics once seemed to be a problem peculiar to the American people and a few of the nations of Europe. Today infantile paralysis is considered a dangerous world health problem. The virus is evidently free from climatic restrictions. Cuba as well as Iceland has recently experienced epidemics. Nor has geographic remoteness been a barrier to the disease. "Many foreign countries face infantile paralysis as a new health problem. It is to our interest as well as theirs that the knowledge we have laboriously accumulated be shared with them and that they in turn acquaint us with their experiences. "It is for this purpose that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is sponsoring the First International Poliomyelitis Conference to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City next week, beginning July 12. "There is one problem which should take precedence over all others—'What is infantile paralysis?' We may be fight- |
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