Reports and papers on epidemic poliomyelitis.

Date:
1912
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Credit: Reports and papers on epidemic poliomyelitis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORTS AND PAPERS ON EPIDEMIC POLIOMYELITIS. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction by the Medical Officer of the Board. page. Copy of Memorandum to Sanitary Authorities on Epidemic Poliomyelitis, November, 1911 7 1. Dr. R. J. Reece’s Report on the prevalence of Acute Poliomyelitis in Devonshire and Cornwall in 1911. Circumstances of the Inquiry 10 Number and distribution of known cases ; age incidence; fatality ; duration of illness in fatal cases 12 Clinical characters ; situation of paralysis ; general description of cases ; reports of special cases; after-effects; curative treatment 15 Evidence of the nature of the epidemic 29 Circumstances associated with the spread of the disease ; localities ; sanitary conditions ; dust ; insect bites ; clothing ; house flies; relation to death and sickness of animals; influence of season ; meteorological data 30 Incidence of cases in houses, and attack rates at ages ; multiple cases in houses; possible transmission of infection by a healthy “ carrier ” ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 Illness at Stoke Rivers in relation to school attendance ... ... 42 Sanitary Administration in Devon and Cornwall, as illustrated by the Outbreak; compulsory notification of poliomyelitis by sanitary authorities ; insufficiency of hospital provision ; so- called “ hospital ” at Holsworthy ; generally as to public health service in both counties 47 Tabular Statement of 154 cases 54 2. Dr. Reginald Farrar’s Report on Outbreaks of Disease AFFECTING THE CEREBRO-SPINAL SYSTEM IN THE MIDLAND Counties and in Dorsetshire, 1910. Midland Group ; circumstances of the inquiry Nottingham cases probably cerebro-spinal fever Other “paralytic” cases probably poliomyelitis; distribution; clinical notes ; conclusion as to their nature Nature and degree of paralysis observed Infectivity in the outbreak Conclusion as to Midland cases ... Cerne (Dorsetshire) outbreak Tabular Statement of Cases 87 89 91 97 98 102 103 107 3. Notes by Dr. Mervyn Gordon on Acute Poliomyelitis with reference to its Etiology, Histology, and as to Immunity. Experimental poliomyelitis 121 Qualities of the virus 122 Experimental poliomyelitis in the monkey 123 Histological diagnosis of poliomyelitis 124 Active immunity 124 Passive immunity 126 References 127 4. Report by Dr. Mervyn Gordon on the Result of the Examination of Materials received in connection with Dr. Reece’s Inquiry in Devon and Cornwall. Cerebro-spinal fluids Spinal cords Results of animal experiment Plates (sections of spinal cord) ... NO, 61, ‘ 128 129 131 132
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