Infantile Paralysis, On The
Increase in N. C. Explained
In Understandable Language
Durham, October 20.?On a
monument to an Egyptian prince
who lived and died centuries before
the.coining of Christ is inscribed a
picture of a young man with a stiff
leg and foot who holds his staff as
though it were a crutch** Hippo
crates, the father ol medicene re
ported an epidemic that followed
a hot and dry summer on the
island of Tharos in which
many were killed and more
were left p a r a ly z e d. One
hundred years ago a physician
wrote that the only aid which could
be given to children with para
lyzed legs was a brace. These de
scriptions would seem to indicate
that poliomyelitis, better known to
us as polio or even more familiarly
known as infantile paralysis, is a
disease nearly as old as man. Yet
50 years ago polio was a sporadic
disease in^this country and it has
been with uAonly two decade as a
dread epideniic.
Attempts to solve the mysteries
which surround infantile paralysis
are being made in thousands of la
RAYMOND GLENN
EXPERT WATCH
REPAIRING
At Heme . 8ylva, N. C.
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will examine eyes and lit glasses
in Sylva at the Carolina Hotel
Friday, Oct. 24, from 9 o'clock
to 4 o'clt/?k.
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boratories every minute of every
day and yet it remains largely an
elusive problem which belies so
lution. What we know about polio
has been learned in the last 30 to
40 years, what we cannot cipher
will probably take another decade
or more oi concentrated research.
What ,do you know about this
dread disease? How much fact
can you separate from fancy? Here
are some salient factors which may
clarify your concepts.
Observations made in recent
years seem to indicate that polio
myelities is on the increase both
geographically and in the number
of persons attacked. Parents are
becoming more conscious of its
threat to their children with each
new year. Youngsters and youfig
people also harbor a vague but
very real fear of becoming victims.
When an outbreak occurs
these fears become multiplied.
Chief contributor to this fear is the
impression that permanent paral
ysis follows every attack of polio.
This is not true. Not only are
more deaths caused by, say, whoop
ing cough each year than by polio
but of those afflicted 50 percent
recover completely; 25 to 30 per
cent suffer mild after affects; 15
to 20 percent have severe paral
ysis of varying degree and only
from 5 to 10 percent die. Measles,
scarlet fever and other childhood
diseases take a far greater toll in
lives than does polio.
In a year of serious epidemics
about 1 in 10,000 people contract
poliomyelitis: about 1 in 1,000 adults
and 1 in 300 children under five
in the epidemic area are stricken.
In North Carolina the most severe
epidemic was recorded in 1944
when 878 persons fell victims. Last
year the total number of polio
cases reported was 157. This year
we have already passed last year's
totals as^ the current figures, 171
reported cases as of October 10,
will indicate. Here is an indica
tion of the fatality percentage in
the overall picture: in 1944 when
we had 878 instances, there were
only 44i aths. The annual average
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WHITTIER NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Athee Grinom and
little daughter, Annette, and Mrs.
Cleve Ledbetter of Asheville have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Turpin.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wade Tur
pin of Pawhusk, Okla., a son,
Ronald Gene. Mr. Turpin is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Tur
pin.
Mrs. Kenneth Joyner and Reeves
Kitchen spent. a few days with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kitchen.
Mr. and Mrs. Nath Bumgarner
visited Mrs. Luther Hoyle, recently.
QUALLA NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. David Fiinton and
Mrs. L. B. Williams, of Charles-1
ton S. C. and Mrs. A. C. Reynolds 1
and Miss Anne Cowan, of Sylva,
and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bird called
on Mr. J. K. Terrell Saturday af
ternoon.
Mr. Annie T. Hoyle and Miss
Gertrude Ferguson attended the
district teachers meeting in^Ashe
ville Friday, October 10.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.? Terrell* of
rate of incidence in North Caro
I lina is 4.8 per 100,000.
There are three major types of
polio: the abortive form, the non
paralytic form and the paralytic
form. In the last category the
types are again broken down into
two divisions, spinal and bulbar.
Spinal paralysis is the most com
mon type of poliomyelitis and the
one with which you are most likely
familiar. It affects the arms and
legs or the other skeletal muscles
including the breathing muscles of
the chest. Bulbar poliomyelitis is
a rarer but more dangerous form
? which affects the muscles, of the
face, eyes, throat?and even the
respiratory center. All these forms
are the same disease, the only dif
ference being in the location and
extent of the damage.
What are the symptoms of polio?
Headache is the most disturbing
initial complaint. It is usually
severe, unrelenting, and general
ized. Fever is usually recorded in
the first 24 hours although the
| temperature is most often modern
ate, not rising ^above 103 degrees.
Other symptoms are nausea, vom
iting, stiff neck and back, painful
extremities and listlessness. Head
colds, sore throats, and respiratory
illness are not symptoms in them
selves. Paralysis or weakness of
the muscles Is not an early symp
tom although a diagnosis of infan
tile paralysis can be established
in 24 hours.
(To be continued)
Presbyterians To
Have Business Meet
Rev. R. E. McClure, of Asheville,
superintendent of the Home Mis
sion Board of the Asheville Pres
bytery, and Rev. M. R. Williams,
vice-chairman of the board, of
Waynesville, will come to Sylva
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock to
meet with members and friends
of the Presbyterian congregation
to discuss the work here and the
possibility of a full time pastor for
the church. The meeting will be
held in the Episcopal church.
Gardner-Web^College spent the
week-end with Mr. J. K. Terrell.
Rev O. E. Thome was returned
to the Whittier circuit of the Meth
odist church for the ensuing year."
Mr. and Mrs. frred Ezell, of
Townsend, Tenn. called on Mf.
and Mrs. C. W. Jenkins Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel E. Beck, of Chero
kee, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred House.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Blanton were
the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Estes Tolbert and family.
Mrs. Penn Keener, Miss Hes
j ter Owen, Mrs. Frank Cordell, and
Mrs. Fred House called on Mr .and (
Mrs. 3ell Stillwell and family
Sunday.
Mr. Herman Cooper of Gastonia
spent the week-end with his fam
ily
Mrs. Martha Rhinehardt of
Swannanoa spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Oxner.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crisp of
Murphy spent the week-end here
with relatives.
Mrs. Fred House and Mrs.
Frank Cordell v^re the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. 3Sck Snyder and
family and Mrs. Dora Davis on
Monday .
Mrs. Bill Crisp spent Saturday
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Boys And Girls From
Cuba Students At WCTC
The W. C. T. C. campus has tak
en on a cosmopolitan air since the
enrollment of six Cuban students.
They are Guide Brite and Raul
Marce, from Havana, and Mar
garita Gracia, Charles Gomez,
Raul Gomez, and Enrigue Vicede,
who come to us from Camaguey
province.
These students have found a
friend and counseler in the person
of Mr. Clarence Chrisman, Pro
fessor of Spanish. Mr. Chrisman
spent a month in Cuba -this past
summer visiting friends, among
whom was Luis Larranaga, a
former student at W. C. T. C, While
in Havana, Mr. Chrisman met Mig
uel (Mike) Redriguez, another
former student, and Lynwood Hal
liburton, who graduated last June
and was attending the summer
session at the University of Hav
ana. Ralph Williams, a present
sophomore, accompanied Mr.
Chrisman during part of the trip.
Two more Cuban girls are ex?
pected to enroll in the near future,
and many Cuban students have ex
pressed their desire to come but
have been rejected because of the
limited dormitory accommodations.
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