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FuiT1555P0LI9 EP1DEIICS HOW
-: r By HART E. VAN RIPER, M.p. ; o
Medical Director National Foundation for Infantile rTtdyaia
lmoat all of us are infected by
tho polio virus at one time or an
other. Generally, we don't even
know we nav the infection. . We
mav fell uerfeetly well, or w may
have a sore throat or an upset sto
' mach. ;i;'vv; -v. - ' ,
; ' Sometimes, however,' the polio
I vfrus does serious damage. It at
tacks the central nervous system,
; dMrtroylng nerve cells and causing
paralysis. -
If almost everyone is attacked
by the virus there must he an im-
important reason why some people
succumb, and some do not. There
; The critical battle in the fifth t
against folio takes place, as it al
wana has. in the bodies of human
; beings. It is a battle between the
nolio virus and tiny particles, call-
tX antibodies, which can destroy
Virus in the twonci stream. .
hen an individual is infeciad
h nnlin' virus, the viliia enters
'tiia system and begins to multiy.
JAt the same time, the human sys
item begins to produce defensive an.
J,y til
a - . I F ihn human nil.
- - ; a race cuoueii.
j 'tibody factory works speedily
; 'tjnough .the. antibodies destroy the
' nolio virus in the blood and keep it
- ifrbm attackinir nerve cells.
: If" the 'virus multiplies faster
( than antibodies can be produced to J
I'fikht jt. the, virus overwhelms the
! ' body's defenses, attacks the nerv
'oua system and may cause paraly
sis. For nearly all of recorded his
'.tory men knew no way to influ
Wenee the critical battle of polio
i within the human body. Then, 'n
: J 1951 and 1952, research supported
I '"by the Match of Dimes revealed
ilthat antibodies from other people's
i iUhlnoA-lcontained in rcammo glohu-
'.Jjlin could be "loaned" to an indi
days after a person was exposed
to polio, and it is not generally
possible to tell when this is.
Obvioufily, gamma globulin,
while of value in epidemic situa
tions. Was no final answer to the
control of polio. Among other
things, they could never be enough
to go around (since it comes from
human blood and it is extremely
expensive).
Now for the first: time we
have an effective means for con
trolliiiar nolio. The Salk vaccine, in
the most extensive and careful
field trial ever given a vaccine, was
shown to be 60 to 90 per cent ef
fective in ureventing paralytic po
lio. The vaccine now being manu
factured is even more effective
In most parts of the country we
are now at the tapenng-off part
of the 1955 polio season. We have
the fall and winter months and the
pnrlv snrine to prepare for l!.
There is no doubt that we have it
in our power greatly to reduce po
lm incidence next year. How well
we succeed will deiiewl largely on
how many children receive vaccine.
First, of course, the vaccine
must be manufactured and dis
tributed. During the fall and win
to,, inn Kumilies will be made
available for use.
It is too much to hope that all
of thp 165.000,000 people in the
United States can bp vaccinated be-1
fore next summer, but many mil
lions of children will surely be
inoculated, including almost all in
the highly susceptible five-through,
nine-year age group.
Since polio attacks more children
than adults, it is by vaccinating
children that the greatest effect
can be achieved, in terms of pre-ventins-
cases of paralytic polio.
Kverv parent naturally has ques
tion about the vaccine. Foremost
S ,UU,K u ",J.r "T " .:...: i, the nuestion: Is the vaccine
protection agamst --1 answer to this ig ye8.
I' noli,
But the foaned antibodies wouhi
; 'r" iaflt only a few weeks. And to be
effective, they had to be injected
before or at most within a few
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Tjis snrinir. according to aTi'S.
Public Health Service report,' live
virus was found in a small amount
of vaccine that had been released.
Mnr atrinirent go vernmerit5 safety
standards were promptly establish
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eu to prevent a nxunciivwiu w
incident - it-' '
TVi difficulties of a s in frfc manu
facturer do not, of coars reflect'
on the safety of all conynewaai..
the oxistencp of one toritamin8'..
source of water suggefAJ thfltf f ''
ter itself is unsafe. t- 'ftjiM
During the summer there have
been suggestions that a single shot
of the vaccine might give- some
nrotection against paralytic polio,
and so parents may wonder if such
nn im'pcMnn in not enough. The
answer is that it is not enough for
full and lasting protection.
Here is what happens when a
nVitii .a frivATi vniviiiA Soma seven
liilivi An mi . . . l
to 10 days after the first shot hel
begins to develop polio-f lghting an-
' t.ihndies. These helo strengthen his
defenses against paralytic polio.
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(When he receives nis secona anoi,
the number of antibodies again ris
es. Then approximately seven
months later, when he receives his
third shot, there is a further rise
in antibodies, and he then has the
full protection of the vaccine.
Thus, the child with one shot has
some help in defending himself
against paralytic polio. The child
with two has even more help. Ihe
child with three, properly spaced,
has the lull protection oi tne vac
cine, i
The body tries to defend itself
against paralytic polio even with
out vaccine. What the,vaccine does
is bolster natural defenses.
Everyone would like to know how
long the effect of vaccine lasts.
And no one ean give a hard ana
fast answer, because we have not
had the vaccine very long. A num
ber of children who have received
it will he followed through the
years until do know how Jong it
protects.
However, because the level of
protection after the third shot is
so high, there is reason to nope
that it will last for many years.
Tho third shot is in a sense the
real key to the effectiveness of the
vaccina This i why we will look
with growing interest toward the
1956 nolio season. By that time
enough youngsters should have re
ceived their complete series or in
jections to make a substantial dif
ference in the nationwide poilio
rate. Then we will be able to look
forward to final control of polio
within a few years.
This fall the vaccine program of
lha National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis will he concluded
in school clinics in all states. In
these clinics youngsters from the
first and second grades will receive
their second shots of vaccine, and
so will third and fourth graders in
schools that participated in the
1954 field trials. No first shots
will be given.
The United States Congress has
appropriated $30,000,000 for the
purchase of polio vaccine during
the coming few months. Supplies
of vaccine are allocated to states
on the basis of the number of un
vaccinated children five through
nine years of age. Each state is
responsible for the distribution of
the vaccine within its borders
i Your local health officer or person
al nhysicial will he able to tell
you what arrangements have been
made in your state.
The battle against polio in the
summer of 1956. so far as preven-
tioniis concerned, will he won or
lestfthis fall and winter. Success
. . . . .i ,
Will depend on now many cnuuren
arlf vaccinated. If we vaccinate ev
ery youngster for whom we have
vaccine, next year should begin to
show a significant decrease m tne
number of paralyzed children.
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Fort Benning, Ga. Old soldiers
never die they just talk each oth
er out of existence about the best
way to bring up the shine on a pair
of Army shoes.
Not in the Third Infantry Di
vifcion, however. The recent "Shiny
Boots" contest settled that argu
ment For a day or so at ueast.
Nylon and clear water is the f'.r- j
mnla that trave the "extra some-'
thing" to the mirror-lika surfaces
of the three pairs of Army boots
that won top nonors for their own-
ers in the contest
, Each winner, of course, has his
own individual way of working out
the formula, t v
The top man, Sergeant First
Class Ted R. Thomas of Race
Street) New Orleans, La., received
for his variation a plaque mounted
with a pair of miniature boots and
the patch- of the "Rock of the
Marne" division.
.This ia how Thomas does it: He
holds the boot to be polished under
cold running water. Hot water, he
explains, would melt off the old
polish. While the boot is dripping,
he rubs the polish in with his fin-
Igcrtips, using a circular motion
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Then nut cornea "Old Betsy", ibis
polishing clotk-pisces of old1 nylon
parachute doubled and stitched to
gether to avoid the possibility &
his using the wrong side of the fab
ric. The wrong side, he explains,
is tov fusty.
Thirty minutes of polishing, more
or less, and the sergeant figures his
boots ready for inspection.
Corporal Andrew Wyatt of (Rt
Nn'av Bessemer.' Ala., second prise
winner, uses nylon and clear. wa-MJgJ
terj but he dips hia nylon clpth into (
the water before dipping it into the
polish. No bare fingertips for him! gjj
He brings the polish up with an Jgj
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year ago the 'Agriculture' Depart
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with ?598 million In the . similar
1954 period. '.
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Over Same '54 Period
U. S. farm exports from Julyj
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