Clinical Notes on an Epidemic of Poliomyelitis

Article1 March 1951CLINICAL NOTES ON AN EPIDEMIC OF POLIOMYELITISNED M. SHUTKIN, M.D.NED M. SHUTKIN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-3-655 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe epidemic of anterior poliomyelitis in North Carolina during the summer months of 1948 was unprecedented both as to the number of cases and also as to the percentage of the bulbar and/or respiratory cases. The unusual incidence of the latter so taxed the facilities of the poliomyelitis unit set up at the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital that, for the most part, we were obliged to admit only those patients with bulbar and/or respiratory symptoms and those with evidence of high spinal cord involvement, so frequently the precursor of respiratory or bulbar paralysis.In the course of handling 362 acute...Bibliography1. Bodian D: Poliomyelitis, neuropathological observations in relation to motor symptoms, J. A. M. A. 134: 1148, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. McCarter JC: The brain stem in acute poliomyelitis, Quart. Bull., Northwestern Univ. M. School 22: 264, 1948. Google Scholar3. BestTaylor CHNB: Physiological basis of medical practice, ed. 4, 1945, Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar4. Hart VK: Personal communication. Google Scholar5. Saphir O: Visceral lesions in poliomyelitis, Am. J. Path. 21: 99, 1945. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Gastonia, North Carolina*Received for publication June 9, 1949.From the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina.†National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Fellow, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMyokarditis und weitere MyokardiopathienCardiovascular Disturbances in PoliomyelitisCardiorespiratory Problems in Severe Poliomyelitis Observed during the Recent Epidemic 1 March 1951Volume 34, Issue 3Page: 655-668KeywordsHospitalsOrthopedicsParalysisPoliomyelitisSpinal cord ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...