Recent Concepts Regarding the Spread and Treatment of Poliomyelitis

THE essential questions asked about poliomyelitis today are, "How is it spread?" "How can you prevent the disease?" and "How can you cure it?" Although the answers to these questions are not known, a vast amount of knowledge about poliomyelitis, which is beginning to fit together, may furnish these answers in the next few years. At present there are glaring gaps in understanding of this disease, but the definite advances that are being made are filling some of these gaps.EpidemiologyPoliomyelitis is a worldwide disease affecting all races and classes of people. It is recognized to be most important . . .