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Doctor’s Sad Face
Hurts Polio Victim,
Conference Hears
ROME, UP)—A doctor's long face
and tears may scare a patient into
a worse case of polio, a British
scientist told the third Interna
tional Poliomyelitis Conference
Tuesday.
Eight hundred experts from 41
| nations are attending the confer
ence, ^imed at trading new infor
mation on one of the world’s most
feared, diseases.
Dr. W. Ritchie Russell, of Rad
cliffe Infirmary Department of
Neurology, Oxford, England, re
ported that a doctor must go into
action on four fronts when he
treats an acute case of polio.
I First, ho must try to stop the
invasion of the virus at the point
of original attack—the . motor
nerve cells which control move
ment and breathing. Second, he
must try to control paralyses that
threaten life. Third, he must care
for damaged muscles.
“Finally,” Dr. Russell told his
colleagues in the fight against
polio, “I should like to remind you
that most patients are fully con
scious during acute poliomyelitis,
and their illness may be both
physically exhausting and psycho
logically terrifying . . .”
Once a patient has polio, quiet
ness and complete rest become his
biggest weapons in fighting off
the assault of the virus on his
nerve cells. Thus, Dr. Russell said,
suitable sedatives can be impor
tant, but “the dangers and advan
tages of heavy sedation have not
been sufficiently studied, although
many physicians use sedatives
freely in cases of severe spinal
paralysis.”
KAMMERER REPORTED IN
- GOOD SPIRIT IN ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Clyde Kammerer return
ed from a short visit to Anchor
age to see her husband who is in
the military hospital there with
back injuries from an accident
here this summer.
She reports him to be in good
spirits and possibly may be
moved to another hospital in Long
Beach, Calif.
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Nome Directory
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