Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1910 — SPRAY TO CHECK PARALYSIS [ARTICLE]

SPRAY TO CHECK PARALYSIS

Doctor Tells of Method to Reduce Peril to Children From Dread Disease. Hartford, Conn. —The state board of health has announced that anterior poliomyelitis dr infantile paralysis is contagious and difficult to cure, a throat spray of some antiseptic solution being the most effective preventive. Dr. Townsend, secretary of the state board, said that up to the present 18 cases have been reported to the state board of health. Thirteen were in Meriden and three in Suffleld. In his opinion, the disease in the Suffleld cases can be traced to Springfield, Mass., where there was almost an epidemic of the disease. Dr. Townsend said the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease was absolute quarantine. He gave Its as his opinion that the frequent cleansing of the throat with antiseptic solution would, perhaps, prevent the disease from taking hold of a person to an extent that might be dangerous. The disease was communicable through the nasal organs and the throat, and if the throat was kept in an antiseptic condition the danger of catching the disease' was reduced to a minimum.