Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1910 — Many Cases of Infantile Paralysis Are Reported in Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Many Cases of Infantile Paralysis Are Reported in Indiana.

Infantile paralysis is causing great worry through Indiana and, ip fact, other states. At Logansport several cases have occurred and at the little town of Atkinson, Benton county, four cases have resulted. A case is also reported at Montpelier. The physicians are going on the theory that it is contagious and Dr. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has ordered cases quarantined. Little Harold Nowels, of Rensselaer, suffered an attack three or four years ago and was left a cripple. Gertrude Kannal, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal, also was stricken about a year ago, and extensive treatment, during which the leading surgeons of the country have been called into consultation, has resulted in but slight benefit. There seems no indication here of contagion.