Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — Wheattield Township Child , Stricken With Infantile Paralysis. [ARTICLE]

Wheattield Township Child , Stricken With Infantile Paralysis.

Wheatfleld Review. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vandercar, who ‘reside north of here, was stricken Monday evening with infantile paralysis. Dr. Fyfe stated the case was a severe one and the child was in a very precarious condition. Infantile paralysis cases, also called poliomyelitis, are becoming more and more frequent and the disease is baffling the efforts and skill of the medical fraternity. The Rockefeller Institute of New Tork is at the present time making laboratory experiments to determine whether infantile paralysis can be contracted from domestic animals. Several children have recently been stricken In Tippecanoe county, and the experiment will be made from specimens from a drove of hogs selected by State Veterinarian Coover, at Rompey, Ind.