The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1946, Page 4

YAGE FOUK 7 Science Tests Monkeys : In War Acai Palio By J. HARMAN BRODOWSKI This is the first of a series of injection Doctor Levinson and his Jere Willis Porter Engaged To Marry Ens. Jack D. Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Lewis» Warren Davis, 1129 Fleming street, an- articles special to The Citizen on} workers took the next step an HOU the engagement of their the scientific background of the safeguards against polio. a a epidemics of infantile is now prevalent in many, their experiment. taken from their warm cages and placed in a pool of cold water. communities and recently | Thoroughly chilled after 30 min- combatted in Key West, attention | is being focused on the _precd- utions which parents .have been fivensby the National Foundation tile’ Paralysis to safe- émselves, and their chil- n from sexious attacks of the n le as ‘the precautions are, sons take them to light- not consider them of ue. However, strict obser- fof them may mean the dif- | Hence between non-infection or a mild, non-paralyzing infection and -serious, paralyzing or per- haps fatal attack. ; These precautionary measures which have been advised by the National Foundation of Infantile |r Paralysis and indorsed by Ralph utes in the cold bath, the mon- keys were returned to their cages. The other 50 animals were kept in their cages as controls, and; protected against chilling. Results Prove Profitable For the next several days all the monkeys were observed with keen interest. Soon the results of the novel test began to unfold. Monkey after monkey of those chilled in the cold water, became | seriously paralyzed by infantile paralysis. More’ than twice as many of the monkeys which had been suddenly chilled by the cold water plunge developed infantile paralysis as did the monkeys of | the control group which had been protected against sudden cheyae in temperature. Sierra, Chairman of the local In-} fantile Paralysis chapter, repre-} sent the results of the scientific , research of many keen investiga- | tions. Safeguards Listed Take these safeguards for ex- | ample: 1.—Avoid over-tiring and | me fatigue from strenuous ise. 2.—Avoid sudden chill-} img such as. would come from a e into extremely cold water @p-a very ‘hot day... These two frags but valuable rules have an j interesting. scientific history. A rs ago scientists were’ con- with a puzzling problem. and time again, research in- tors established the queer that. although many persons the virus of infantile paraly- | their bodies, relatively few | ‘these persons had symptoms @nd became acutely ill with the “Scientists e mpeeed in. solving flie mysteries of infantile paraly- | sis were frankly. perplexed and| put forth many theories to an- swer this baffling problem. There must be something, they felt. in! the person himself that fecees whether he was to bec severely ill with infantile Seay. sis or carry the virus in his body without any evil results, Was it lack of immunity, lowered resis- tance, diet? What was the *trigger” that let loose an ex- plosive infection? (WA Real’ Challenge | To Dr. Sidney C. Levinson of the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, the problem “was a Worrisome challenge: As a doctor Whose! ‘practice ‘was, devoted al- most exclusively to the'care of There was yet one more meoecis ment for Dr. Levinson to do. He had already shown. that sudden chilling such as would come from a plunge into cold water on a hot day could develop a more acute and paralyzing attack of infantile paralysis. But what about the ‘fatigue that comes' from over-ex- ertion? Again he took a group of mon- keys and injected live virus into | | Sei bodies sufficient to produce ; | infantile paralysis within a week or-two. Half of these animals he kept in cages as controls. The other half he placed in a pool of Warm water and let them swim for two or three hours, addjng lead weights ‘to their bodies until they had»reached a point of ex- haustion. Within a few days the’ ‘monkeys showed the results of this unique experiment. Again, twice as many of the monkeys that had been stren- uously exercised succumbed to: severe, paralyzing attacks of in-} fantile paralysis as did those which had remained quietly in their cages, There was no deny- ‘ing the scientific evidence, Doc- STRAND THEATER PAUL HENREID in © “SPANISH MAIN” Coming: “Spiral Staircase” poise a oe av oreo emai me Se ee TTT TIIILLLUg MONROE THEATER ‘STARTING SUNDAY ecgo)o Spanish Picture. Fifty of the monkeys were! (daughter, Jere Willis Porter to Ens. Jack Drage Lyon, USCG. The wedding will take place Aug. 24 at the First Presbyterian church. Ensign:Lyon was former- ly stationed in Key West on the i USS Huron. He is the son of Mrs. | Rhea D. Lyon of Salt Lake City, Utah, ‘and A. Kern Lyon of Se- attle, Washington. secrareemienctormemicrnc VS NOROERESEE BOY TO MR. AND MRS c. FORD Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Ford, 188-D Poinciana street, announce the ; birth of a baby boy yesterday at | | Municipal hospital. GIRL TO A. W. ALBURY’S A baby girl was born Wednes- day at the Municipal hospital to | Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W, Albury, $28 Elizabeth, street. ———$——————_——- tor Levinson and his assistants had proved that fatigue from ever-exertion and sudden cntag ‘of the body increases susceptibi ity and leads to, a more serious type of infantile paralysis inter) tion. Since then, this bit of monkel science has been amply confirm- lea by doctors y2porting human ‘cases who came down with severe attacks of infantile paralysis a day or two after being chilled | and exhausted. The advice of the ! National Foundation for.Infantile aralysis is sound: > “Avoid over-tiring and extreme fatigue fron? over exercise. Avoid ysudden chilling such as would | ‘come from a plunge into cold j water on an extremely hot day.” Enea Something New | Has Been Added! | CYPRESS NOW AVAILABLE: To Shade That Hot,’Sunny ’ Porch ‘ KEY WEST Venetian Blind Co. 120 Duval, Jefferson Hotel Bldg. children, such a disease'es infan- | “EL; CAPITAN MALACRA’ CALL 1042 for Estimates tile paralysis. was important. to ; in addition, Dr, Levinson Wos«a trained scientist, much. of time has been spent in. re- Sarch laboratories fighting dis- Piedad developed a theory as to why some did and some did not get acute attacks of infantile paralysis. He was im: Pressed. with the possibility that lowered body resistance induced hy fatigue and chilling might bring on serious, acute attacks of thie disease. Losing no time, he presented his ideas to the medi- National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Impressed with Dr, Levinson’s plan of attack, they Bromised him full support, Arm- iia with ifunds advanced by the ational. Foundation, Dr. Levin- gathered a corps of trained vestigators around him*and set Out to find if the “trigger” re- sponsible . for explosive attacks of infantile paralysis in some per- sons could be. fatigue and sudden ghilling. i» Experiments Started He selected a group of about one hundred monkeys and care- fully studied them-for weeks to make certain they were ‘inj healthy condition before he em- barked on his scientific adven- ture, Finally satisfied that his animals were. normal, Doctor Levinson began his experiment by injecting billions of live infan- tile paralysis virus into each monkey. Five days after the challenging IN. MIAMI Addres f ‘Miami Heart WHEN YOU PAY-WAY THAT FITS YOUR PAY 421 DUVAL sr. . THE NEW HOTEL LEAMINGTON Entirely Redecorated PLT LS 528 Duval Street Commit Cult Fon gal advisory committees of the | ————mmmsems INCORPORATED eaummmmsmeme @ PHONES 778 ~ 779 Saturday Only! 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