Doctor Says Infants Recover Varying With Paralysis Extent
Article by William A. O'Brien outlines infantile paralysis prognosis, noting no effective medicine or serum and limited use of penicillin or sulfa drugs. Emphasizes prompt care, nursing, careful feeding, hot packs, and prescribed exercises. not all patients require muscle training, some recover fully.
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William A. O'Brien
NBA
Special Beds and Treatments for Infantile Paralysis
The article describes specialized beds with boards for firm support to aid infantile paralysis patients, footrests, and a leaning back to prevent spinal deformities. It notes recovery timelines, tendon operations, and respirator or hot packs for breathing. It also mentions enemas used to relieve nervous tension.
State To Get Share Of Hospital Funds
Baltimore Aus 14 The Federal government will contribute 752,523 or 870,675 toward hospital construction in Maryland under the revised Till-Burton bill.
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Baltimore
Aus
Maryland
Maryland to gain funds under new federal matching plan
Signed yesterday by President Truman the program provides funds matched two to one by state local or private sources. If the 1940 census is used Maryland gets the smaller share and if the 1945 estimate is used it gets the larger. Maryland's share of a $2,000,000 hospital survey appropriation will be either $26,436 or $39,174 depending on the matching plan.
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Truman
Landy
Maryland
Itke
Local social notes from Ladiesburg and nearby towns
Mr. Lester McCully of Paw Paw W V weekend with aunt Mrs Edgar Smith family. Walter Lind and sons Joseph and Rey visited Mrs Samuel Smith Routersville Pa. Howard Sullivan F H Birely visited Philadelphia with Braggy saws trmit and Clarence. James Lescalleet welcomed daughter Linda Mae birthed. mother and child well. Vernon Frock weekend with brother Bennie Frock family. Mrs Edgar Smith Leah visited Burkeley Springs Paw Paw W V. Miss Dorothy Lind and Miss Betty Lind in Bethesda. Otner Linton visit noted.
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James Lescalleet
Linda Mae
Vernon Frock
Bennie Frock
Edgar Smith
Leah
Burkeley Springs
Paw Paw
W. Va
Dorothy
Betty Lind
Bethesda
Otmer Linton
Sunday Visit With Linton Family In Alex
Mrs H Birely and daughters Erline and Catherine Harbaugh spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Learie Linton and family of Alex.
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Tnd
Erline
Catherine Harbaugh
H. Birely
Learie Linton
Alex
Shortage of Monkeys and Monkeys Feeds 1944
A quip filled item notes a meat and grain shortage affects zoo and circus monkeys, predicting as little as a third of normal numbers this year. Merchants report orders from circuses and collectors, with N A Lufburrow from Knlks Navigate sending the cable in New York. Avery Dulles, son of John Foster Dulles, enters Jesuit novitiate in Poughkeepsie to study theology. An appeal to Circuit Court is filed by M L Crager Son and Travelers Insurance in Howard M. Lantz case from State Industrial Accident Commission award on July 16.
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N. A. Lufburrow
KNLKS
New York
Avery Dulles
John Foster Dulles
St. Andrew-on- Hudson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
M. L. Creager and Son
Travelers Insurance Company
Howard M. Lantz
State Industrial Accident Commission
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