Recovery Period in Anterior Poliomyelitis

Muscle recovery in poliomyelitis.

How much recovery will take place ? For how long will improvement continue ? In every case of paralytic poliomyelitis these two questions are asked. Some would echo Courtney (1896) in answering that “ the disease is so variable that it is very difficult to say anything about prognosis at all.” While this may be the correct answer during the acute stage of the disease, it should be possible, aft...

Prostigmine in Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis *

In a recent article by Kabat and Knapp,' the use of prostigmine in the treatment of poliomyelitis has been discussed. Their approach to therapy was based on the Kenny concept of the disease. From observations on a series of 20 patients with poliomyelitis, most of whom were in the subacute stage of the disease, it was concluded that prostigmine increased the range of passive motion, decreased or...

Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis in Adults

Acute anterior poliomyelitis.

Diagnosis Minor Illness. In about 40 per cent. of paralytic cases the ' minor illness ' is the first symptom of poliomyelitis. It is characterized by malaise, fever, sore throat, headache and catarrh, and usually lasts about 48 hours. It is absent in more than half the paralytic cases, and when present it is so non-specific that it can only be diagnosed in retrospect. The suggestion has been ma...

Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis