Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis in Adults

Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis

Case Diagnosed Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis

Diagnosis and treatment of acute anterior poliomyelitis.

A Local Epidemic of Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis

A Contribution to the Bacteriology of Acute

During the recent outbreak of acute anterior poliomyelitis in Philadelphia (1916) we began a series of bacteriological studies with the blood and cerebrospinal fluid collected from patients during life and with various tissues secured at eight autopsies. Early in the work we obtained cultures of diplococci, streptococci, and other microorganisms, but on account of the consensus of opinion to th...