The polio epidemic in 1950s
[DOC File]POLIO THIS WEEK: SCORE BOARD
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When the vaccine was introduced in the United States in the 1950s, polls indicated that polio was one of the nation's two greatest fears, second only to the fear of atomic war. And with good reason: In the 1952 U.S. polio epidemic, 58,000 cases were reported, with 3,145 deaths and 21,269 instances of permanent, disabling paralysis.
[DOC File]Abstracts from published studies - Porta-Lung
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Negative-pressure ventilation (NPV) was the primary mode of assisted ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure until the Copenhagen polio epidemic in the 1950s, when, because there was insufficient equipment, it was necessary to ventilate patients continually by …
[DOC File]Los Angeles County, California
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this was an unprecedented mobilization of public health that may have equaled or perhaps exceeded what went on during the 1950s in the polio epidemic. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE AND THE MANY THOUSANDS THAT ARE AT WORK AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
[DOCX File]Ms. Michalski's History Classes - Home
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Polio, or infantile paralysis, was one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century. The first polio epidemic in the United States, in 1916, left 27,000 people paralyzed and 9,000 dead. Over the next 40 years, polio epidemics struck every summer across the country. The worst year was 1952, when almost 60,000 new polio cases were reported.
[DOCX File]American Statistical Association (ASA)
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If the polio virus caused deaths at the same rate as it did in the early 1950s, about 1,500 children would die each year. This would make polio the second leading cause of child (non-infant) death, behind only accidents and ahead of cancer, suicide, homicide, and everything else. Two Designs for Polio Vaccine …
[DOCX File]Kinesiology Portfolio
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The polio epidemic continued and the United States’ involvement in World War II at the end of the decade resulted in additional wounded soldiers to rehabilitate. Wounded veterans who returned home with amputations, burns, fractures, and nerve/spinal cord …
[DOC File]Oklahoma Uniquely American
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I. Polio epidemic of 1940s A. “infantile paralysis” or poliomyelitis. B. 19,000 cases in U.S. in 1944. C. Mostly affected young adults and children. D. Some recovered completely, others had permanent disabilities. I. Career of Robert Kerr. A. attorney and oilman. B. U.S. Senate ’48, ’54 and ‘60 (ask students for other points to add )
[DOCX File]Truman Battles a Republican Congress
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Polio, or infantile paralysis, was one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century. The first polio epidemic in the United States, in 1916, left 27,000 people paralyzed and 9,000 dead. Over the next 40 years, polio epidemics struck every summer across the country. The worst year was 1952, when almost 60,000 new polio cases were reported.
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