INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
TO THE EDIIOU. Sir,—l am sure that the Swedish scientist, Karl L. Kling, will receive the deserved gratitude of the whole world if, as reported, he has isolated the virus ot infantile paralysis. His opinion, with which I agree, that the Infection spreads chiefly indirectly, does not appear to meet with the approval of Dr C. E Hercus, of the Otago University. Dr Hercus’s opinion, for some reason, is that conditions in New Zealand are different. 1 dare not say what I would like to concerning this orthodox B.M.A. medical opinion, but I would like to ask Dr Hercus how many families he knows of in New Zealand wherein more than one unfortunate child has been stricken with infantile paralysis.—l am, etc., September 21, Question.
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Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 15
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127INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 15
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