Treatment of Poliomyelitis

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Diagnosis and treatment of acute anterior poliomyelitis.

The place of physical treatment in poliomyelitis.

There has been a great deal of. controversial writing and discussion about the type of physical treatment that is best in poliomvelitis and at what stage in the disease this treatment should be started. Some of the stumbling blocks to a scientific approach to the treatment of this disease are that singularly little is actually known about it, little material has been obtained for pathological e...

Treatment of Respiratory Failure in Poliomyelitis *

Our experience with the Drinker Respirator in the treatment of respiratory paralysis occurring in twenty-four patients with acute poliomyelitis gave results which suggested that the routine and indiscriminate use of the machine in all such cases was not as helpful as had been anticipated. These patients were all admitted to the New Haven Hospital during the epidemic of poliomyelitis in 1931. Fo...

The treatment of flexion contractures of the knee in poliomyelitis.

In some parts of the world poliomyelitis is still endemic and there are thousands of young people with joint contractures (Fig. 1). These most commonly occur at the knee, and the aim of treatment must be a straight knee with a useful range of painless flexion so that a hinged caliper can be worn. This paper reports experience in correcting flexion contractures of the knee following poliomyeliti...