INFANTILE PARALYSIS
RAT SOURCE OF INFECTION AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 Public health officials in the United States believe that the common rat is a source from which infantile paralysis spreads to human beings. Dr. Thomas Parran. SurgeonGeneral, in announcing that rats were susceptible to poliomyelitis, said the discovery was most important. further research was necessary to confirm it.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20919, 26 September 1939, Page 2
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