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Poliomyelitis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus ( POLIOVIRUS). Usually the infection is limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic. The central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse FASCICULATION and hyporeflexia. Motor neurons are primarily affected. Encephalitis may also occur. The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.14519, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14519
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: healed vascular anomaly; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; facial weakness; headaches; pneumonia; pleurisy; calcified lesion; and poliomyelitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.15589, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15589
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: polio; difficulty in swallowing; and palatal and pharyngeal paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.19708, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19708
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: poliomyelitis; weakness in left forearm; giddiness; and paraesthesiae in arms. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

Press Release on the Polio Vaccination, 1958

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/2/5
Scope and Contents

A typed press release of a letter written by M. Beddow Bayly on the breakdown of the Polio vaccination distribution. This letter was presented at the Conference of Anti-Vivisection Societies, 24th April 1958

Dates: 1958

The Field of Dead Monkeys, 1958

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/37
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A republished article from the Sunday Pictorial, October 19th 1958, titled "The Field of Dead Monkeys", by Ross Richards. The article is about the conditions monkeys are kept for polio research in the UK. Republished by the SSPV and was withdrawn from publication December 1966.

Dates: 1958

The "Shot" Killed my Son and other articles, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/2/9
Scope and Contents A number of articles relating to vaccinations and animal welfare which were found together. The articles include a poster titled "The Shot Killed My Son", regarding the polio vaccination; "Pass the Pills, Please...(right into the trash-can!)" by H. Jay Dinshah, president of the American Vegan Society; "A Pivotal Moment", by S. Orion about seeking peace and not war; "Wild Animals", by Enola Chamberlin regards the potential to tame wild animals by showing love and killing no living thing;...
Dates: 1955

The Story of the Salk Anti-Poliomyelistis Vaccine, 1956

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/3
Scope and Contents

A booklet, written by M. Beddow Bayly, and published by the SSPV, titled "The Story of the Salk Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccine". The booklet leans more torwards the argument of the dangers of the vaccine rather than anti-vivisection. Out of 35 chapters, 3 regard vivisection.

Dates: 1956

To Parents, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/11
Scope and Contents

A leaflet warning parents about the effects of the polio vaccine on their children. Published by the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society.

Dates: 1955