Conclusion
It is apparent that the patient developing paralytic poliomyelitis is exposed to many hazards, of which wasting and paralysis are by no means the only ones. With active immunisation on an unprecedented scale, it is not unlikely that this scourge of mankind may become a relic of the past.
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Paper read at the XI All-India Pediatric Conference, Bombay, December 8, 1960.
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Bharucha, E.P. Treatment of poliomyelitis. Indian J Pediatr 27, 331–335 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02819843
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