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Tragedy's Run Ends On a Pleasant Note
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The popular racehorse Tragedy seemed indestructible as he competed
at mid-Atlantic tracks for the better part of a decade. But no horse
can withstand the stress of the sport forever, and Tragedy's career
came to an anticlimactic end on a recent morning at Penn National
Race Course.
The gelding had been training to make a comeback from a tendon
injury, and had just completed his last serious workout before he was
scheduled to race. But when Tragedy returned to his barn, trainer
John Zimmerman saw that the old, troublesome tendon was so badly
inflamed that no comeback would be possible. After ...
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Poliomyelitis: The role of the military in the final campaign
Magazine article from: Military Medicine
; Poliomyelitis remains a disease of significance...years of the campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis from the world. The service requirements...unimmunized troops remain current in the poliomyelitis endemic regions of Europe, Asia...
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National poliomyelitis immunization days - People's Republic of China, 1993.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...established the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000 [1]. Based on cases...1992, a total of 15,445 paralytic poliomyelitis cases were reported worldwide, compared...Days and effort in China to eradicate poliomyelitis by 1995. Because of the large population...
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Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Egypt, 1993. (polio prevention program) (International Notes)
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...has directed efforts toward achieving poliomyelitis eradication by the end of 1994. To...highest). This report summarizes the poliomyelitis eradication effort in Egypt based on...activities have been used to achieve poliomyelitis eradication goals. NIDs have been...
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Progress toward global eradication of poliomyelitis, 1988-1991.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...because lifelong immunity to paralytic poliomyelitis is conferred by existing, effective vaccines, poliomyelitis has been considered a candidate for...Organization (PAHO) initiated a regional poliomyelitis eradication program. Based on the...
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In the shadows: poliomyelitis epidemics and nursing care in Edmonton 1947-1955.
Magazine article from: Alberta History
; Poliomyelitis was the most feared of diseases in...early scientific efforts to minimize poliomyelitis infections were less successful...impact on the international history of poliomyelitis. Ultimately, Salk vaccine mitigated...
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Clinical decision making in the management of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis.
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy
; ...management of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis. To provide a basis for understanding...approach, the clinical features of poliomyelitis are first described. Although research...understanding of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis, reports of controlled treatment...
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The surveillance challenge: final stages of eradication of poliomyelitis in the Americas. (Special Focus I: Public Health Surveillance and International Health 1992)
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...reductions in morbidity and mortality due to poliomyelitis in the Americas, Despite the success of the poliomyelitis eradication initiative, it has become...countries not reporting confirmed cases of poliomyelitis. Cases of acute flaccid paralysis...
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Update: eradication of paralytic poliomyelitis in the Americas.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...symptoms of culture-confirmed paralytic poliomyelitis. This is the last case of paralytic poliomyelitis with a wild poliovirus isolate reported...and the first time since reporting of poliomyelitis began in the Western Hemisphere that...
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Poliomyelitis: The role of military in the final campaign
Magazine article from: Military Medicine
; ...military toward global eradication of poliomyelitis involving the logistic and professional...missions involve prolonged halt in poliomyelitis-endemic countries. During such a...immunization of army personnel assigned to poliomyelitis-endemic countries would be desirable...
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Epidemics to eradication: the modern history of poliomyelitis.(Review)
Magazine article from: Virology Journal
; ...author) [1] Background The word poliomyelitis , the medical term used to describe...first known clinical description of poliomyelitis is attributed to Michael Underwood...subsequent years, additional cases of poliomyelitis would be reported. Initial outbreaks...
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