D T Watson Home for Crippled Children - Sunny Hill Yearbook (Leetsdale, PA)

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Problems in Infantile Paralysis During the summer of 19111, physicians were encouraged to refer sus Pected- C5595 of 3-nffmtile Paralysis for early supervision and special 'l'f!'00'UB0Ht -'15 50011 BS possible after diagnosis Attention was directed to relieving general toxemla as well as specific pain and tenderness Early application of hot, moist fomentations was found to give dra matic diminution of pain and tenderness, often relieving the most acute di comfort in a few hours The fear and tension generated by pain and s inflammation were released in a short time and reflex inhibition ,ras re CS TC laxed so that earller motion was possible Early motlon encourag tention of memory of muscle sense, arouses a recognltion of locallzed muscle action, facilitates interchange of circulation, and assures im proved nourishment and function Muscles, joints, and skin rema1n more f actu l normal in appearance and feel to be of better tone, regardless o improvement ln power Frequent application of fomentations makes extensive splinting un d necessary because the affected parts are lined up every two hours an are given any extra protection that may be indicated without being re stricted so much as in formal splints Tendencles to deformity are watched and corrected as they occur Emphasis should be given the fact that such frequent attention to posltion is, in effect, splintlng Keeping affected parts pliable and adaptable may make less extensive brac l s for assisting ing necessary But some support may be necessary a way h been impossible due to the severity of parts where return of power as the initial in ult by the virus and the associated inflammation aralys is The publicity given early physical treatment of infantil p hi h have been of equal importance - has overshadowed other studios w c t where the virus is harbored vestigation is being continued to find ou The severity of and what causes its prevalence in certain locations t of inflammation in the spinal cord the attack of the disease, the exten 1 tance of the patient all enter the virulence of the viru , and the res S sis may be permanent, into determinlng at the onset what degree of purely 1 and hysical treatment regardless of the best medica p t d of poliomyelitis is kI1OWl The contribution most needed in the s u y edge of where the virus is harbored, so that the problem may be attacked 'by destroying the virus at its source, as has been done with typhoid fever microorganisms Protective vaccination and antisera have not been successful so far in protecting individuals from an attack Of infantile paralys 1 s

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1--Q..-Qty CM mf Aid H Bti I e ffnl M l ki? ffx x X 'QQ Q 4 , N'-Xi . i K l l4A'Xi'X2 .L v-,,,,,,,,,,. -EXFILL5 Qylsw F A 25 Junior High School Character Building The Junior High School girls of Sunny Hill have been working on a problem for several months. School children always look with envy to the class ahead and long for the day when they can be in that grade. Never do they look beck to the days that are gone. The most coveted goal is High School. Pupils in the seventh and eighth grades at Sunny Hill look with admiration upon the Sen- ior High School girls and live for the time when they will be permitted to join the ranks of the older girls. What is this distinctive quality in Senior High School girls which ele- vates them in ones estimation? Here are suggested answers given by the nine girls in Junior High School. Courtesy and Service -- Ruth Ann Price Being courteous and being of service are qualities of great importance at k d to Sunny Hill. Many times on Sundays and some times on week days we are as e take visitors through the building. Of course we try to be courteous and help them understand the things that they see otherwise they will go away with a bad impression of us. We learn to be courteous and to be of service to our doctors - that we and our nurses because they ere here to help us better our conditions so d Courtesy to our teachers is another may look forward to going home some ay. 511115 we all try to remember. They are helping us with our education and we are greatly indebted to them. We try as best we can to be courteous to the many others who daily serve us in performing the chores which o household of one hundred children makes necessary. Of course the older girls know more about being courteous and being of Service than we do. This is one way in which we went to become more like them as we enter Senior High School. Resourcefulness and Self-reliance -- Dorothy Brim' N I N We do not sec the older girls sitting about Saying, I don t know beta cgi I C0I1 b. They have developed a characteristic called reseurcefulnoss on by this find a way of accomplishing desired results. There are PCOPU? lfhfoh m Cannot make their own way ner take czire of themselwiee. WOud3q13-gr O an , - erson S L -1 d we do not want to be like them. A resourcefghoid without turning Constant- reliant. He has faith in himself and can forSG ' , . d -t t' , nccggggfy OI' WC V111 I'1Ot 15' o his friends for help. These quell ics are t work hand-in-hand mth good characters. Resourcefulness and self-reliance JMS C00PGro.tion or group living will be difficult.