I wrote that wrong We did a lot of things to prevent illness that aren't done today Alice -----Original Message----- From: Alice Corbett <corbi@a-znet.com> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:44 PM Subject: Re: Poliomyelitis - a 1921 case in Watertown >The Bide -A- Wee was on outer Bradley St >That polo was before the shots were developed - I remember some kids I knew >had it. >We didn't do a lot of things to prevent getting illness that are done now. >Alice >-----Original Message----- >From: Shirley Farone <twigs@bright.net> >To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:13 PM >Subject: Poliomyelitis - a 1921 case in Watertown > > >>I have an article here about a 23 year old man who, in late September of >>1921, had polio -- only the third in Watertown during that year. The >>article remarked about September being rather late to have a new polio >>case. He was taken to an area hospital called Bide-A-Wee. Does anyone >>know where this hospital was located? >> >>I noted with interest the last two paragraphs of the article: >> >>"We know that the disease can be transmitted from persons to monkeys by >>means of excretions from the noses of those who have the disease. Whether >>there is any other mode of transmission we do not know. Using the >>information we now have, the best we can do is to refrain from spitting on >>the sidewalks and coughing and sneezing without using a handkerchief to >>cover the nose and mouth. >> >>"There is an anti-spitting law in this city but it can not be enforced >>until the public appreciates its importance. Those who have been arrested >>in the past for the violation of this ordinance have gotten off by >>demanding a jury trial." >> >> >>Do you remember how terrified we were of this disease in the mid-to-late >>40's? I suppose it was the same in the 30's. My parents (farmers) held >>the theory that it had something to do with the beaches and water -- >>consequently, we never got to enjoy the beach. >> >>Shirley >> >> >> Diaries, old letters, poems, autographs, etc. - more coming >>See our webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000/ >> >> >>============================== >>Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >>http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >>Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >> > > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM >