Talk:1934 Los Angeles atypical polio outbreak

Edits without sources -- ~Njt (talk) 19:33, May 3, 2020 (EDT)

When introducing new information, please add a source that meets the MEpedia:Science guidelines. If a source is disputed by others or making very high profile claims then it should be made clear exactly what the source is, and who disputed it. ~Njt (talk) 19:33, May 3, 2020 (EDT)

Looking into this further, Gilliam mentions some who were given "serum" (no mention of a vaccine or Dr Brodie although it's possible the serum referred to as a vaccine, but it's hard to work out which of several serums that might have been). Some were given the serum only after falling ill, at least one week fell ill after being given it - but sounds like polio is being described rather than ME/abortive polio. Patients ill for under 6 months don't meet the ME criteria. ~Njt (talk) 10:02, May 4, 2020 (EDT)

Brodie's vaccine led to the Cutter incident, which did result in compensation but that was for causing polio rather than ME. ~Njt (talk) 10:52, May 4, 2020 (EDT)

To add

• Parish (link to Full text)
• Rosenow, E.C., Heilman, F.R. and Pettet, C.H., 1934, July. Observations on the Epidemic of Polio-Encephalitis in Los Angeles, 1934. In Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. (Vol. 9, No. July 18, pp. 443-451). (link to Full text)
• Hart, T.M. and Luck, J.V., 1934. Orthopedic Aspect of the Los Angeles County 1934 Poliomyelitis Epidemic. Am J of Public Health and the Nations Health, 24(12), p.1224-1228. doi: 10.2105/ajph.24.12.1224 PMC1558963 PMID: 18014094 (Full text)

The clear yellowish fluid that remains from blood plasma after clotting factors have been removed by clot formation. (Blood plasma is simply blood that has had its blood cells removed.)

serum The clear yellowish fluid that remains from blood plasma after clotting factors have been removed by clot formation. (Blood plasma is simply blood that has had its blood cells removed.)

See myalgic encephalomyelitis.