Bulbar Poliomyelitis

Authors:
  • MFMax J. Fox
    Max J. Fox
  • JKJ. F. Kuzma
    J. F. Kuzma
  • CJC. L. Junkerman
    C. L. Junkerman
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Abstract
THIS report is an analysis primarily of the incidence and prognosis of the various syndromes usually grouped together under the general term "bulbar poliomyelitis." The bulbar forms of acute poliomyelitis account for most of the deaths in the disease; therefore, an important approach to the reduction of the mortality rate is through better understanding of these forms. For this reason, reports1 2 3 on the Minnesota epidemic of 1946 divided the bulbar forms into various subdivisions and suggested that they consisted of not one but several distinct clinical and pathological entities. Since rational therapy must depend on the type of bulbar involvement . . .

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