Medicine: Polio's Little Brother?

The symptoms of the disease that brought Dr. Joe Albert Risser hurrying to his office in little (pop. 7,043) Bonham, Texas early on the morning of July 31 sounded a good deal like those of polio. The local druggist had a fever of 101, was pale and sweating, had sharp, constricting pains in his chest muscles. When an examination showed nothing wrong, Dr. Risser gave him a sedative and sent him home. Within four hours, the druggist called again. The pains had stopped, he said, and he felt fine, just a...

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