Minutus

for completion by Wednesday May 25

Lesson 10, Part 3 - Is Human Poliomyelitis Caused By An Exogenous Virus?

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Images Of Poliomyelitis

A Critique Of Scientific Literature

From Science (1954) v51, p117:

Is Human Poliomyelitis
Caused By An
Exogenous Virus?

Ralph R. Scobey, M.D.
Syracuse, NY

Note: This article was originally published as a 2-part
series (April and May, 1954). Throughout, Scobey does not mention
pesticides, pollution, or industrial culpability. He argues two
points: 1) for recognition of non-virus causes of poliomyelitis,
primarily the concept of toxic causality, and 2) for the concept of
an endogenous poliovirus, i.e., a virus which is generated from cells
as a response to toxins. The publication of this comprehensive
article coincides with the rushed and highly promoted Salk Vaccine
Field Trials in the spring of 1954.