Toronto Star - August 17, 1910
Twenty Cases of Fever and Infantile Paralysis-Once Swept Over the States.
Special to The Star.
Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 17.-An epidemic of poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, a comparatively new disease, which is attracting much interest among medical men the world over, has broken out here.
A score of cases have been reported to the Health Department, and the disease seems to be spreading. It was first noticed three or four weeks ago when a little girl, supposed to be suffering from hydrophobia, was taken to the hospital, where she died. It was later discovered she was a victim of infantile paralysis.
The disease generally begins with a high fever and then the patient is suddenly stricken with paralysis.
While most of the cases here are children under four years of age, two or three adults are victims.
Some years ago the disease swept over a portion of the States, claiming victims by the hundreds.