There are few diseases that have caused as much discussion and as much fear as polio. In fact, the fear of polio is all out of proportion to the damage it causes.

Polio is the nickname for infantile paralysis, or acute anterior poliomyelitis. It occurs in epidemics but some is present all the time. Though it most often attacks children, anybody can catch it Of the great numbers of people who catch polio, few are seriously affected.