Excerpt from A Monograph on the Epidemic of Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis): In New York City in 1916, Based on the Official Reports of the Bureau of the Department of Health This report of the poliomyelitis epidemic is submitted as the record of an event of importance to the science of medicine and touching closely the life and happiness of individuals of this community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.