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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103497

METABOLIC STUDIES IN PARALYTIC ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS. III. METABOLIC AND CIRCULATORY EFFECTS OF THE SLOWLY OSCILLATING BED

G. Donald Whedon, Ephraim Shorr, Vincent Toscani, and Estelle Stevens

Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

New York Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Present address: National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

†

Died, January 6, 1956.

1

Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

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Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

New York Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Present address: National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

†

Died, January 6, 1956.

1

Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

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Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

New York Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Present address: National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

†

Died, January 6, 1956.

1

Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

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Russell Sage Institute of Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y.

New York Hospital, New York, N. Y.

2

Present address: National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

†

Died, January 6, 1956.

1

Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

Find articles by Stevens, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published June 1, 1957 - More info

Published in Volume 36, Issue 6 on June 1, 1957
J Clin Invest. 1957;36(6):982–994. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103497.
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