Excerpt from Transactions of a Special Conference of State and Territorial Health Officers With the United States Public Health Service, for the Consideration of the Prevention of the Spread of Poliomyelitis: Held at Washington, D. C., August 17 and 18, 1916 Dr. A. H. Glennan, chairman. Dr. F. A. Cooney. Dr. W. C. Rucker, secretary. Dr. E. A. Carr Dr. Glenn Andrews. 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.