If, during the course of an epidemic, any suspicious illness should develop in a member of your family, prompt medical attention and observation are important. If any sign or symptom of polio is present, the affected person should be hospitalized immediately. Hospitals have many special forms of equipment which are necessary in treatment. Trained nursing care is essential. Should paralysis appear, special measures are necessary to prevent or lessen deformity and to begin the rebuilding of the affected parts of the body. No clearly reliable specific drug is available as yet which will cure polio, but gamma globulin appears to give some degree of protection for several weeks against the paralysis stage of the disease. There are now strong hopes that a vaccine is now available that will give immunity against polio for a whole season. _At the present time_ treatment of the disease takes many forms. While a patient is recovering from a polio attack, a full nourishing diet, application of various forms of heat and massage, special baths and exercises, are the measures which are most helpful in restoring usefulness to affected arms or legs. Specially built shoes or braces are required in only a few cases, and surgical operations have been devised to return motion and function to the arms or legs of some patients. _Treatment_ must be continued over long periods of time in some cases, but the results are often very rewarding. The expense of such long treatment is great. Fortunately, an awakened public, through its contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and other Agencies, has helped thousands to bear this expense. Support of these organizations in their sincere and unselfish aims is a splendid public service in the battle against polio. [Illustration] _How to GUARD against this DISEASE...._ Although there is no known means of vaccination or inoculation against polio, many things can be done to lessen the possibility of getting the disease. _First_ of all, if an epidemic occurs, you should follow the instructions of the local public health officer. He will also decide in what cases gamma globulin is needed. _Secondly_, it is wise to avoid crowded places, especially indoors where there is opportunity for close contact and possible infection. _In addition_, food and water should be obtained only from absolutely reliable sources. _Every_ effort should be made to insure that flies, mice, rats, and other vermin are kept out of the home, as they are possible carriers of infection. _You_ and your children should get plenty of rest and wholesome food, avoid over-exertion and excessive fatigue. _Do not_ travel into areas where there is much polio or go swimming when many cases have occurred in your locality.