Dr. X writes of a peculiar disease that swept through his country inn the 1960s and 1970s and was prevalent in many geographical areas.  At first it was only 50 patients.  Then a few years later it was more than ten-thousand patients.  Its symptoms would come and go.  Just about the time there were enough patients to study, they would die or get well for unexplained reasons. There were abdominal symptoms (pain, diarrhea). It often caused a numbing effect in the lower limbs and crushing weakness in muscles. Walking became difficult for many of its sufferers. Loss of bladder control … Continue reading When Covid-19 Swept Through a Country in the Mid-1970s