European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine a or. Arthur Guy on has Tim Tor Reading in his Jackson m/ss., study. Arthur Guyto medical Miracle in spite of paralytic polio he raised 10 children wrote 35 books by Nancy Shulins associated press a Rthur Guyton. The son of a doctor was White blur on the Campus of Harvard medical school he used to run not walk but run up the  his wife Ruth recalls such was his haste to follow in his lather s footsteps by the time Guylon turned 26. Ail his dreams seemed Wilhm reach. He and Ruth had a 2-year-old son and a second child sunday september 21, 1986 on Iho Way world War ii had interrupted Guylon s career bul Aller two years in the Navy to was Back at Massachusetts general Hospital completing his surgical residency it was september 1946, when Rulh Gol the Call her husband had succumbed to the fever to d been ignoring and had been placed in isolation the patient diagnosed himself paralytic polio two words Hal would change everything a month later Robert Guylon was born to a father who could t hold him who remained paralysed in a Hospital bed in january. Arthur Guylon was sent to warm Springs. Ato begin eight months of treatment he would regain nearly All the use of his right Arm and partial Uso of his lower loll Arm and left leg his right log loll upper Arm and shoulder would remain paralysed Hir career As a surgeon was finisher what to do instead7 How to earn a living from a whoclchair7 what of the Guy tons dream of lots of children7 what  of family would they raise now9 forty years have passed the questions have Long since been answered what kind of family did the Gullons raise7 this kind David. 42. M d. Robert. 39 to. John. 38, m d Steve 36, m d. Catherine. 3f,. M d. Jean 31 m d Douglas. 30, m d. Jimmy 26. M d. Thomas 24. Fourth year medical student. Harvard. Harvard Harvard Harvard Miami. Duke. Harvard. Harvard. Harvard ii in is tic that Many a Mother s fondest dream is to one Day refer to her child As my son the doctor. Ruth Guyton who Houghl Home her Lola child on her 45lh birthday. Haj gotten her wish six times Over eight in you count Hir two daughters nine if you count the son who will graduate irom Harvard medical school next Spring ten. If 19 year old Gregory a primed Sophomore at Vand Chilt University chooses to make it a clean sweep he says it s a pretty Safe bet How does one come up with the Money to iced and clothe 10 children let alone put them through College and medical scnool7 Arthur Guylon did it the hard Way he earned it polio had reduced his mobility it had nol affected his ability to do research and to write and he wrote textbook of medical physiology seven editions in nine languages function of Iho human body four cd Lions. Re a c  physiology Normal functions and  of a sense three editions Structure and function of the nervous system two editions Theio Are 35 volumes in All. Outgrowths of the extensive notes Guyton dictated to his students a the University of Mississippi he wrote every one of his Bools in Hio living room nights and weekends dictating into a machine what else was going on at the Gullons 7 kickball and Bowling we were not quiet " recalls John. No 3 he Drew the line at letting us play in the living room while he worked so we played in the hallway beside it ii any of us had a problem or wanted to talk to him. There was never any suggestion Hal daddy s Busy writing Don t bother him he was right Here " to was right there Loo. In limes of mischief few of the children s antics escaped daddy s attention do you know where your sons are7 yes streaking a Bridge game at the local sorority Why is there a shortage of toilet paper in this House that in i Snow on the neighbor s from Lawn despite the Normal mischief All 10 Gullons managed to slay off the police blotter and on the Honor Roll later. The Dean s list All had a averages six were National Merit scholars each morning. Guylon drove himself to his Day 0b. As head of the department of physiology and biophysics at the medical Center of Ole miss. Prior to polio he says. I d intended to Combine surgery with research instead i combined physiology and teaching with research surgical practice teaching reseat .1 and clinical work is More than most people can  afterwards i no longer had to try to Combine two worlds the scholarly and the practical. At the University it is All mainly a scholarly  Arthur Guyton had much to live up to at Ole miss where his father Billy Guyton. Had been Dean of the medical school. His Mother Al 20, had gone off to continued on Page 14 the stars and stripes Page 13