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Two letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Professor Nathan Goldblum: The Pioneer Producer of the Inactivated Poliomyelitis Vaccine in Israel," by N. Blum, E. Katz, and E. Fee.

The article profiles scientist and professor Natan Goldblum who led Israel's production of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine to combat the country's pandemic in the early 1950s. The etiology of the pandemic is discussed including a doubling of Israel's population due to post-war immigration from Europe. Goldblum's vaccine work was conducted at the request of the Israeli Ministry of Health, whose virology laboratory he directed. The history of Goldblum's pursuits in making the vaccine according to the methodology used by scientist Jonas Salk in the U.S. is described.

The article looks at Israel's polio epidemic during the 1950s. The first physiotheraphy school and the first government rehabilitation center for children in Israel were created in the 1950s. Much of the support for these institutions came from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. According to the article, Israel's absorption of a huge wave of immigration after the end of War of Independence brought a significant increase in the sick and disabled population. The article discusses "The Plan of Operation for the Rehabilitation of Handicapped Children, Israel," the founding of the Israeli physiotherapy school, and the children's rehabilitation center at the Assaf Harofe government hospital.