Word: diphtheria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nearly two weeks since H. T. Dunker '25, star University lineman, was sent to the Stillman infirmary with a mild case of diphtheria. He is now sitting up in bed and will probably be dismissed by the doctors about a week from next Monday...
McGlone reappeared in uniform after his six-day quarantine as a carrier of the diphtheria germ, but did not take an active part in the practice. His time away from Soldiers Field was not wholly wasted, for during his brief rest he gained eight pounds, which brings him back to his normal weight of 150 pounds...
...more football player is temporarily lost to the University football squad it was learned last night. J. C. McGlone '26, who played in most of the games last year including the Yale game, has been quarantinued at the Stillman Infirmary as a carrier of the diphtheria germ...
...given out yesterday afternoon after football practice that H. T. Dunker '25, veteran guard and two-year letterman, was definitely lost to the team for a period of at least a month. Dunker, who has been absent from practice since last Friday, has developed a mild case of diphtheria. The necessary precautionary measures have been taken by inoculating the whole University squad, football management, and all who came in contact with Dunker. Dunker is confined in the Stillman Infirmary under the care of Dr. Richards, who announces that the case is mild, but that it will certainly be a month...
...method. The approach to the enemy bacillus through the bloodstream is called intravenous therapy. Formerly, only five drugs could be so administered, but today the number has been extended to 140, and the treatment is applicable to almost as many diseases. Especially in cases of pneumonia and diphtheria, the rapid passage of the medicine through the body in intravenous therapy gives it an advantage over the much slower processes of the stomach. The method, however, is one for highly expert...