Word: diphtheria
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...same is true of pneumonia. On the other hand an infected tonsil may develop local trouble, may be a factor in systemic disease and may be a cause in less easily classified but threatening diseases such as excessive fatigue. It also may be a factor in scarlet fever and diphtheria...
...chocolate), was named for a neighborhood handy man, became a best-seller in 1920. Curtiss Candy Co.'s (Chicago) Baby Ruth pays no royalties to Babe Ruth because it was named ostensibly for the late President Cleveland's daughter "Baby Ruth,'' who died of diphtheria in 1904 at the age of 12. Curtiss launched 100 new bars, of which 87 were quick failures, twelve nine-day wonders, and the 100th Baby Ruth. Candy bars named No Kiddin', Truluv, Hoky Poky, Lobster Patty, Chicken Dinner and Fat Emma have nickered fitfully. A few old reliables hold...
Asafetida suspended in a little sack from the neck to prevent acute infectious diseases like measles, diphtheria, whooping cough...
...drool into the cup; furthermore some men have long moustaches which dip into the wine- truly disgusting facts."-Rev. Dr. Clifton Macon, New Rochelle, N. Y. This week The Churchman quoted a layman who was shocked to find the common cup in use at a church school during a diphtheria epidemic. In the same publication a "distinguished physician" declared: "Suppose a person kneeling at the communion rail has syphilis. Suppose four other persons who have cracked lips drink from the same cup immediately following that contact. Nothing short of a miracle will save those other four people from contracting...
...course in New York In firmary's Women's Medical College and a year of graduate study abroad, Dr. Williams joined the city's laboratory staff in 1895. One year later she made her first important contribution to preventive medicine - the discovery of a strain of diphtheria bacillus which produced an extremely virulent toxin. It made possible mass production of the anti-diphtheria serum which has nearly banished that dis ease from the world. Dog-bite victims once had to wait ten awful days to know if they had contracted rabies. In 1904, Dr. Williams...