Word: septic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wriggly spirillum, the other a cigar-shaped bacillus. They take hold anywhere in the throat. Commonest sites of infection are gums and tonsils. "Trench mouth" refers primarily to the gum condition. The ulcers of this disease and the membranes which cover them are deceptive. They may resemble diphtheria, septic sore throat, syphilis. Bacteriological examination quickly differentiates the four diseases...
...Boston, Traffic Police Sergeant John P. M. Wolfe, in the line of duty, had survived being bitten by a cat, a dog, an intoxicated man. He bit his tongue, died of septic poisoning...
Died. Albert Henry Washburn, 64, retiring U. S. Minister to Austria; of septic poisoning from a scratched leg; in Rudolfina Sanitarium, Vienna, Austria...
Died. Mrs. Mabel Hunter Richey, 40, wife of Hoover Secretary Lawrence Richey; in Washington; of septic poisoning and meningitis. A member of the Hoover Florida fishing party last month, she was taken ill two days after her return...