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...There have been ten major epidemics of septic sore throat in the U. S. during this century; many minor ones. Boston had 1,400 cases in 1911; Baltimore 1,000 in 1912; Chicago 10,000 in 1912; Concord...
...Septic Sore Throat. In ten days, an epidemic of septic sore throat has killed 26 people in Lee, Mass. Of the remaining 4,000 population, more than 400 lay in fevered agony, last week, unable to swallow; their glands hard and swollen; their heads hammering with constant pain. Doctors, nurses, supplies were rushed...
...Septic sore throat is caused by Streptococcus hemolyticus, a tiny germ closely resembling and related to the streptococci of scarlet fever. It is generally distributed in milk, but is a disease of man, not of cows. The milk may become infected by human hands, or, what seems more logical in view of the widespread character of the epidemics,* the udder of the cow becomes infected from human hands, releasing a stream of contagion at every milking time. Most of the epidemics have occurred during the winter and spring months. Always they are explosive: a sudden appearance of sore throat throughout...
Died. Dr. John Sedgwick Billings, 58, chief medical officer of the New York Stock Exchange and Curb Market; of Manhattan; of septic arthritis; at Manhattan...
...Mercersburg, Pa. It was there that his sons received their secondary schooling, at famed Mercersburg Academy. It was there that Mrs. Coolidge laid one of her many cornerstones, in June, 1924, for memorial chapel. The chapel has long since been finished. Calvin Coolidge Jr., Class of 1925, died of septic poisoning in Washington scarcely a month after his mother's visit at school. The dedicatory services were to be held on Headmaster William M. Irvine's 61st birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were to be guests of Dr. and Mrs. Irvine, adding nothing to the ceremonies but their...