There is growing panic over the outbreak of the disease known as diphtheria in different parts of Nigeria.Diphtheria, also recognised as one of the six killer diseases of children, was thought to ...

What is Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis? Tetanus is caused by a germ that enters the body through a cut or a wound. Tetanus (Lockjaw) causes painful tightening of the muscles all over the body and ...

“Diphtheria contributed to that notion that childhood was not a safe time, that many children would die by the age of 10,” says Evelynn M. Hammonds, a professor of the history of science and ...

THE perennial alarm of the possible transmission of diphtheria from diseased animals to man is- again occupying the attention of the British daily press. This time it arose out of the death of a ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Between October, 1918, and August, 1919, 75 cases of diphtheria and 102 carriers o f diphtheria bacilli were treated at the Walter Reed ...

“Similarly, the diphtheria outbreak in Lagos raises questions ... She encouraged them to disclose their children’s vaccination history during pre-admission medical screening to ensure ...

Each year, mushers drive a pack of 16 dogs through the rough wilderness between Anchorage and Nome in honor of a famous Alaska medical emergency. National Treasure: Amelia Earhart Designed a New ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Jun., 1925), pp. 501-507 (7 pages) Lesions of definite character may be regularly produced on the previously excoriated conjunctiva of the ...