Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1911 — Mild Case of Diphtheria In the Home of Frank Turner. [ARTICLE]

Mild Case of Diphtheria In the Home of Frank Turner.

City Health Doctor Gwin Thursday found a case of diphtheria in the home of Frank Turner, on Vine street. The subject is a little boy 8 years of age and the case seems mild. A quarantine was at once established and anti-toxin given and the prospects of recovery are good and the chances of spread are small. The boy had been in school up to two days before but Dr. Gwin is of the opinion that the disease did not develop until after be haa left school. The father Is away from home and not included in the quarantine.