Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — RARE MALADIES AFFLICT TWO [ARTICLE]

RARE MALADIES AFFLICT TWO

Father and Little Daughter* Suffer from Strange Diseases. Hammond, Ind, Jan. 12.—W. S. Sowers and his daughter of Rochester, Ind, are afflicted with rare diseases. The girl, Mary, four -years old, has hemathidrosis. Her head seems to sweat blood. Mr. Sowers is afflicted with oedema of the glottis. His tongue swells to three or four times its normal size, when he is unable to talk or swallow. The glands of his mouth are then abnormally active,