Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1907 — Child Turning Purple. [ARTICLE]

Child Turning Purple.

Mary Efghotz, three years old, of New York, is turning purple. The doctor says she is suffering with a disease known as purpura hemorrhagica. The child’s mother first noticed the changing color three weeks ago. While bathing the girl she detected small purple spots on various parts of the body. Alarmed, she applied home remedies, but the spots continued to spread. The child's body presents the appearance of being tattooed. Almost the entire body is covered, with the exception of the face, which thus far has not been affected. While most of the time the blotches are of a mellow purple, they occasionally change to a deep plum color or a dull red. Some blotches are as large as a penny, others are no larger than a pinhead. The disease is probably caused by a rheumatic genn. —:- 1 1