Show SERUM DEATH S r. r PROBE BEGINS 1 SAN FRANCISCO Feb 16 P As P-As As doctors rs labored today to save sac the lives of four foul children suffering from undiluted experimental experiment 1 diphtheria toxin a formal coroners coroner's investigation ti tion n into the thc death of a fifth Infant was was wa-s begun An autopsy surgeon has already reported reported reported re re- re- re ported old 4 Natalie died of the serum several everal hundred times t too o strong for the human body Dr J. J C. C Geiger director of oC public health telegraphed the U U. U S. S surgeon general the tragedy resulted when Dr Kathlene Murphy an at atthe atthe the hospital where all the children received the injections did not properly properly properly prop prop- erly read the label on the bottle boUle of oC experimental Coroner T T. B. B W. W Leland announced an inquest next week wc-ek would formally fix responsibility for lor little Natalies Natalie's death and intimated a I. I police investigation U. gation might follow Pathologists and toxicologists worked on reports today today today to to- day to present to the i inquest I Dr Geiger Geisel pointed out that the fatality was no reflection on tic the safety fet or value of diphtheria anti anti- toxin which has been en used success success- fully fullin In tho thousands ands of or cases The other children from the serum Lerum all nil und under r 5 years Dr Geiger thought had good chances of recovering The had been successfully I administered repeatedly by Dr Mur Nur- ph phy She obtained the experimental b bottle when the regular supply on hand became exhausted She was reported reported re re- re- re ported pode in a state of oI collapse |