Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-07 | Page 1 | Sufferer from 'Mediterranean Disease' Prepared for 69th Blood Transfusion

Sufferer From Mediterranean Disease Pre Prepared pared for Blood Transfusion RALEIGH N. N C. C Oct 7 UP UP- UP year old Andrew whose life depends on the blood of others is ready for his sixty- sixty ninth transfusion Andrew is suffering from the Mediterranean disease which not only hinders the blood- blood tf t- t H f r making process but transforms facial bone structures making western people look 1001 like Orientals Physicians say the malady known as anemia is not uncommon In Italy Greece and Syria but is rare in America It occurs only in ll children of of Mediterranean races i J- J J I His elder sister died of the dis disease disease disease dis- dis ease in infancy But a younger brother is normal In the last six years the delicate delicate delicate deli deli- cate eyed brown-eyed boy who leads his class in school but is not allowed to play in childrens children's games has borrowed 15 quarts of blood 1 I t S t 5 I i. i t