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Show Diphtheria Epidemic EpidemicAmong EpidemicAmong EpidemicAmong Among Navajos Averted AvertedHow How a serious outbreak of dlph diph dlphtheria diphtheria diphtheria theria among Navajo Indians was waschecked waschecked waschecked checked by heroic measures taken takenby takenb takenby by b reservation doctors including includinguse use of a . radio radlo system by which allparts all allparts allparts parts of the Navajo country were werecontacted werecontacted i icontacted contacted was related in Moab MoabSaturday MoabSaturday MoabSaturday Saturday by Harry Goulding Gouldlng pro proprletor proprietor propnetor prletor prietor of ot Gouldlngs Goulding Gouldings s trading post pest postand pestand postand and lodge In Monument valley who whowith whowith whowith with his brother in 111 lawforrls law \forrls forrls Morris MorrisKnee ' \ MornsKnee forrlsKnee Knee was a visitor here on busi business business busness busnessMr ! ness nessMr Mr Goulding Gotlldmg stated that an out outbreak out- out outbreak outbreak - break of a mysterious disease oc occurred occurred occurred curred at Cbil Cb11 cl chin n he be tow Arl- Arl Mi- Mi Arlzona Mizona Ari Arizona - zona For several davs da3s da s and nights nightsNavaJo nightsNavajo nightsNavajo NavaJo medicine medlcme menlorked men worked \lorked lorked 's s \ ' orked with witht withthe withthe t the 'e e ' victims holding their weird weirdand weirdand weirdand and ancient tribal ceiemonlals celeI'1.onials celeI1.onials celeI1onials ceieinonials ' . and andchants andchants andchants chants wl which ch customarily accom acconi accompany acconipatsy accom.pany accompany . pany patsy their administering admil1lstering of herb herbmedicines herbmedicines medlcmes medicines Although AJthough the medicinemen medIcine medIcinemen medicinemen men menorked mens \s s \ worked \\orked orked \ orked untiringly untmngly without withoutsleep withoutsleep withoutsleep sleep three p pitients p'1.tJents p1.tJents p1tJents ' . tients died from the thedisease thedisease thedisease disease In the meantime meantune other otherIndians otherIndians otherIndians Indians became affected with bad badattacks badattacks badattacks attacks of nose bleed The medicine medicinemen medicinemen medicinemen men also failed faIed ! In their tl'elr tlelr tI'eir tIeir ' ' attempts attemptsto to halt this new malady The pa- pa patIents paticilts pa patients - tients ticilts became weaker and weaker weakerand weakerand weakerand and finally thehlte the \ ' white \\hlte hlte 'shite shite physician pbyoc1an ; ! In Incharge incharge Incharge , charge of ot the hospltil hospit'l1 hospitl1 hospit'tl hospittl ' ' at Kayenta KayentaDr -Dr Dr - Dr Seh Sch Sehartzwas Schvartz \artz-was artz was sartz-waS sartz \ - - was sent for The Thedoctor Thedoctor Thedoctor doctor Immediately " ' went "ent ent 'sent sent to the thehogan thehogan thehogan hogan of a sick Indnn Indl'ln Indlln Indrin ' and short short- shortI shortIy shortly shortly - I ly Iy had the nose bleedI bleed \I I 's s \ ' well ell eli In hand handAs handAs handAs As Is Dr Schwartzs Schwartz s custom C\1stom C 1stom \ when whencalled whencalled whencalled called out Into the reservation reservationl - l ( Continued on lastpage last / page /page ) - DIPHTHERIA DIPIITIIERl4 DIPIITIIERIA . IPIDEII1CAJl01lG EPIDEMICAMONG : EPIDEMIC IPIDEI\I1C IPIDEI I1C EPIDEMICAMONG \ AMONG AJ\l01l/G AJ l01l G \ / II : . ? 1SWAJOS 4 . ( , AJO'S AJOS ' AVERTEDContinued AVERTED ( Continued Continue < ! from first page ) watehing wat-chlpg wat chlpg watthrrg - ' conditions and exan examining examiningIndians examiningIndians nmg nmgIndIans IndIans who ho might appear below belowpar belowpar belowpar par physically physlcall he succeeded in ingettmg Ingetting lagetting gettmg getting the cooperation cooperahon and confi confi- confidence confidence confidence - dence of the medicine medlcine men and in inthis inthis inthis this was way a : , . . he discoveied dlscoveled discovered the dlph diph dlphtheria diphtheria diphtheria theria . , epidemic epldemlc m in its early stages stagesHe stagesHe stagesHe He immediately inunedlately notified notlfied Dr W W WPeters WPeters WPeters Peters of the central agency at atmdow atVrindow at'Window atWindow \\mdow mdow Vrindow \ ' RocIArIz Rock RocI- RocI - . Ariz . who v.ho vho rushed rushedthe rushedthe rushedthe the proper medicines meclicmes and equip equipment equipment equipment ment to Chil CluI ChII chm dun chin be he to tow This Thissplendld Thissplendid Thissplendid splendld splendid cooperation cooperahon Mr Gouldingstated Goulding Gouldingstate Gouldingstated state stated < ! stopped an epidemic epldeIIllC that no 10 ' doubt , " would ould have resulted me ine in m ine e death of hundreds of Indlans Indians Indiansas Indiansis 1 ' . 1as is ' > \ was \\as as the case in a diphthem dlphthern diphtheria diphtheriaotige diphthemouige ouige otige : > tl ) ge on the reserva reservation tlon 27 . . sago s ago sagoCh agoChil agoChit Ch Chil Chit chin rh1n be to \ Dr Petersid Peteis Petels Peters Peteisid id 1:1 11 : Dr Schartzaccmated Schwartz Sch\\artz Sch artz \ c \ vaccinated \accmated accmated all PetelsI eJo e exro . . I r ru : > ed Indians Indlans and those \ who ho were"II wereit were "II II " itited it I ted tedlth with \\lth lth \ the diseaseere disease \ were \ere ere weres , eres s d :1 1 : to a hospital for tre'ltmentMr treatmentMr treatment tre'ltment treltment treatmentMr ' ereI I Mr Gouldirg Gouldlrg Gouldrrg stated that Dr DrPcters DrPeters DrPeters Pcters Peters \ who ho is medical medlcal director of oftl1e ofthe ofthe tl1e the U S Indian Indlan service in the theNavajo theNavajo theNavajo Navajo and Hopi area \ was as at the theGouldmg theGoulding theGoulding Gouldmg Goulding post m in Monument valley valleylast valleylast valleylast last l f ; eel eek eeh , , checking checkmg health condi rondl condr rondlors condrors condiors ors He had with \ lth him one of thefield the thefield thefield field radios which have been in I . stalledelY stalledeiy stalled \ ieiy \elY elY \eiy eiy recently at the 1\avaJo 1 avaJo I'avajo Iavajo 1avaJoreso I'avajores \ rsavajores ' reso res % nation vahon ation for emergenci emergenc emergency use The Thedoctor Thedoctor Thedoctor doctor set up the racuo malO radio in m thl thice thiceminutes thiceminutes ce cemmutes mmutes minutes at the Goulding Gouldmg air polt poet poltand poetand poitand and advis"d advisd advlsod advised " the central agency at atWlndo atWindo atWindov Wlndo Windo v Rock RocI- RocI RocIthat - . that thereele there \ weie \\ele ele no nosigns nosigns nosigns signs of diphtheria dlphthena in m the Monu Monument Monument Monument ment valley legion leglOn region The Gou dmg ding dmgtlad dinghad dingti tlad had ad ng rig post and lodgelth lodge \\lth lth with w \ ith alr air alrport airport airport port combination romblnatlOn is said to be the themost themost themost most distant dlstant from a railroad rallroad of any anyhabltal10n anyhabitation anyhabitation habltal10n habitation in m the United Umted States Statesand Statesand Statesand and the establishment estabhshment of t two twonayradio o oay \\ay ay way wayradio \ -nayradio nayradio - ayi ayradlo radlo radio communication commumcatlOn there v . was wasquite wasquite as asqUlte i qUlte quite an e\ e ei e\ent e ent eent eentMr \ ent entMr entMr Mr Got Goulding dmg repol repoited reported ted that E R RFr RFryer RFrier Fr Fryer er general supeimtendent supeuntendent superintendent of theNaval the theNavaj theNavaj Navaj tribe tnbe and Dr Peters recent , ly ! I ly ly dedlcated dedicated ucun-ttLcu ucun ttLcu - a a new newlnd new newmv -lnd lnd and - /mv mv / modern modernI modernhosptaI modernhospital nuutAAA nuutAAAhospital hospital hosptaI at Fort Defiance Thesec.fflclal These I 1 1cil'icials ) officials c.fflclal cfflclal cil'icials cilicials . ' , > are areBell -Bell Bell well v . - ell liked hked by the theI theNavajo theNavajo I | NavaJo people andere and \ were \\ere ere honored honoredand honoredand honoredand and extended every appreciation by bynumerous bynumerous bynumerous numerous of the medicine men of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Navajo tube who offered a aery a\ery a ery \ ery appropriate appropnate though anclent ancient anclentIbal ancientibal ancientibal Ibal prayer pia pla er and sacred chant at atthe atthe atthe the hospital hObpltal dedication dedlcatlon |