American Fork Citizen | 1920-07-03 | Page 6 | Cats and Diphtheria

Cats and Diphtheria. "It Is a widely accepted belief that cats may suffer from diphtheria nnd convey the Infection to human beings," says tho Journal of the American Medical association In recounting the experiments by which Doctor Savage proved that this Is entirely without foundation. Doctor Savoge planted vast numbers of diphtheria bacilli In the noses and throats of kltU'nx, hut In no Instance did thqsc take tho disease, and within 24 hours the bacilli were dead. Doctor Doc-tor Savage reviewed all tho uvidencnln connection with epidemics of dlph,-tberla dlph,-tberla mid came to the conclusion thnt so far as It Implicates cats It Is quite valueless.