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Show Infectious Sympathy." Medical authorities and hospital boards here.aie wondering If there Is not some mjHlerlous but yot unfa-thomed unfa-thomed infectious sympathy which produces appendicitis through over-contact over-contact with those suffering from the disease,-says tbe Philadelphia Ledger. This state of mind is Inspired by a remarkable series of attacks brought to "light hero. I Dr. Frederick Zlmmer. clilef surgeon n the City hospital, spent one after" boon operating on several critical cases, then went home to dine with his wife and daughter. Immediately after dinner Miss Stella Zlmmer. a handsome girl of about to. suddenly became -.ery HI. Her father was amared to find that she was ..i.nwin,. from appendicitis, and to verify his diagnosis called In two specialist col-leges col-leges on the hospital boaid Miss Zlmmer was taken at once to' the hospital and operated on The operation was performed about nine o clock. Before the dawn had fairly broken Dr. Zlmmer was urgent-ly urgent-ly called back to attorn! one of the nuises who had aaalsted him at his daughters opeuillon While he was operaiing on that nm.e lie got word that-ho would have tv hurry and perform per-form a similar operation on the other nurse, also suddenly stricken. |