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Show DISCOVERS A CASE OF HOOK WORM One of the Frs Cases Ever Brought to the Attention of the Local Public It has developed that a young man by the name ot Russell, who recently came to Logan Is suffering from Hook worm or the Old World I'ellegra, a most dreaded disease, ono in which millions havo been spent In this country coun-try for its extermination. Dr. II. Campbell is treating tho patient. Thousands of tho worms lmvo been destroyed already and the doctor is experimenting with some ot the larvae lar-vae which has been procured. Other specimens will be sent to the University Uni-versity of Kentucky. This, perhaps, Is tho first case of hook worm ever brought to tho notice of tile public In this locality, although they are a rather common, thing "in some of the southern states. , |