Show cats carry diphtheria A curious case Is cited by simmons an elderly lady developed a fatal therl atle after alose contact with a cat A which had been sick one week A second eat which had bad been in contact with the first cat A became sick and died ten days later the patient had grayish brown covering ct ering her uvula tonsils and posterior pharynx cut cat A had a small yellowish gray ulceration ulcer atlon in the left nasal passage and cat B showed ulcerations of both vocal cords covered with a grayish white bilte false membrane diphtheria bacilli of intermediate virulence for guinea pigs were isolated from all three lesions les lons journal of the american medical tion |