Show DIPHTHERIA IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE FAR NORTH At Nome Alaska a diphtheria epidemic has bas caused several deaths and brought alarm to 10 the lIy Ily Diphtheria in the old days daS da s was a plague as much dreaded as yellow ellow le loser leer er and the death rate was as ex extremely extremely high Then antitoxin was discovered and the disease lost Its lis terror But Nome is without anti anti- lo do and the is sw s through the to town ton n with Its old limo timo eness The Eskimos are suffering most Like our American Indian the na th thes es h base ate e little 10 power poster er of o resist resist- resistance ance when attacked by the white while whiteman's whiteman's mans man's disease Though they Ih used ed In the open and moved camp at regular Inter inter- als which assured a certain cleansing and sanitary effect the Indians fell tell easy to tuber tuber- tuberculosis tuberculosis In Nome the Eskimos are highly susceptible to 10 the new affliction and to sa sale saie e them the United States health ird bo-ird is attempting to 10 send antitoxin units to the town by airplane Modern ha hale hae ha e been call called ed d into Inlo sen lee Ice to 10 help mo The message which bleh reached the outside from the Isolated Icebound town had been transmitted by radio ca- ca cable cable cable ble and by land telegraph and the response will be by b train and air air- airplane airplane plane Before the days of ot radio Nome's distress could not ha hale hae e been made n kno until a dos dog team had made madea a long trip 0 or o er the to frozen north 00 00 |