Show A word to parents diphtheria Is caused by germs growing ta in the throat threat where they cause the formation of greyish grayish material called a m membrane embr arte which may become so large and thick as to block the air tubes and produce death through suffocation cation the danger from diphtheria however does not lie mainly in leation diphtheria germs also produce a poison or toxin which carried by the blood stream to all parts of the body makes the child dangerously damages the organs and tissues of the body and may result in certain forms of paralysis or heart failure diphtheria caus causs causes s the body to form its own antitoxin a toxIn so that in a month or six weeks there Is enough af of it to successfully overcome the toxin or poison of the diphtheria germ immunize now protect your child from diphtheria will be given at the local schools monday may |