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Show Plane Rushes Serum To Armstrong Girl A United Air Lines plane Thursday Thurs-day aftenjoon carried a precious package ts Slko, !:. a. a in an attempt at-tempt to save tha life cf a girl :tcf-iering :tcf-iering from- a streptococcic infection. infec-tion. The plane, fljing regular schedule, sched-ule, made a special stop at Elko, to dJliver the package, which was taken in response to a wire sent to a Salt Lake City pharmacy Thursday Thurs-day morning by an Elko physician. Grant Anderson, Salt Lake City, piloted pi-loted the plane. ' Streptococci," :aid a pathologist, ",ar? one of the most dangerous vaiieties cf microbes. Sera and antitoxins are made, utilizing a number cf types of the streptococci, but, unless the particular typ; ii included, this treatment proves ineffectual. in-effectual. At a last resrrt several types of chemicals are injected into the blood of the patient." The package taken to Elko contained con-tained several ampules of pronton-sil, pronton-sil, a chemical compounds us3d as a last resort to combat the streptococcic strep-tococcic infection. The serum wa: ordered by Dr. F. i M. Pc-ulson for administration to Ardith Armstrong, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Armstrong cf Elko. She is suffering from double sinus, whicli has developed de-veloped a, mysteriout fever believed by Dr. Poulson to be caused frcm ths spread of the streptococci germ th'-ough her body. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrcr'g are If, rmer residents of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Armstrong r the former Miss Stella Truscott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Truscott of this city. Mr. Arnvtror.g is a former employs of The Pyramid. |
