| Show I I HOOKWORM AFFliCTS OGDEN FAMilY OF 12 FIRST GASES CASES IN 1 UTAH Shumans Knew They Were Sufferers but Thought Treatment Treatment Treatment Treat Treat- ment Too Severe 1 l to The lI 1 O Ogden den April 11 WIth With the tho excitement excite excite- ment mont occasioned b by tho recent blackmail blackmail black black- mail mall case cal harel hardy barely subsided comes the announcement nt that the tile dreaded hookworm hookworm hook hool- worm has been found round In The disease WOoS was as discovered red by County Count Ph Physician A. A A A. Robinson who was called to the home of ot T. T A. A Shuman in West Ot Ogden to attend a ca case c of measles I an and upon Investigation found that thi th tho entire family of ot father ather mother and ten children were suffering with hookworm In addition to being being- af afflicted a- a af- af with Iti measles Tho The family was Immediately placed ell In quarantine The ho home Is IK in Isolated section an nn t S n f th lp It f n tt 3 1 t ull l 4 th IS r. r It or n f n J t i I IH H Dr Y SODs says ho he 1 b bable beable be able to eradicate the tho hookworm 1 t Cn Case CDe e ID in Us Utah This Thin 1 la Itt the first case caso known in Utah The family appears to have ben been af afflicted afflicted at- at fueled with sith tho disease for lol u it number nf of years ears They came camo to Ogden Ofden from Georgia about two weeks 8 ago 0 The They were Vero Informed belore beLora leaving tho thu south that the they were afflicted with the hookworm but did diet t not t regard leJard the as serious or appreciate the fact that It Is an infectious aliment ailment They said ald that th on account of ur th the th se severe soCIO so- so yore CIO treatment given hen In the south for hookworm th they refused to seek sek a cure The attention of ot Dr Robinson was attracted by b- the thc sIze si of tI the children who are small m ll anti and delicate The Tue 19 old year Shuman Shum bo boy does not appear to bo he over o 12 years yearn of ot age The Tho disease may run for fur years or for tor only a few tew months at times ing in fatally It I Is thought tho that on ac account account ac- ac account count of the clan change e In the climate and tinder different conditions tho th Shuman family ma may mav mab b be entirely I cured Jn In the warmer climates the hookworm orm II la IS more prevalent pre tho tim disease disease- impairs both the mental and physical bOd body and l leaves es a th the patient In an art emaciated con con- Often Ofton the sufferer becomes so SQ lazy lay that t tic nc ie will vill not exert himself to take tako medicine bout About Half Inch lu I. I Length n tb The Tho hookworm Is Ilc described as a tL worm about a a half haIC Inch In hi length having hav lag ing a n threadlike bod body with a conIcal conIcal- head and a large mouth which Is 18 surrounded by a horn a-horn horny a-horny capsule The mouth contains four e teeth b by which the fixes 3 itself to lo th the membrane It lives e In Inthe Inthe the lie intestines h fh The The- worm orm J Is hatched from eggs egg usually deposited In muddy water which are taken Into the bod body by hp tho the drinking of or infected wal Water r. r Tho The disease is also transmitted through the bare feet fett and hands coming In contact with the larvae Dr T T. B. B Beatty BeaUS president nt ot of r tho the state board of ot health has been advised I ot ot of tb tho situation and In I. expected to vi visit it mory t to tc I Investigate in hi hd i ease case I. I I |
