Abstract:The control of diphtheria in any institution for the care of children might center itself around a careful consideration of these points :1. The chronicity of illnesses such as heart disease, orthopedic conditions, choreas, empyemas and burns, which prolong the period of hospitalization and increase the possibilities for contact.2. The inadvertent admittance of patients with diphtheria, perhaps indistinguishable at times or even masked by the clinical pictures of colds in the head, follicular tonsillitis or la… Show more
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