CASE No. 27
Ruth A. Minnick
RUTH A. MINNICK, daughter of S. V. Minnick, R. D. No. 2, Carthage, N. Y.
Age 10½.
Vaccinated Sept. 22.
Commenced to complain Oct. 2,—10 days from vaccination.
Died Oct. 10.
Diagnosis, “Infantile Paralysis.”
This little girl’s health was perfect. She and her older brother, age 13, were vaccinated on the same day. Both became ill, the little girl critically so. She had no convulsions; was unconscious four days; her throat was paralyzed. Death occurred as stated. The boy was “very sick” with symptoms “much like the girl,” but recovered.