n acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
On the same day last week Crown Prince Mihai caught diphtheria and his father King Carol II dissolved Parliament by royal decree in circumstances foreshadowing a Dictatorship.
New York City exercised ingenuity last week in diphtheria prevention work.
Few babies under six months catch measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria or infantile paralysis.
Free booster shots for adults in Ocean View A state public health nurse will be providing free booster shots to people 19 and older at the Ocean View Community Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, South Kona/Ka‘u Councilwoman Brenda Ford said Friday. The shots will be for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
June 8, 2013 - West Hawaii Today
Dave Spikey in icSeftonandWestLancs My dad always used to say laughter is the best medicine, that's why when I was six, I nearly died with diphtheria,jokes Spikey. "But I think in the North West there is an attitude that every cloud has a silver lining."
Andrew Weil in The New American Most people believe that victory over the infectious diseases of the last century came with the invention of immuni[z]ations,writes Dr. Andrew Weil in Health and Healing. "In fact, cholera, typhoid, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough,...
Bennie Thompson in Forbes In an e-mail, a staffer who works for committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., noted an "unusual need for whomever attending to be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B," as well as "the more normal things - tetanus, diphtheria, and...