Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-15
INFECTED WOUND
CAUSES L0CK]AW
Little Girl Dies Shortly After
Having Been Vacci-
mated.
WAS SENT. HOME. RoMI SCHOOL.
physician Surmises That Disease
Resulted From Wound
Being Exposed.

Rather than give up her Studies at,
Central School, little Mildred Hays
Blaming. seven years old. smilingly.
submitted to vaccination Yesterday
her parents. MFR. and'AIrs. Charles ,BIan-
ming. SOS East Clay Street, followed
her body to IFS last resting place in
Rveia:iew Cemetery. The child died
on Friday afternoon from lock Jaw de-
VeloptHE. the attending physician. sur
missed. from an Infection which found
its way, into the wound. NoNother in
juries We're on the small form:
Little Mildred entered Central School
at the beginning of the present session.
tt was her first year. and she, fell in
love with her books. When she was
given note from the teacher saying
that she must be vaccinated In FIVE
days. she came home to her mother
and begged to have it done.
Please. mamma She said "I do
want to so to school so bad"
Over the objections of her father.
Mildred was dispatche)l to the druggist
for the vaccine point. She stood brave
~ while her arm was scratched by
pr. d: T.. Roy. 3t2 West Grace Street,
the family physician. This was on
October IL.
SCRATCH QUICKLY DEVELOPS
INTO RUNNING SORE
The sore quickly developed into a
running wound. Shields would not
stick, and Mrs. Blaming tied up the
little arm with a clean white cloth.
Mildred asked that note be given her
to take to the teacher. requesting that
the school nurse inspect the arm. This
was done, but that night she came
home and informed her parents that
the bandage had been removed by the
nurse, who said that the arm must be
left uncovered if II was to heal DR..
Roy had told the mother to keep the
sore covered. by all means.
Eight daya later Mildred >Swokc in
swollen. and tho vaccinated arm was
drawn UP. The neck was rigid Day
by day She became worse. and DR. Roy
was called in to attend her. On Friday
the alarmed parents suGgested taking
the child TO the hospital. The physi-
clan agreed, but while a friend was
summontnG the ambulance the little
girl went into a spasm and died.
MOTHER Is FRUSTRATED
ny DEATH OF HER chin
Mrs. Blaming was prostrated by tho
death of her child. She is suffering
from n weak heart, and last night
went into spasn. after spasm. It re-
quircd the strength of two men TO
hold her body TO the bed when she
Went through the paroxysms of pain
Between the convulsions she kept
Last night the bereaved father. with
a wife desperately i'll ana another
small child to care for. told a repre-
sentative OF The Times Dispatch the
facts concerning the death of his lit
tie girl.
~ do not blame amy one lie said
but It is hard to lose n child. Mil
drcd was healthy and robust, aud en-
Joyed even. better health than J. do.
She was n bright little girl, and every
body in the neighborhood was fond
of her. am not In favor of vacci-
nation. but she seemed 80 eager to con-
tinuoI going ito school that1 could not
put any objections i'm tho way"
DEATH WAS FROM I.OCkJAW,
SAYS FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Asked concerning, the cause of the
death. ho said that TWAS from lock-
Jaw, DR.. Roy, the family physician.
later confirmed this. u,
."rho child died from lockjaw." DR..
Roy said. ~ am not certain as to tile
cause OF the disease. but surnise that
II resulted from infection, which prob
ably came from the wound bcirG ex-
posed after the. seabs came off,.
Dr. ROY said that he had not been