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There it was pronounced diphtheria, and of course he died. "— Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
"Here we have the germ of diphtheria, here of tuberculosis, here of typhoid fever, etc.— Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
At seventeen she had a violent attack of diphtheria, and her life hung by a thread.— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866
They -- or such as they -- discovered the cure for small-pox, for hydrophobia, diphtheria, and for yellow-fever.— The Tyranny of the Dark
It's mouth and had been exposed to diphtheria, and It finished -- just as— It, and Other Stories

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