Edward Madrigal in hospital

Creator

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Identifier

20058441

Description

Edward Madrigal, 9 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Madrigal, in the Fort Worth Children's Hospital. Edward is shown laying in a hospital bed wearing a thick robe, checkered house shoes with striped socks. He is smiling widely for the camera as he reads from a letter he received from home. Edward suffers from the uncommon Still's disease, a form of arthritis which causes swelling in his joints. His temperature soars from 101 to 105 degrees each afternoon and has to be given a sedative. Fort Worth pediatricians are seeing their first case of the ailment and are corroborating with specialist in an effort to relieve the boy. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 14, 1943.

Archival Date

1943-02-13

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1695

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Madrigal, Edward; Madrigal, Joe; Madrigal, Joe (Mrs.); Boys; Hospitals; Beds; Letters; Fort Worth Children's Hospital; Sick persons