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Father averts spinal tap on feverish infant in Indianapolis
Henry A. Nichols and his wife Vera cradle their 3 week old daughter Shana after the father rejected doctors' advice for a spinal tap at Methodist Hospital. A second doctor at Hendricks Memorial diagnosed a diaper rash as the cause of fever, while Dr Hannemann of the American Academy of Pediatrics defended the initial spinal tap as prudent for meningitis risk.
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Henry A. Nichols
Indianapolis
Ind
Vera
Shana
Nichols
Methodist Hospital
Hendricks Memorial Hospital
Robert E. Hannemann
LaFayette
American Academy of Pediatrics
Hannemann