Unnatural Death, The
Broadcast: November 10, 1947
Starring:
Joe DeSantis,
Lee Bowman,
James McCallion,
Juano Hernandez,
James Goss,
Jack Zoller,
Frank Behrens,
Arden Cornwell,
Bernard Dryer,
John Harper,
Estrela Diaz,
George Tiplady,
Pami Hernandez,
Bailey Ashford
Added: Nov 05 2019
After the Spanish-American war, the country of Puerto Rico was plagued with a mysterious illness which was taking the lives of the people. The so-called "muerte natural" was eventually cured by Dr Bailey Ashord, a military physician, who organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign against hookworm, which cured approximately 300,000 people, and reduced the death rate from the associated anemia.