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The Hygiene Department has given injections of gamma globulin to more than 20 freshmen in Thayer Middle, following the contraction of infectious hepatitis by Louis J. Elsas '58, a student from the entry.

Although three students have contracted the disease this year, Dr. Leon Ryack '35 has said that there is no cause for alarm. "In general, this has been a mild year as far as we're concerned," he said. More than incidental contact with the carrier is necessary for infection, he added.

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