Dr. Curtis Welch sent an urgent telegram asking for diphtheria serum - Jan. 22, 1925 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1925, Dr. Curtis Welch sent an urgent telegram in an effort to stop a diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska. 
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