Walter died in 1917 when his right lung suffered lobar-pneumonia emphysema. He mostly likely contracted it from disease and poor medicines from when he was serving. Lobar-pneumonia emphysema is when the lung becomes infected and causes a build up of pus in the plural space, which is a cavity in between the lung and chest wall. It only becomes emphysema when the lung fails to respond to medication in a straightforward way. One of the only treatments is by having the pus and fluids drained with a needle. There is a rare chance that it can be coughed out and the person survives. The exact time was 4:35 AM and happened at the base hospital at camp Bowie outside Fort Worth. Another possible factor is that it was spread from the thousands of soldiers training at the same time.
(comment courtesy contributor: Dylan Leach 50960211)
(comment courtesy contributor: Dylan Leach 50960211)
Walter died in 1917 when his right lung suffered lobar-pneumonia emphysema. He mostly likely contracted it from disease and poor medicines from when he was serving. Lobar-pneumonia emphysema is when the lung becomes infected and causes a build up of pus in the plural space, which is a cavity in between the lung and chest wall. It only becomes emphysema when the lung fails to respond to medication in a straightforward way. One of the only treatments is by having the pus and fluids drained with a needle. There is a rare chance that it can be coughed out and the person survives. The exact time was 4:35 AM and happened at the base hospital at camp Bowie outside Fort Worth. Another possible factor is that it was spread from the thousands of soldiers training at the same time.
(comment courtesy contributor: Dylan Leach 50960211)
(comment courtesy contributor: Dylan Leach 50960211)
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