Living Family Archive

Herman Nelson

Moline

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Experimental Treatment for Grandpa’s Injured LegWhile working as a fireman at Herman Nelson in downtown Moline, Grandpa Williams accidentally stepped into a vat of lye, severely burning and eating away the skin and flesh of his leg. Doctors used ACTH and Cortisone, described as experimental drugs at the time, to heal it. The Dispatch published an article about the treatment; Carol thinks it is in the family scrapbook.

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