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They carried Craigin into the office and laid him on the bed , the blood streaming from a ghastly wound in his scalp . Quickly Dr. Bailey got to work and before Craigin had regained consciousness the wound was sewed up and dressed . Then giving him over to the charge of Haines , Dr. Bailey went about the work he had in hand . Before the noon hour had arrived the eight men who were discovered to be in various stages of diphtheria were comfortably housed in a roomy building rudely constructed of logs , tar paper , and tarpaulin , with a small cook-house attached and Tommy Tate in charge . And before night had fallen the process of disinfecting the bedding , clothing , bunk-house , and cookery was well under way , while all who had been in immediate contact with the infected men had been treated by the doctor with antitoxin as a precautionary measure . Thus the first day 's campaign against death closed with the issue still undecided , but the chances for winning were certainly greater than they had been . What the result would be when Craigin was able to take command again , no one could say .