[little jeremiah]

Almanzo got an illness - can’t remember what it was, been many years - after Rose was born, and afterwards had a limp. I think it rendered him sterile, didn’t say in the book. High fevers can do that to a man.

[Battle Axe]

Yes, he did have a disease, but I think it was something like Scarlet Fever. He was told not to go back to work and he did anyway. They blamed the limp on his inability to stay quiet while recovering.

I do not think Almanzo’s illness was related to the deaths of the three boys.

[metmom]

Diphtheria. Both Laura and Almanzo had it.