, 1870-12-05
a STRANGE DISEASE.
Excitement mud Alarm at Elgau-
DsAc0sery Oh a NeeS Species OF llu.
plRp parasitic,

mud Alarm at ElWlu-
DsAcosery oil a NesS Species OF llu-
uIan rArMnItes
spee..l L,espaten to Tns oMeam Tribune;
EI8N, Dec. A-Thefc Ia considerable cxrite-
mens md alarm In Tits city and Vicinity on &C.
count Of the appearance Of strange dtsease.
heretofore unknown 70 physictaas, OF, as least to
!ns phssts'ans Of E1Rsn- The facts ATE - fol-
On last Friday week. Mzs. C. W Daniels, q lsdy
sna ave e sa 10 CHA eleven MONTHS snee II
q osIIx:eh By what seemed ~ lrst to b1 the pre-
mUb1snsy symptoms Of typhoid fever. She hsd
no1hin9 sefious wa anticipated nnul snnda7.
when ahe WAS compelled - take to her bed and
p,sce herself under saedtcal treatment.
fu, diasbos;s, came to the cunc u.ion thts sic
wa4 fttacEed with typhotd fever. She conplstued
o. pans In her homes, and Of soreness IN ner neat
N1thiuE very unusual hNWevcet vas observed
nj III S1nda, mornfnR, when the milk f7or1 her
btt aet attracted asrentaop ~ IA dark color Some
Of was taken in bot le to nr. Clasx; TOR nts
cptn1Cp d, snh the teA:er Of It said 1t looked ike
the was1ings Of an thk-boltle.
The DOCTOR cnn npared Il 70 very dirty soap sud..
c i VT ~ b n 1st u ass 4ss
+ { b.eass OF she rasiens himself, and f,uad that
Struck hin IL b. log very 1rcuhsr, and ne could
not account for Il Ia any Way that wouh De sAtis-
factory t, hlmseH or 70 sefence-
tlot, hs fou1d not nue-tenth as many nnlk gtoo-
u:es as hsal:hy milk s:ou1 con'atn. 10 It Were
an malcu'E uiTereuttn sze and sh,pe frou any
hutnsn pa aete OF which the Doctor had eEtr
heard. They seemed To bs somewhat hexagonal
In 10 NJ iopeef one way than the other. They
do not ee*m to have any head. but Eere ev-
hey moved aSout. Their B.ze was estimated 81
the Doctor a. varying from he on. nnndsed-
tncn in diameter. The power Of the Iaicroscope
used varied from 10 to 500 dlauetess. tbs former
r,"er beng r qutrett TO make the insect visible
They were net tsichtn~, as the Doctor was well
acgustnted NTH that form Of parasite. and this
new kind vas mucn smaller, and Of an entirely
different shape. Authorizes were searched, but
ee m tdent'e, @ ,ahd the BecsoF sod those s1sa WON
he cor suttd v. re conp-1led to believe that they
had discovered new species Of human para'ise.
over ii u y; Ee,a,ne seala b. aone e ftll-s;e
besr s q s ee soueied. Cd. She inge:ed il asony an1
yestefday AFTERNOON. al o'ci'.cr, when she died.
Thee as eHfus 1ea, on. At ilss, 70 hel!rve tha.
.ns, .ss t iesat,. anu The Doctor 'paase as sse!nned
to tuss NJ Ta.te1, saa, a4tts.pas,n4
ntcs a'ttr lite vas extinct, and. while tie body
waB ttlll warm, he matlc ncisioD In the cals oil
the leg. sT: drafting TIE LANCET Kan sxa@t1sa % t1s y
| the parasites only one Of which wa5 alive They
we:e stu iar, all RESPECTS. to tnose found to tat
|
| ed the t.hsaiu aEt<rfs muscle ol tae
surrounding nesn- The nus:'e Presented gfsno
m, &c q aims the D0ctor as'umes we're parasites
lie ~sJs that 11 ~ nf, expeEtence nothing Ike II
| ever came nnher his notice.
! Tho Investigations were conducted by Dr.
c1aJk, assisted bJ q. T5frelf and neither o.
their npt1i0n, are able bo txplA1n the presence o
what they reKlrd =. parssis csl p e3o ueus. Far
fher exsmip1tton 1T tne mu -cle Will be mate- AMI
rs expected tnas some Light VII ne ssed uoot
| tue rsEasltsp has'ened death, II tue,
| were not the imme dt21tscaase While come Of TIL
aympiou u typhoid IemaH M to he enn, the,
Ee1: agyrsvater-th- paihs and soreness au<
| TIL onblDX especially ly-&nd featn came soonee auf
more eaadetly than u ca-ea Of unmls1aEAhte y
ptoid. ..--.-..
bis mo.ht tsok s,cx, bus as soou a. hs. was wean
et& be recovered hts ne~lth. and ID nov mora 70
bust Than ever. lie was not weatesl until hi
moi her Eaa cnptned tn her he'd. The Doctor re
ratts saat BE- exa9 !aed the chlld'a blood, Whtcl
| NJ thrsry hae beep found ~ to the cause 0: tn
| patRetrcq. al d the sk,l aitl kn6wled@e II to
physicians seem to be entirely al taust. III
knoxn TO be infected IN any way. The case |
AimEss an tstlsted one. Typhoid has been yer
prevalent here for come time past. but, vi tn
exception Of two. or pefhsps th ee, cases. =
e4urtt ms 1--we b en- developed similar 10 mos
de+enbef. and in the exceptions nothing poks,is
The case has excited the people IN no small d.
| RTef. THY got a1cntrE tutO theft miuds, and
nnutd but tor the assurances II The phyAiciat
that there ~As no n asor for alarm on toat "
| cnnnt- Wtrh1l the uHea8tnfBs u rot enu'cly a
lssed. and further developments arr awaited VII
Tke tune, q, Of Mn. Daniels will take p!acs
| ufQu tO-Yupf7 ON,