Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-09
The ''Prevailing" at the Penitentiary.

A representative of this paper interview
ed Warden Brown, Assistant Warden
WINS, Hospital Steward Kenny, and also
the penitentiary hospital, yesterday, rea-
tive to the prevailing disease at the peni'
tertiary, ana with the most satisfactory
and encouraging results.
Our reporter was first shown into
THE HOSPITAL
where he found sixty-one convicts, white
and black, stretched upon army cots, with
attendants moving about among them at
tending to their wants. The large room
was in excellent condition, and all patients
seemed to be doing as we'll as could be eX-
pected. Adjoining this room was smaller
apartment fitted up as dispensary, and in
charge of Mr.. James KenneX who al
though young man, has the reputation of
being one of the best prescriptionists in
the State, and a thorough chemist.
The following questions were PROFOUND
ed by the reporter and answered by Mr..
Kenney:
How many cases of cholera have you
in the hospital here?"
"Sixty-one here, but at least two hum
bred under treatment. In fact every pris-
l'oner and every officer about the place has
| had the premOnitory symptoms"
Chow many cases have you lost?n
"Seven cases, but all of these had been
! sick for some time. We have had at least
fifty cases of cholera just
ON THE POINT OF COLLAPSE.
| Six ought to have died last night. They
might as we'll have died as not but they
didn't, and now We'll bring them out all
right"
"They are getting better?"
| Eyes, sir. 1t is sim ply remarkable-the
success which has attended the course OF
treatment established here by Dr. Henry,
physician in charge, and kept up by DR.
Menees, who has been called in to assist
him. Dr. Menees says there is nothing
like it in the history of medicine. Just as
soon as u man complains, or shows that he
has the premonitory symptoms, we put
him in the hospital right off, where he car
be properly attended to. My opinion
about this cholera is that you can cure il
as easily as a cold, if you take it in time
There was q darkey up here last week who
had been unwell for several days; he was
! about sixty years old, and dreaded the hos
pital. 1 told him to go in and go to bed
but he started to run out at the door there
; when I caught him and had him put t
bed In five hours from that time
HE WAS DEAD-n
81 see you use disinfectants here yer.
extensively
"Yes, sir. We use chloride of lime, cop
I peras water, and brown ehloralism. Tn
last consider a splendid thing, and ther
is no bad smell about III Whatever, ana Una
is great recommendation"
'Oh, yes. The lessees have been YER
= liberal The hospital building we foun
, to be altogether too small and they CAV
o us the large room we are now using, an
j which used to be the paint shop. If W
j had been compelled to stay in the old hos
:, pita. we would have lost 5eVenty-lly
e cases at least. We have lad all eXceller
y diet furnished US, consisting of broile
y chicken, chicken soup, rice, light breaC
z, crackers, broiled bacon for those who al
It convalescent, and tea and coffee. W
i have also been furnished Leibeg's extra
i hospital. We have hosts of attendant
le and everything that could have been don
II by the lessees of the prison to aid us, the
h have done cheerfully, and think that
d a short time we will have all our patien
Re going about again.
~ "a much for cholera The S.a' pri7n
Ga % anal IN Yrisr,.