Middletown transcript., 1875-07-24

Ir6jy from the ABOVE uOtlOu, ny VI
full Development of clear case Of scar
let fever.
In the second case, that little boy
together with its brother and number
Of other children, went into neighbor'
potato patch on the Monday previous t.
either Of their sickness, and it is no
known whether or not that the chile
was in there any more that week or VI
to Friday. On Saturday it was not
for on the morning Of that day it wal
sent to its aunt's. six or eight doors
above, and it went from there down te
a small house below where it lived, dur
ing the day, and then back to its aunt's
again; remained there during the nigh
and returned to its home on Sunday
morning bad been home but short
time before it was taken sick. At the
above places the occupants never had
any Paris green about their premises.
and in fact . Never seen any" 80 the
child did not get any there. If be had
taken Paris green be must have taken
it previous to Saturday. Now, allow
ing that he was in the patch as late as
Friday, the elapse Of time from then
until the symptoms set in, was too long
for suchIa deadly poison to remain in
the system without action, especially in
this weak, delicate little boy. Or sup
pose the quantity was SO small that it
took that length Of time for it to act.
then certainly the symptoms would not
have been SO severe At the beginning as
those that actually did occur. Does
Paris green produce an eruption upon
the skin? Does it produce that pecu-
liar character of the pulse-high but
weak ? Does it produce such intense
fever? Does it produce discoloration
Of the neck alone, and other portions Of
the body exempt from its influence ?.
There was no burning or uncomfortable
feeling in the stomach before the attack;
there was no discoloration or decompo-
sition Of the stomach, indicative Of Paris
green poisoning; there was no coldness
of the body except the hands and feet,
which lasted but very short time and
towards ths close of the case; there was
no clammy perspiration. and in fact
there was no marked symptoms of Paris
green poisoning except the vomiting and
convulsions; and are they alone suffi-
cient for Us to render verdict Of pois-
suing without other concomitant symp-
toms? Certainly not, for these symptoms
occur in many diseases-in inflammation |
Of the bowels. Of the brain. of the thor
acic vicera, &c and are frequent pre-
symptoms of the invasion of
The sruptive fevers. .And so. without
other symptoms, We could call it. and
any Of the above diseases
can answer question that / have
been asked, .why the other members
# the family did not take the disease if
{ was scarlet fever by simply point
ng to numerous cases Of the same kind,
vhere other members of the family did
'ot take the disease. not only in scarlet
ever but also In other highly contagious
diseases, % smallpox. measles, yellow
ever. &c., and will give as a reason
bat the system, by q good state of
ealth is fortified against disease. and
J better able to ward it of, and espe-
tally in those Of strong, robust consti-
utions.
A great deal has been said about
black tongue fever,' but that is not
ny more disease, than vomiting and
It is merely q symptom,
,r We have it in all bad cases of
Uphold. typhus. typho-pneumonia. and
. word, in all the .asthenic or low
rades Of fevers; and it is just as abb
urd to call case with that condition
ne thing as the other. without bringing
, bear other conditions. sgsa-aa11
Now, let US for moment aladce at
le way and manner BY which the ma |
gnant form Of this disease, scarlet
'ver. makes its attack, and Will quote ,
ne or two cases from prominent authors.
amen says: "In manyinstances, this |
lalignant form of scarlet fever rtermi-
ates fatally on the third or fourth day.
I'D sometimes even within t,cepty. four
ours Of the Arst appearance of the i
It is always q disease of /.
ktreme danger and only patients who
ossess vigorous constitution have any
nance Of surviving it." Meigs says:
The .symptoms which mark the in
aston Of grave (malignant) cases Of
'arlet fever, though sufficiently alike $
all to show the unity Of the disease, i
ffer very materially as to their degree t
severity in different cases. In one E
It they are most violent and dangerous, .
indeed appalling in their character. t
rom the first they declare the immi- Q
INT danger of the attack. The onset 9
some is instantaneous. "a boy six I
'ars old, whose sister had been sick 4
r week with a mild attack, went to 4
ID well. At three o'clock in the =
orning. he was seized with vomiting a
ID purging, paleness and GOODNESS Of
g skin, and great exhaustion. AT
ne o'clock he was drowsy and dull,
. skin was pale and cool, and the
llse extremely rapid ; at II m. be was
matose and had convulsion. From
is time he continued comatose until
died at 9 P NJ. Of the same day, ;.
ter an Illness Of fifteen hours" 4
Other cases I could quote but this is j
ficient to illustl ate the case. Then, il
king everything into consideration,
. manner Of attack. the fact of his
other lying low with the malignant :
rm. in small house, sleeping in an
joining room with q door open be-
cen them, and every breath he s
eathed took in the obnoxious poison
'm bis brothers system. bis weak con- F
tuition, and thereby his inability to
Ird of disease, and the symptoms Of
> case which have been carefully scru- A.
'ised and compared. has settled in my tu u'
nd beyond all reasonable doubt the id
,ond. as we'll as the first, died from :,
) effects Of scarletina poison, or scarlet :