Daily Republican., 1881-08-03
FIFTH Edition
A MORBID sENsArIo,
IN. n,,, attack on the smal,.po, :,
p'."'.Ihe , D'.'ors Derencsa OK y. ,i~
the Hattents May, Whs

the Patients Nay. WIZ
-, The News of to-day follows
ticIe of last Saturday, us' at,so1g up itsa
small pox management. wi,. i" ing t.
OF Its original Statement. v''a a nhaJ
new charges, the whole NJ ,iII,,"nu "nu a itr
nmns and "a half. Although 'I iba Two o..
IS llnsaNorv, and one with ,,I wh.'H wy sugs|
lSlh very bad taste in view ",'a ar !! ioaa
INJURY done the city by reno,t, VI ,t4 s4a
roX, number If matter, oI,. }GGa,.
the collrse OF the article ,etn''"rgga@a
nation. For the purr"sa '"t' "s tlla,
thr accuracy of the chargr, ssHlns
called upon Drs. Ogle and Sat-, ielTa
day. opFllgNm
-. Said DR.. osle: 81 am n0,,,..
answer yon on several poip,s uahaDiet| wh'p,
covered in this article in ~ ,Sa %SA'Sh al
and prefer that you SEE Soma M 'ae M New
charged patients with Reference ~. III ,ps :, Dis
AS TO .he Treatment and criminal Al 'l'h l
leSsness, | would prefer tha, hp'',aI ,' can
on some OF those who werr rnjs you cal
melt at the hospital. - - Jo I"uet ,Fa:
who the physician is who has Az "c, o.. klos
the tents used as au annoy ~ a. HL.'asN
pltaI, but | know that they ~ ~. 'lc IA
tit for the treatment of tha "a a, n' ut |
he charges. Now thi, doctor "STa%s ,ara =,
the tents are slaughter pens. Iss 'l'
read what he saws" ]H III
lie then proceeded to rn1,t ,
towing paragraph y" 'N' N'
The tents are full OF hir cr,,.
crevlces. The floor itsrlf,s IiLS IilSa nd
through which the dampnr,,'
the time rising. The E,iis s
are IN a very exposed ',Ias ni.s
and every breeze, and every raj, p4s N
every gust of damp air that Coma I, ,i 1l
sweep in at every crack and ro,S mn %olE %
corner of the ill-bnit S,rucrprr. p.' ,sI ,.i
permeate the sufferers, and tbr III, v',. S
beds o. which they lie. rackinT .t.S! ,.'!
with pain and killing them wi,n '4'4
lentless sureness that need, M f,,t'
explanation than the official frpr". S,,,, m,
ten from Fisher, who, himself s,ron,,
condemned tie tents, which show M
the death rate is y ou, of every "a ora @
the extraordinary rate of Ii npr r.u," NV
"NoW ! think can show" wen, 4,
~. hgie, that this is all lo<b IN,
SuiH pnN Ttnt> were erected A. tho ;r
ht"lI't "i Ut" aims, hua>n uI,>ireT,
w" Though; that the, Vol Il ...,a,
~ r. l",fp">' ag! stu, 'n.L ,r and
hDN' u" idllt tu luI W.Ih 'u,u ,,ay
H.f proper y v ia; ,",clN. IL. "! .wl |
not at the '"r. ann Ih,rra.. .aro,qr.
d"WS III each md, \uN .ut p,.r.r...o
from ICY July report to III r8g1, m
tn" Poor. This report Shpw ,A,. u,t
month II whites (adultSl wrn,io ,Ap
smallpox hospital proper and ls
blacks to th" tents. Now all doa,os
Will admit that smallpox /, much mor
fatal with black, than whites. and Va
only tW" death, occurred among N
cnior"d people il the tents during ,Iut
against Il similar nmnhcr among h
whites IN the hospital buildmg. Nl
that looks, " concluded the dorDor vil
Il sarcastic Slnilc, like the bad y,nris
tiun, Ne, carry ,ng oil tn" patient, With
relentless ourcn"S>, doesn't it 80
The doctor Went on to say ,ha; ,ly
ShO we'd that the tents were a much h
ter place for the treatment of the is
easa and they had been proved 10 ks
to his full satisfaction. He said 4
Mr.. Fisher did employ several lEs
but the county paid for none
60 ;rse convalescents were EXPECTED &
help to .ook after the patients, px's H
when they paid their board, The n 8
TEN has been in operation at the aid
house for long time. w
DR.. Springer retuted the Chrg d 81
criminal CarelesSness in alIOWg p ~
tientS to 60 about tie ueiglb.@ M
spreading the disease. licsait4iA y
only one who went out was a SmaI q s.
ored lad, who came to the hOsTiialNI
his mother and who never had thrts &
ease. He is employed by Mrs Fhs
to mind her haby, and Was sent Ua
nearest grocery store on errMds Eh r
when he went he did not g0iIiOl ga
store
Bolh Dr. Ogle aud Springer caIIIi
to the fact that no one IL
neigh torhDod had taken the sm!'F
as proof that the alleged car.ICsAa
charged by the News, did hot tN'
There have been but Two eases Of sll
poX in that part OF the city-ole
Broome street which was under 'F1
ment some months ago and I'M
street. The last mentioned patlrnloS
traCted the disease from visiting Ils
business all parts OF the city.
Ii !sa fact rot Il little raA!l'ha
that Mrs. Lynn is the only ore WAo'
been at the hospital who makes y
Numerous o;het l'%s
who have been under tlellnrl'I '-''
their ,CcatACnt IN lI'ut
'S5 terms. a young woman, "Ia al"
IiurriSs by nalne, wGo lives III so.
aud Nj Luby AZ Fv'.
LnJ Walnut streets, are among 'IV'
who take this view.