Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-11

A Remarkable Case Which is Pug
cling the New York Medical Pro-
fession.
A dispatch from New York, May
%, says: The death of little George
Gutter, the two-year-old child of DR..
George r. Cutter, of Bedford avenue
and Taylor street, Brooklyn, at the
residence of his grandfather, Mr.. John
d. Prince, in Fl4tbush, has given rise
to much speculation on the part of
eminent physicians, and the real cause
of death will no doubt be the theme
of medical debate for years to come.
The strange symptoms and suddenness
Of the death make the case a remarka-
bic one. Grandfather Cutter, who az
pears to have been the primary, though
of course innocent, cause of the lite
ones taking off, is well known in New
York philanthropic circles and has had
much to do with the helterment of the
State prison inmates. Six weeks
ago DR.. Cutters mother died of
d%iphtheria, and shorty afterward her
husband, who had been ailing with
throat and ear troubles, the supposed
result of blood poisoning, visit d his
son, the d, cor, at his Bedford Avenue
residence, for the purpose of obtain.
ing his advice. Mr.. Cutter was more
dead than alive when he reached his
sons house and had to be aided up
stairs. DR.. Cutter, DR.. Latham, and
several other specialists who had been
called in saw that there was no hope
for the old gentleman and determined
that he was a victim of blood poison
ing. He died shortly afterward.
When he entered the house his two
little grandchildren, Essie, aged 4
years. and George, aged l year and II
months, a to meet him and he took
the former into his arms and kissed
her. 1t is not known whether or not he
kissed George, but it is thought that he
did not. On the day following EssiA
was taken with the ~diphtheria a. d
from up to the present has fingered
between life and death. Fearful of
results should The disease be commu-
nicated to George, the parents obtain
ed the service of a trained nurse and
sent the little one to its parents home
in Flatbush. This was onSunday two
weeks ago. The little fellow was as
lively as a cricket from that time to
Tuesday of last week. A small SORE
began to work its way through the
ska on the right side of the neck.
AT first it was scarcely vi iole, but it
grew raj lily and caused the little fel-
low much uneaslness. A small plaster
was placed over it 10 order to prevent
his scratching it. 1t inil'y became so
painful that he tore tle plaster away,
and made a slight incision in it
with the mails. AS he grew visi-
bly, worse minute by minute DR..
Homer L. Bartlett who is a near
neighbor of Mr.. Prince, Was summon
ed, and at once diagnosed the C lse and
dnounced that the little one had dip
iberia of tle most malignant form.
On Wednesday the child grew steadily
worse. DR.. lngraham, a prominent
sp' clalist was called in consultation.
DR.. Cutter was also summoned and
tie three remained at the bedside of
the little sufferer until Thursday morn
ing, when George died. The little
one was buried in Greenwood on Fri
day.
The general impression prevails that
little Essie was %impregnsted with the
poison through kissing her grandpa,
and that she afterwards, even before
she has shown symptoms of such i'm
pregnation, had commune ed the
disease to her little brother through
kissing him, as the two were constant
play -fellows and were seldom out of
each others company.
A YANKEE Inventor is now in the
field with a paper product which he
calls leatherold. and this marvellous
material is now in course of extensive
manufacture by a "~leatherol1 compa
ny" in t1e little country town of Ken
nebunk, Me. For practical utility the
article named bids fair to supplant
almost every other material, 1t is
strictly a Chemical product, and for
strength and adhesion is said to sur
pass everything else. 1t is as tough as
rawhide, and as elastic as whalebone,
and is at the same time adaptable to
the most supple as well as the most
solid use. In short, according to re-
port, there is scarcely a manufactured
article for which iC is not available and
superior. 1t has alSeady been wrought
int1 various things.