Telegram-herald., 1889-07-12
4 DREAD SCOURCE
A Ksmsless Disease Breaks Out u
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A disease Of the ska apparently, ~
having slsae deep eoast.f0s elial Gauss,
h4s bsen discovered IA GIand Rapids.
ehion has. up 20 ths TINE, haiiioe the
.kll and learning of AL oI tue phy
scans aA0 have been called IA 10 ca-
anime i. Ia tAe meantime. gAe sa7tg-
lng patients grow vegse. and WAl prob
ably die before tae doctors agree Oh =
course of. treatment lbat Nj either fe-
l.eye tAe victims OF hasten them out
of their horrible agony. The doctors
Nlll rot say tAat u Il ieprosy,
although i presents many of the most
striking SharacterIsi of that loath-
SOME disease. Neltaer vii they sas
that 4 = small -p0x although tNo OF
the patientS most recently taken down
pgese II Iaueh the appearance 81 ANAL
p0k victims ia IcA bloom. The onle
thlg that is agreed tO IL thai the hof-
rlble "a unsigGtly sie6ness 1s mAllS-
nsnt exena Dr. koLeulas Who ls TIE
original physician ln the cases, con
fesses has inability 10 designate llle
trouble bY amy name inat would seem
cons steat wsth i-s reading and eNper-
lence. bat after some hesitation SAID
that Il came as near being what, u old
DAYS, was known as black eryslpelas'
ar any thing lee ever saw, but he de-
ciined 10 express an opinion. Doctors
Wood, Edwards and DeiauO, who were
called IA, are equally rs tnid Is Or.
Rozema IA expressing al opinion.
Nearly three weeks since the oldest
child OF Peter NeWk, a Hollandor and
a laborer. living about three squares
beyond the city limitsO on Wealthy ave,
a lad OF a little over five years of age,
was taken Ill with what was diagnosed
As bilious fever; THIS WAS shortly fol-
! lowed by measles, and then ensued the
| fughtful something from winch the
child is now suffering and wHl doubt
less die.
Blsters first made Their appearance
| on the SKIN iR various parts OF the bo y
| and on reducing were followed 10y
| bright crimson spots. These varied u
| size but were notably snal! on the taee
and festered, showing a plethora q.
! pus similar 10 those seen in small pox.
| But the most remarkable and
| inexpLcable feature OF the dis
| ease Is yet TO told.
| The hands clear up 10 the wrists are OF
deep dark brown, looking as though
| they had been carefully painted with
| iodine, while the finger tips are OF =
dull s,ckly black, showing the unmis-
taxable presence OF rapidly increasing
| modification. On the right hip of the
little sufferer a spot az large as saucer
OF the same color IS located, and ~
| clearly defined as though marked out
and painted. Its color, however, il
| much lighter, owning perhaps 10 haN-
| ing been protected from the air 10y the
bed clothing. DR.. Rozoma says that all
| OF these spots were brightcarnine sew
| eral DAYS snce, IN have darkcned only
rs death approached. \ popularity OF
f, the appearance OF the dlscoiOratlon -
! that the SKIN is not cracked or dry, and
appears perfectly healthy except as TO
color.
The little fellow is intensely feverish,
as are also the other two, but ls beyond
! the power OF complaint, and when the
| TELEGRAM-HEEALD reporter saw hun
late Yesterday afternoon he even de
clined drink OF water. The next victim,
| a boy little over ) years OF age, has a
4 yet DOi tttll llRith AlOhii ~ VIII lfit t'-A
and ses on pallet on the floor, while
his little sister lies IN pillows IN a big
rocking g-chair, both moaning and cry
ing and fcebly trying 10 fight the fies
fiom their fostering little faces and
heads. Ii was IN every sense pltlab,e
scene, and Il seems that nothing re-
mains To relieve them but death. An
inquiry was made into the history OF
the family, but 1t developed nothing oi
| consequence.
Newik came here three years ago
and has always been a strong, healthy
man, and las wife bears every evidence
OF health, and declares that the famr
lies on both sides have always been free
from constitutional disease.
The doctors nave ISOLATED the family
as much - pos- Die by warning them e
keep away from thcu nelghbOrs, and il
| consequence the entire settlement il
that end oi the town is in "a perfoc
| terror.
Late Yesterday afternoon child j.
the family Of a man named Hmuuc.
was d scoyorca 30 De afflicted IS th tl
same bon bic alimont.
The health officers have been not
fed, aad every thing possible VIII b
done Immediately - prevent tb'
spread OF the disease.
Later information = THAT the oldes
child died st @ clock last night.