The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31


An cpi'lcmlc 81 scarlet fever in this CITY
seems inevitable. though Health Officer
Metcali is doing all in his power to prc
vent general spread 81 The terrible
disease, and II Il * possible tO check II Ne
viii do III AL tnld there ARE now five
csises IN the city and two nt the Great
Western mime thccuHee rpOrtcdi ia town
are three children in the fnmily ~ VI
Buslyirk and two IN the house ~ Mr.
Nitrngale At thc Great Western mine
there are two sick children In the family
~ Mr.. Harvey Ca Tuesday the little
year and a hall old baby az Mr. and Mrs.
Buskirk died and un Wednesday one al
Mr.. Havcy's children succumbed TO the
fever.
The first seen OF the disease here was
late in March, when a case developed ~
the Armenia mine, followed shortly bv
two cases at the Great Western mine
location, then one ut the Mansfield mine.
The next one was Ia the city I'M the home
Of NJ BuslSirk, then 40 Nitengaes,
neighbour the cases &C the mine heing the
last reported So FAR there have been
fourteen caSesnnd five deaths. BY order
of the health officer the public schools
were closed this week and will 40 remain
for n time. There il really nothing To Ike
gained by closing the schools unless the
children are kept at home; now they
seem rs II in vacation and are on the run
all the time. The prevention of the
spreading OF scarlet fever remains as
much with the parents as with any one
and il is their duty to keep theirchildren
AZ home AZ much a. possible. II Is ear
nestly hoped parents will cooperate with
the health officer Ia the great effort lac il
making to save the town from the rava-
ges OF scarlatina.
From Bristowe's Theory and Practice
oi Medicine the appended relative TO the
first svnlptomsand treatment OF scarlet
fever is taken and will be found al in
iercst 10 those unacquainted with the
disease:
Dennltion.--A contagious malady character.
lied mainly by a general punctiforn scarlet
eruption appearing usually on the second day
aud hy Inflammation OF the fances and tonsls.
CauSation and History Scarlet fever was up
10 the sixteenth or seventeenth century, con.
founded with measles. They are however. two
perfectly distinct diseases. and ARE now fully
-curcr. or however II may formerly have been
limited Ia AREA, " Is now general throughout the
world occurring IN most parts sporadIcailly. but
breaking out frequently into epdemics OF greater
or less severity. It's prevalence seems indeprn-
deut of season and OF climate. but. as with other
infectious epidemic disorders. u largely pro.
NOTED by ovenrowdng aud poverty. Children
suffer from IL IN much larger proportion than
adults, not. however, because there Is any
from itS frequent prevalence. and highly infcc-
tiuus nature. the great majority Of children be-
come exposed 20 its influence during the first few
years 81 lie, contract H. and thus acquire pro
lection. Scarlet fever rarely occurs "A ecroud
time. yet second, and even third. attacks have
been noticed The contagion Of scarlet fever II
very powerful and very diusiyc IL may be
carried considerable distances by the atinos
phere, certainly through the whole dimensions
ot q large ward ana y ciinEs TO clothes aud
other tomites With considerable tenacity, aud
may thus he latent, yet capable 81 action. for
weeks and months. Scarlet fever occurs onlyas
the result OF contaQiou, conveyed usually by the
means which have been already Indicated
symptoms and Progress. The latent period
~ scarlet fever IL shorter chan that of most
diseases of the same class. IL usually varies
between six aud eight days. H. rarely more pro-
longed, but very often shorter. Many cases. Ia
deed, Of unioubted authenticity have been re
corded, in which II certain I dld not exe 1
TWEEN y.iour hours. Ia peal case OF the
.iircstse, the invasion Is sudden and marked
usually by chills. vomiting, and sore throat;
with which are associated, or on which soon
Snpervene. great rise OF temperature. general
dryness Of skin much acceeration Of pulse,
ltilgnOr, drOwsiness frontal headache. piddlnees
aching m the limbs. slight coating OF tongue
thirst, anorexin, and sometimes darrhWa. The
most characteristic 81 these symptoms ARE the
sore-tbroat md vomiting. the remarkable ri-e
la the frequency 81 the pulse, which may attain
20 IN the adult or go Ia the child, aud the
rapid augmentation Of temperature, which may
reach Very nearly l05o during the first day
The disease II sometimes nehered la with rlgors,
and not nnircquently there Il some delirium or
even tfnuellNy 10 coma.
on the second day the rash makes is appear.
aice, FIRST on the chest, and simultaneously or
very soon afterwards on the forenrnH, low r
part OF the abdomen. and upper part Of the
thighs, 10 becomes general Ia the course ~ four
and-tWenty hours, morU or less, and attains ITS
inl development ON the third or fourth day.
The rash consists, "a the nrst instance. of very
minute rosy popues, due for the most part las
those ui sOculled "Roo~e's skim 20 the conical
elevation Of the cults around the points OF EN-.
argeflce OF the hairs; they are hence closely and
pretty uniformly ARRANGED, but dIscrete and
separated from one anosher by healthy skin
rhey soon. however, Increase ia size aud nten-
sity Of redncss. aud presently. blending with one
another by their congeSted mnrgins, give 20 the
~urince a uniformly scarlet hue. The panular
character 81 The rash " stu. however, for the
most part, dstingulshable on close Inspection.
Not urffVquently the pMpur on the chest and
sides OF the neck become vascular; and generally
the rash r. attended with more or laHs infltrt.
finn aud thickening Of the cults IL II rarely
III 'tinct upon the lace, which, however often
presents irregular patches OF rehncss The iect
aud hands are not unlrrquently stn with the
rash, and rs atsen'ia 10 opdemn.
While the ra-n u attaining It's full develop
ment, the other symptoms ARE All undergoing
ngravntion. The heat rises the pulse Increases
in frequency; the aspirations become more
rapid the tongue, which nt nrSt covered
excepting AZ the tip and edHesl with thlckish
whtey.hrDWn fur, soon cleans, aud towards the
end that H. la four or five days from the inNa-
sionl becomes morbdy red. with swollen pa
pillp. and presents the remarkable strawberry
like appearances characteristic Of this disease.
AZ this time too II y apt 60 become dry The
sOrcness Of the throat Increases aud. no inspec
ton more or cSe VIVID or duSky redncrr 81 the
soft palate aud nVun aud 81 the tonsis. ~
apparent. These parts, moreover, swell ana
the tonsiis often enlarge ~ 10 common quinsy,
and present here aud there on their surface I'm.
bedlcu, or ndhcrpnt, spots 81 hlsplssntcd eecrc-
tIon. with the ihuclnl swelling aud infnmma-
tion are usually associated pain aud diligently