New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
HISTORY OF TIE wIEGNtNY CASES.
4 r7'rL REPORT FROM DR7. FRUfTNIGHr AND
YOUNG. WHO ATTENDED THEN.

, F7'TI. REPORT FROM DR7 FRUITNGHr AND
YOUNG. WHO ATTENDED THEN.
TO The EdItor OF The Trib u ..
Sir; luasnuch -, many reports. rs divergent 'nln
incorrect as ih"v are numerous nave "Pp''"' 90
v,ri.us non.par,r, Of th, city relative 10 tho first
On es II Aelaiic cholera have decided 10 "T'e inc
following letter I'm order that such crratlc statements
may y. roctlnod REGARDING the eases with winch VIC
were connected.
uc,ldc- as your reporter WINS not able to meet u
Yesterday when hc called for Information rfarilhg th'S
matter - vital Importance. We thought II best l'r
all concerned to send You an authorized statement
over orr Signatures.
William wi..u,ann. age nnytw, years. Of No. 7d7
Eleventh ave VA. first taken III on Friday, s"pt"nl-
Lcr :. ON the following day. wcgnann and wife
wen, ont Of the city to pay visit 10 relatives hnDn
windhor,t living at n little plac" called N'c"''
near Paterson. y. j. At this time NIr. Nlrsmdnh "''
suffering from a mild darrhocal attack. WINE 'he''
he at first improved. But on Iuc'"'S' ''P''''D,
q hi, symptom, rcappcarcd. whcrcupon the couple
,c,,r,,d ,o their home I'm New York. Early In the
afternoon Mr. Wlcgmann applied nj drug store IN
Al. u.chborhood for an ordinary dinrrhoea remedy
which wa, given him. This he Immediately No'nl'c"'
In the evening ut O'Clock, DR. j. Henry frul'"s"'
WIS summoned, which was the INST time the P"'o'''
,r,, coon bv a phy,clan, although his symptoms had
first appeared on the preceding Friday Inc SlhPo"''
which the patient presented were similar 10 muse
,hrh We find I'm aggravat I'll OF cholera morbu'
Innuiry wa, made concerning a po'sb!" exposure
to cholcr,, Infection. No history Of exposure con-"
lo obtained and although the symptoms were '"c"''
they were not nor. 50 than we have frequently seen
In cholera morbus in years past. fW'"'i''.''
neither the symptoms nor the appearance oil the
poti.nt were suggestive Of A,atic cholera. Inc usuii
comedies were prescribed. The patient was seen the
following day by DR.. Frultmght and MS symptoms
we're found gryltly improved. =,
word wa, lit that he would not BE- seen again 10y
ur FrutnIeht unless needed. on Thursday Tn" patient
was not seen 10y fruitnlght. but Dr. F. de Kraft
If No of2 Vest Forty -sccondst his lodge DOCTOR VS.
td him having also visited MIR Wirgmann on IN"
,,,, ur.ccdIng days. Dr. de Kraft also dingnosucatd
the case rs one Of grave cholera morbus' 'h f'"",
morulng Dr. Fruitnlght Was again called Inc Paueis
had grown worse. sun the symptoms were not al "I'
typical Of the ASiac type OF cholera Dr. fru'''"sn'
made another visit ut = p M, ana lo"hu tue pa''''
Z, AN extremely critical condition. Even ut this time
the appearances were not what one would expect To
zone In cn..s of A~intic cholera. The patient died at
a M on saturday september 10. Upon the basis oil
tho foregoing history II certificate was lHS"en hSNsh
ing aggravated cholera morbus as the cause "i
death.
ON Saturday evening. september 10, I'm tho morning
Of which day Mr.. Wiegmann had died, Dr. frul'ihsN
was again hastily summoned to Mrs. Wiegmann Dr.
rruitnight reached the house at o'clock ON enter
ing the hall he met Mrs. Wlegmnnn, who said to the
doctor: Why, | not sick; the boys are only
frlchcnc4i.r since d O'Clock Just twelve hours after
the death Of her husband. the patient who was Sixty
three years old had couple of watery stools.
prescription was given At midnight they again called
Dr. Frunght. who absent from home nj the time.
Two hours later they again called and ms DR.. Fruit
night had not yet returned home, his colleague, Dr.
Charles f. Young of No. IA West Fifty sixth-st
Responded. DR.. Young continued the treatment Az
7 a. m. sunday, September IL, they again called Dr.
Frutneht. saying that Mrs Wiegmann was much worse
The sudden onset OF the symptoms Of Mrs Wlcgmann
following so closely the death OF her husband,
together with the fact that Asiatic chol-
era threatened the city, led us to suspect
that this Infection might possibly have something
TO do with these Accordingly 1t arranged
TO have consultation OF physicians concerning Mrs.
Wegmann. At half past o a. IN. Drs. j. Lewis Smith.
OF No. "a West Fifty sxth-s who had passed through
the last epidemic In this city; J. Henry Frutnght.
Of No IGI West Fifty -seventh-st. Charles T.. Young
OF No. o4i West Fifty sixthst, and Frank (iraucr of
No 326 West Forty slxthst.. an eminent pathoo
gt met at the bedside Of the patient At this timo
the patient was In very grave condition. although
the dlarrhoea and vomiting less frequent than
during the night before. she was In collapse. The
skin was dusky. face drawn eyes sunken, nose