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was called to the attention OF President VIII.
son. OF the Health Board. who sent for DR..
Blauvelt and questioned him about the case.
DR.. Blauvelt afterward went to see Dr. Deshon:
mentioned the investigation and inquired II DR..
Deshon desired to change his certificate. DR..
Deshon still insisted that McAvoy had died from
Asiatc cholera Chief Inspector Roberts then
sent McAvoy's body TO the Health Boards dis
injecting station in East Sixteenth-st., where an
autopsy was performed by DR.. Dunham in the
evening.
DIR. Cyrus Edison and DR.. Roberts witnessed
part OF the autopsy Specimens Of the intestinal
fluid were delivered TO DR.. Biggs, at the Carnegie
laboratory for biological examination state.
ment that McAvoy's death had been certified Ia
By Dr. Deshon Asiatic cholera, was published
on Thursday, and later In the day President Will
son published bulletin denying that DR.. Deshon's
diagnosis was correct. Appended to that bulletin
was the following report. which DIR. Wilson had
received from Dr. Biggs.
Sir: The anatomical lesons and the mcroscomcal an.
pearonccs Of the Intestinal found body Of
Charles McAvoy thryye years OF OF No. $40 Tenth.
ave. referred to US for investigation those commonly
found in socacd cholera sporadic cholera anl
ere not at all suggestive OF cholera Asiatica.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE BODIES
The opinion of DR.. Bggs changed quickly when;
with the aid OF a microscope, yesterday morning
he discovered the cholera germs which had devel.
oped in the specimens taken from McAvOys body.
The body had been buried in Calvary Cemetery
in sealed iron coffin which had lead lining.
The same disposition had been made Of the body
Of Peter Callaghan, whose death had been Ger.
titled to by DR.. r. b Barton, Of No. 223 East
Forty -eighth-st., as diarrhoea.'
The body of the Levingcr child was buried yes
terday in the Washington Cemetery, and the bod.
les Of the Wiegmanns and Of Mrs. Beck were taken
to the Lutheran Cemetery.
Investigations by inspectors OF the Health De-
partment had not revealed, they said, the source
cials said they did not know how the germs Of
cholera had reached the city. 1t suspected
that some Infected articles had been brought past
Quarantine on q vessel but it was said that such
articles might have come from another American
city. None OF the persons who died had brought
the disease to the city, and all had received the
germs of disease here
Senator Hiscock. in speaking about the origiI
Of the dread disease in this city, said last night
that he had received the latest intelligence on the
subject He had been tsld since the announce
mcnt was made public, that six persons had died
in this city from cho era; that the infection In
four Of the cases had been traced to per.
fore strict quarantine had been established In
some Of the cases the infection was conveyed by
immigrants, but in Others by returning Ameri-
cans The fact that the six cases were In dih
various destinations of the infected persons. The
Senator said that his informant was member Of
| the Board Of Health.
| DR.. Jenkins came over from Quarantine Inst
night to confer with the health authorities with
| regard to the outbreak Of cholera here.
| hopeful sign was the absence OF suspected
cases OF cholera in the city yesterday. Officials
Of the Health Board said that reports Of suspt
ctous sickness or deaths had been received from
| physicians during twenty-four hours.
MORE CASES DOWN THE BAY.
| There was another addition TO the choleea feet
anchored at Lower Quarantine yester aN TIE
oil-tank steamer lIeligoland came in from Altona
OH the Elbe with report of two deaths from
Ohoera, which H. had taken zen place on her shortly
A new case of cholera developed on the Scandia.
| DIR. Jenkins will probably release the cabin
passengers Of the Nomannia from Quarantine
| to-day.
The troops sent 70 Fire Island have been re-
called. The Goth Regiment and the Naval Re-
serves had rough experience in their attempt
to get to Fire Island Tuesday night.