The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-30
NOT ASIATIC CHOLERA
Deaths at the City Hospital
Due to Acute Cholera
Morbus.
THIRD VICTIM SUCCUMBS.
Unnecessary Scare, Because the
Symptoms We're Misun.
derstood- -Precau-
tions Taken.

tiOns Taken.
Martin Grove, the assistant at the
City Hospital. VINO was stricken with the
sym mptoms of cholera, died last nightin n
terrible agony. Warden Osborn says
That Grove had been eating peaches.
grapes and green corn that day, but as
other attaches of the hospital did like
wise it would be hard to fasten his death
to that On the other hand, Grove came
in contact with Mrs. Smith, who died
with all the symptoms OF Aslatlc cholera.
The authorities were very reticent this
this morning about the matter. They are
acting as II it were ia reality cholera
They have thoroughly fumigared all the
hospital buildings, and are making pre-
parations to receive any suspect that
may be found. The bodies of Mrs.
Smith and Grove were removed i'm
mediatelT after death TO Snake Hill.
Hereafter all cases that have the slight
est symptoms of cholera will not be
received at the City Hospital. but will be
removed Immediately TO Snake Hill
where they will be isolated.
DIR. MUTTART WAS oN-PLUssED.
A JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter called on
DR.. A. G. Muttart this morning. He said
that he was ont OF town. when Morton
was taken sick. ana that his broEner at
tended him the first night of his Illness.
This was ON August 81. Morton was out
the day before and received a severe wet
ting Monday he went to his work as
usual. He was employed in Washington
Market handling fruits. He cana
home Monday night and was seized
with violent pains in the stom-
ach. DR.. Murttart says that his
symptoms when he first called medical
etr,,t,Ioto6 tha third or cnld STAGE 0f
cholera. Tine doctor has never had any
experience with Asiatic cholera and
supposed it at first to be severe case or
cholera morbus. He says, however. that
be has handled large number OF cases
OF cholern morhus and has never lost
one. He tried all the usual remedies and
expedienls In Morton's case, but ne
couldn'tt even get his body warmed.
Morton improved slightly on Tuesday.
but relansed on Tuesday night and disd
ut nine o'clock Wednesday morning. DR..
| Muutart gave certificate to the e1act
that he died of acute cholera mornus,
and he was buried In New YORK Bay
Cemetery on Friday.
MRS. SMITHS SICKNESS
| On Saturday Mrs. Josephine Smith,
| Morton's sstsr-in-law. who had been in
| the house during his illness, was taken
| sick with the sama symptoms as Morton
| had. DR.. Mustart was called in aud he
| became alarmed. He worked over her
| all day Sunday. and as she grew worse
ion Monday; aud symptoms developed
a, t=ssfe foretg Il enc 4efa f8Fisas as
| notified County Physician Converse. who
| had her removed to. the hospital rs a
| cholera suspect. She died on Monday
| night.
The quarantine was raised from No. 8
l State street late last night after the
| house had been th oroughly fumigated.
CHOLERA SYMPTOMS.
A reporter called there This morning
| and saw the lady living on the floor
| below the Mortons. Mrs. Morton herself
| refused to talk and the other lady ap.
peared to be afraid Of commits
ting herself. She said that she
nursed Morton all through his
| illuess. She Is a strong. healthy WON an.
| She informed ths reporter that sh Q was
! in Liverpool some years ago. when
| cholera WAS epidemic there. People died
| all around her and she nursed man OF
| them. but was not herself stricken, She
| described n symptom OF cholera which
| she said Morton had. She said that IL
| you pull the skin on the patients haud or
| on any part of the body and it remains
in that portion, it 10 sure siga OF
| cholera.
The people on State street acted very
| nervous when questioned aud were very
| 10th TO talk. There was y rumor this
| morning OF another casa in that vicinity.
but upon Investigation it was found
| unfounded.
TWO CHILDREN SICK.
| During the afternoon yesterday Mrs.
| Morron's two children complained OF
| pains in the stomach and lower limbs.
| Relief was given and last night they
were pronounced out of danger. During
the quarantine no one but the officers III
charge were allowed to pass In or out Of
the house.
GROVES SYMPTOMS.
Martin Grove, the emplove OF the II os
pital. who died last night. fell i'll on Mon
day night shortly after the death OF Mrs.
| Caroline Smith Though OF milder
| type, his symptoms were those OF the
disease which carried of both Morton
and Mrs. Smith.
County Physician Converse said tn,
symptoms were something like those oi
cholera. but were probably those OF acttti
cholera morbus. The State street pa
tients are known to have indulged neavl
ly In musk melons, water melons, greet
corn aud beer.
| Grove was an ordinary patient IN th'
Hospital about two mouths ago. WheE
he was well enough TO go out he mani
tested strong desire TO stay, and wa
put to work around the Hospital build
ing.
DIR. cooNBY SAYS NOT CHOLERA.
DR.. john 7. Cooney, the House sur
geon, says he thinks Grove. Mrs. Smith
and her broLher-n-law. William Morton.
died of entero- colitis, an Inflammation OF
the colon, a part Of the intestines.
This is a disease. the doctor savs, which
Ia species OF cnolera morbus, with svmD
toms very similar to the As1atic cholera
"When there is q slight suspicion o.
Asiatic cholera." said DR.. Cooney,s wv
take as great precautiou as though VI
were sure OF it. 1t is my opinion tina
these cases are cholera morous In it
most fatal form. Both the patients Wit
died in the hospital gave histories tt
which their sickness may be traced, al
indulgence in fruit. They had not tb'
prostration which Is usual in cases o
Asiatic cholera.
''Mrs. Smith said that Morton. VIII
was the first to die and was not takel
from his house, had been indulging freely
in fruit We may have microscopic
examination of the excreta, which wouli
prove beyond q uestlon what the sickness
was County Physician Converse an
Visiting Physician Hummel agree wit
me In their opinions of these cases.