The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-01
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY.
Symptoms in the Several Cases
Which Seemed Suspi-
eious to Them.

DR.. w. L. Pyle of No. 41s Bergen av,
nue. attended Mrs. Lewis. He said last
eyening;-'Airs. Lewis had eaten crabs
the day before called in and had been
drinking beer. She was seized with ab
dominal cramps, purging and vomiting
Dr. Blanchard was there before rue. We
both thought the case serious from the
start II was beyond any 1 had ever
seen.
"She was In state of collapse Her
extremtties were cold. aud Ue ldy per-
spil alton stood out ou ner orehead. She
WAS without any pulse at the wrist, aud
b I'd violent cramps In the abdomen and
still worse cramps in her legs and arms.
The vomiting was fairly protuss aud of
wa cry. bilious nature. The purgiug
had not been severe, and was not Of the
characteristic ice water type OF AsIa;ic
cholera. The heart was fast falling,
so we gave digatatis aud ALCOHOL
hyDerdermicaly with morphiue 70 re-
lievs pain. They seemed TO have no
eHect. The woman died about o'clock
in the afternoon. Tnee case didn't strike
us as one of Asiatic cholera and yet it
was not like any case OF cholera morbns
that either one of us had ever seen.
MORToN's SICKNESS.
DR.. George Muttart OF No. 205 Com
muntpaw avenue attended William
Morton of No. State street during ths
first part OF MS illness aud his brother,
Alien G. Muttar5. attended him during
the later part and ND TO the time of his
death.
DR.. George Muttart said:-"When I
sa W Morton he had cramps in his legs aud
diarrnBa. I treated him for caolera
rnorbus. At seven O'CLOCK next morniug
was recalled. He was iu state of col
lapse. His body was cold aud his skin
cka LJ IL. n.
his head and ne was vomiting. His skin
was cold aud clammy and ne had pain
in his heart. His breath was short aud
he spoke in a hoarse tone, He improved
in the afternoon"
DR.. A. c. Muttart called on him In the
evening AT ten o'clock and found him in
the cJlu stage of cholera, or cholera NOR
bus. He slept two hours during the
night. He awoke at six o'clock in tbs
morning and died at Fine. DR.. MuttarE
was With him when he died. He said it
was suspicious looking case to him.
but he wouldn't lay his death TO any
thing but CHOLERA morbus. Before tue
man was taken sick he had been eating
musk melons aud drinking beer.
DR.. George Muttart attended Mrs.
Smith. II was called TO her at four
O'CLOCK" said he, lou the morniug OF
August 26. She had been to Morton's
funeral When she came home sas ate
EiuSkme1onS ana Drank Deer. Wnen /
called she was In no pain, except for
cramps In the calves of ner legs. She
had II profuse diarrboel /, and Il terrible
hollow feeling in her stomach. She
called continually for beer and ice AT
eight o'clock her case looked SO sus-
picious that went to see Mr.. Converse
about 1t.
HAsSLACHER'S DOCTOR.
DR.. Walter Wilkinson of No, 124 HarFi~
son avenue. who attended Gus dasslacher.
Que of the Culver avenue vicumt, made
the following statement:-'I WAS called
to attend Hasslacher on August %, at
about 1880 O'clock z. Ii. l found
him IN state of collapse. His
body was cold. He suffered no
pain and his bowels hadn't moved
since Six o'clock. He had no pulse at
the wrists. | treated h.m for acute
cholera morbus. He had been eating
Gratis at noon on the day he was taken
sick. He died in twelve hours. I made
out the death certificate acute cholera
morbus. don't believe that IL was any
thing else. The symptoms are so much
like those of Asiatic cholera that you
cannot distinguish the cases without q
micropical examination"