Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-23
THE SMALLPOX CASE

Miss Louise Foley Comes Hon, U..
Europe III with the Disensc-.-, .,.f..
Precautions ny the Health Om..i...
All the Facts IN the Case.
Miss Louise Foley, daughter 0. ...
Foley. who died two weeks ago ....
home from Europe last Saturday ......
She was IN. and on Sunday vii I
Webster was called to her he We. ..
cious as to- her disease. Monday
he called Drs. Hotou, Gale and 81
consultation. and they had no do. ..
fine disease was smallpox. N I.
had been in Paris. She was SEM ...
wear ago last September as % bus .r
Altman a. Co.'S cloak depaumeu. .r
York boy whom She was emp.ot. U.
her arrival in Paris a favorable Ol ..
fern. her. she was employed ho
and m London for time A u.. ...
new. of her fathers failing heal.
her to return home. and she TOO.
from Liverpool on the steame.
which arrived in New \ Ork t..
of last week She had had a verr ..
Portable passage and was I'D when .....
sci arrived at quarantine. The Dr.. ...
fcpr, detained her for a day an.
lowed her to depart. She started t u.
tIpbOrO Friday, but was feeling eu ..
she stopped over night at her UNI
NJ. Woods s. in Springfield, and s..a..
no better Saturday evening her
companed her home to Brattleoo. ".
disease was pro badly contracted u.
the ship.
As soon as the nature of her l.n.-. va.
known. Mr.. Boyden, chairman OF f....
of selectmen, and Col. Hooker. ..m.
of the board of bailifts with Dr. So .
health officer. took prompt mea>....
protect the public from contagio
town having no building ayaiIaba f...-
olating the case. it was decided E.. ra.
the patient in an upper room in ta. i....
on Frost street, TO be cared for
mother. who has had smallpox. Albion.
not legally bound TO do SO Dr. NJ ..s.-
sumed charge of the case, and YESTERDAY
an experienced smallpox nurse came u.-
New ork. both 10 attend TO the .a...
and TO see that proper quarantL-
served The house and both END. .-
street were placarded and yesterl.. a..
further precautiOn. the street was i-H.e. ~
and a policeman was stationed TO ,a. ....
uo improper communication is Id. H
the house Or. Miller reports the casa H..
morning as making ordinary p-u--..
and now reaching the critical stag.
no uniavOrablr symptoms deyelopl- ..
far.
As now being treated there is no .4l-r
to the public from this case. and Oh. 91r
danger TO be apprehended is that t--l.
who called al the house Sunday may have
taken the contagiou While authorize
disagree. the general impression .-..
the disease was not then far euou-.
vanced to be Infectious. The only ...-
way. however. is for vaccination 81. Dr.
promptly and thoroughly ATTENDED .
Since Monday vaccination has been CD.
one thriving business Of the village all
the appearance of this case will have tie
good effect in compelling attention 20 .l.
precaution, which has been too much neg
lected. Not only should those be va.-
mated who have not before taken this 1.-
caution. but all authorities agree that Their
should be re-vaccinatiOn in all cases atie-8
lapse of a few years. The authorize. ur.-
that all persons attend 10 this prompt
and DR.. Miller has been instruC,el 90
perform vaccination at the expense OF Sir
town in any case where the subject +, 1l.
able TO pay the usual fee.
The selectmen first agreed with Nj. Bush.
nell, who has a vacant house on his farm
on the Old Guilford road, TO have il ru. g..
order and made warm and dry for u,a -
case OF future emergency. The Gut.-.
selectmen agreed to this, but We're Ot.-
10 withdraw their consent on accou-- 1
protest from the Guilford people y.
Boydeu Is therefore having rooms G Sd.
house on the old town farm made READY t.-
possible use. The journey there WOE.
however, be q formidable one Tor ra-,...
seriously ILL.,, and il is believed boy man.
a belief IN which We agree-that the .-.-.-
men would bee fully warranted in greetings;
once on the town farm q rough. bur va...
comfortable building, To be- used a- . a.-
pital lu case of Need. IL may b.. .
That the only persons 10 the Fo.gg .0,.
liable TO suffer from the disease are -.--a.
young children of Mrs. Carney. burr
We're promptly yacciuateG. as were q. ...-
members of the household
For the benefit OF people living r town,
contiguous TO Brattleboro il may .- SAL,
that up TO the present time Their D..
danger whatever TO the general pub tr-
tins infection, and that the author.-., .--
prepared TO deal promptly and pro-. --
pubic II further cases arise NOtAlr- Sc.
be Kept back from the public kno8e--e
and there being no feeling OF PAN, 20
Brattleboro there certainly is no occasion
Tor apprehension outside. Our advice So
everybody, in and out of BrattIenou.
simply to obey the recent injunctou O.. .le
state board OF health and b. rGer.r
II Is a year when small poX is showl- ur
IN many places in an unexpected WAY. and.
leaving the Brattleboro case entirely Oh.
OF the account, it is better to be sal. ,4ll
to be sorry.