The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-29
MAY Be DIPHTHERIA
Two More Cases Reported From South
Arizona Street.
PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE
The Infection Probably Came From
the Bullock FamIiy-rrecaution
Taken In Regard to the
Anti-Toxine Treatment.
PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE

Two more houses were placed under
quarantine yesterday on account Of the
diphtheria epidemic. A case of ma
lignant tonsilitis. probably diphthe-
ria, was reported at No. H1
South Arizona street, and the house
ported later in the day at No. 10 South
Arizona street, South Butte, in the family
OF ID. Rosenborough. The house was
placed under quarantine. Both these new
cases are near the cases formerly report
ed. The Infection may have come from
the Bullock family, at No. 32 South Ari-
zona street, which was not discovered to
be diphtheria until after the child had
died, and 1t may have come from the Ev-
ans family, the children of which attend
ed the same school as the Rosenborough
children The health officers are doing
their best to hold the disease In check.
Every new case is reported at once to the
officer and the house quarantined and
other proper precautions taken. OF the
two cases reported yesterday Dr. Black
burn has charge of one and DR.. Whitford
of the other.
1t is not generally known outside Of the
medical professor that scientists have
discovered a successful vaccination for
diphtheria, just as vaccination Is taken
for smallpox. The matter was hrst
brought to the attention of the world In
a paper read by K. NJ. Reaux Of the Pas
teur institute at the eighth session of the
International Congress of Hygiene and
Demography, held in Buda Pesth. The
subject Of this paper was the serum ther-
apy of diphtheria. The results shown by
him are astounding. DIR. J. Kinyoun.
past assistant surgeon. M. H. s.. in an ar
ticle in a recent number of the Abstract
of Sanitary Reports" issued by the Uni
ted States marine hospital service. gives
an extended account of his visit to the in
stitute and what he learned of the exact
methods employed In the preparing of the
anti-diphtheric serum and the effects Of
the new treatment for diphtheria in hos
pitfalls.
In closing DR.. Kinyoun says: 1.-The an
titoxine will never work miracles. 1t has
its limit like every other agent. and like
a perfect piece of machinery, will not ac-
complish the full results unless directed
by a skilled hand. Some persons affected
by this dread disease will succumb, 1t
matters not how soon we apply the RENE
dy. The majority will, however, am
sure, recover II the anti-toxine is given
early and properly. The remedy should
be satisfactory to the medical profession.
1t will, of course, fall short of fulfilling
all the requirements demanded by the
iaity. 1t Is to be hoped that soon every
state and municipality win take the
proper steps to provide the proper facili-
and by judicious and timely use be able
to stamp out this terrible scourge, which
carries off so many thousands, rendering
desolate so many homes"
II the scourge continues to increase in
Butte II is quite likely that some of the
anti-toxine will be obtained from the
Pasteur institute for Butte. The sugges-
ton of Dr. Kinyoun that cities provide
themselves with II, to have II on hand In
case of need, would seem to be proper
In another article on THE Prevention
Of Diphtheria," read before the medical
society OF the District of Columbia, DIR.
Kinyoun summarizes an exhaustive and
complete statement as follows: 'In con-
clusion the points to be observed in the
control of diphtheria are essentially
these: First. a positive diagnosis by mi
croscopical examination; second, prompt
isolation of subjects. domiciliary or hospi-
tai: third. thorough disinfection of arti-
cles and apartments infected or exposed
to Infection"