New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
GERMAN ANTITOXIN BELIEVED TO HAVE
CAUSED THEIR DEATH.
A BROOKLYN PHYSICIAN Used THE DRUG IN
CASES OF DIPHTHFRiA-A GIRLS FACE
TURNED BLACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE INJECTION AND SHE DIED
TEN MINUTES LATER.

THE INJECTION. AND SHE DIED
TEN MINUTES LATER.
Bertha NJ Valentine. the seventeen-year-old
daughter Of Samuel Valentine. Of No. 3ll Roeo-
ling-st Brooklyn. d!ci In convulsions Fri
dav afternoon. ten minutes after receiving
an injection of antitoxin. which was admin
ls,ered: by Or. j. L. Kortright, Of No 352 Rod
ney-st. The girl suffering from mia
form ~ diphtheria. which she was supposed
to have taken from Louis Hampston. nine
years old n cousin who had died from the
disease on Thursday. The boy. whose home Is
in Connecticut. was paying a visit to his uncle
WHEN he contracted the malady. He was hrS'
taken sick on Saturday, but II was not until
Tuesday that a physi ,L.s was called. When Or
Ko-tr.ght saw TIE boy he prescribed for him. but
ne gradually grew worse. on the day OF the poy :
death Dr.. Kortr!ght advised Mr. Valentine TO go
To Schulzenberg & Koeche!s drugstore, at NO. ~
Murray-st. and PURCHASE d bottle OF anutoXih'
The firm are the only American agents ior Ben
ing's German antitoxip, Mr. Valentine purchased
the drug. and II was Injected by the physician
but the boy died three ..oura later.
on the day following Bertha complained OF
sore throat. and Or. Kortright told Mr. Valen-
,ino I, get another bottle OF the anttoxn
This he did and IL was administered by the
physician After receiving the injection the girl
said she felt tickling sensation all through her
body She then fell on the lounge in convulsons
and was dead in ten minutes. despite the EFFORTS
OF the physician TO save her. Her face turned
black almost Immediately after receiving the
fluid
pr Ko,tright when seen last night said the
girls death was n mystery 20 him. and he could
only account for Il by cred!t!ng ii 70 some power
ful poison In the bottle OF antitoXln lie hau
used the remedy for long time, ne said' Win
In a
place The color was the same as that he had
used, being pink.
1T was horrible " said the physician. and IN
all my years of practice | never wiGessed such
terrible death. There has been a mistake some
where in bottling the fluid. II must nave been
made in Germany. | am only forry that nave
none of IL left The amount Injected was be-
tween two and three drachns. which came IN
each bottle" The box in whch the bottle was
nut up in Germany bears the date OF Shipment
January 80 last
A. the home Of the dead girls parents last
night the mother was found t. b. prostfated
with grief over the loss Of her daughter. B6 rtna
was the only child. and a general faN"rite
in the neighborhood. MIR Valentine. the father
said that ne did not place any blame IN Or
Kortright although he had lost the treasure of
his life When the girl was dying. the 'ather
sad the physician raised her in his arms. and
when ne saw that life was extinct. exclaimed:
This is something terrible; it is nothing hut
cold d-bl0Oled murder.
coroner Crcamer ordered DR. Clayland to make
an autopsy on the body. which was I"n". Dr.
Clayland said last night that dea;h VAS, IN ms
opinion. due 10 conNulslons caused ~ thc llQ".u
i'm into the body. wheth antit6 Kin, or al
legged antitox!n. He had taken some ~ the blood
which Will be analyZed.
The Board Of health. it is said has made no
attempt 10 fumiglte the prem.s's The disease
has also broken out I'm the house adjoining the
Valentines home Coroner creaniar. Nhen srcken
to last night said he had not AZ yet decided what
action he would take In the mater
The girl buried yesterday In cypress iiIIis
Cemetery