The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10

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beneiioent influence will be felt in every
hamlet in South Texas. declare mis-
gathering ready for business.
RI. Max urw,z responded for the Meli
cal fraternity of Houston.
Upon the conclusion OF DR. urwitzs re-
marks, DR.. h. 7. Morris appointed the
following judicial committee Drs Joseph
A. Mullen OF Houston. j. +. Collier of Con.
roe asd Bait Smith of Wharton.
Dr, II. A. West OF Galveston delivered a
discourse upon "Antiseptic Treatment of
typhoid Fever" DR.. West preGnced his
marks ny saying II he were n resident of
houston he would say the conception of
typhoid fever began at Buffalo bayou and
ended with the dinner table, but as live
/
1t begins at the mouth"
Or. Archer of Houston said in reply to
Dr. west that he would like to continue the
discussion of the treatment OF TYPHOID
fever, as he had only theoretical know-
edge Of 1t. never having seen case in
Houston, nor had he in all his practice
ever heard Of n case in this city, lr.
West may have had some personal exr,ri-
ence with II In Galveston
An hi Campo physician said that he had
been practcng for fifteen Gears in this
section and had never seen a case of ty-
phoid fever.
hr. Rahb of Hallettsville said he was
from the same section that Ell Campo was
III and in twenty years practice had seen a
number Of cases Of typhoid fever, as it vas
quite prevalent In Hailettsvillo. That when
ever he had suspicious case he always
saturated the patient with quinine.
Dr. Max Urwit1 did not believe that any
antlseptic administered internally ever did
any good. lie did not believe hat any man
who had ever seen a typhoid fever pa, cnt
could ever make mistake in diagnosing a
case thereafter He believed in simple rem
edics and strict diet.
Dr. Archer of Houston asked Dr. West
| If he had ever seen patient and II he
had used the treatment he had DISCUSSED
| DIT. brown of Alvin had seen four cases
Of typhoid and had found ,uuine success.
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ten years country doctor and wien he
met typhoid case he did not admins
ter much medicine. His plan was. wiien
he had case with dry tongue and delirious
to use beef tea and administer a stimulnnt
to aid digestion and use strich linc TO aid
the action of the heart Ne Uttered with
| Dr. King in the use OF milk; did not allow
the use of soup thickened with flour or any
solid food. used cold water TO reduce tenn
| pcrature, never used coal tar preparations
! they decarbonated the blood
DR., PLANT Of Harrisburg said he had been
! practicing fifty years and only saw tne
case of typhoid fever and hat was in the
! BRACES bottoms, where he lived In a log
house with puncheon floors, where the hogs
| lay under the house and the slop from the
| kitchen was empticd through the floor un-
! der the house He said some pl NticiGns
were like the Kansas doctor who, when
called in, strokod his beard, locked wise and
! diagnosed case thus: Heterogeneous con-
glomcration of the discordant incterine, with
Il centrifical tendency continually aug
menting." Now he had only met the case
| cited and that was produced by fifth He
used qulnino in typhoid cases. stimulatcd
the patient with good whisky when he could
get II, He was from Tennessee and kpew
| the value of good whisky. He reduced the
/ fever with aconite. Some say 1t Ia poison
Gus. but he had never poisoned any o. his
, patients yet. He used beef tea, none OF
the paten, decoctious. but good. fresh tocf
! from the butcher shop.if he could find an old
lady who understood how to make H. He
was the only man who had found name
for black jaundice, and he designated it as
lead jaundice
Dr. Knox OF Houston wanted TO know q,
Or. West If he had ever treated a patient
with the hygiene treatment. lie could :,ot
see hov Or. West could claim mat Duf-
falo bayou produced typhoid fever. fo' the
water was not used for drinking or ether
purposes now. There was tim" when The
drinking water was some times imprcg-
mated with the bayou water. but mat was
n thing Of the past and lie could not sec
how Buffalo bayou could breed The disease
II the water was not taken from it. Per
haps Or. West found typhoid more Irova-
lent III Galveston, where they uacl rlsttrn
ing hospital town. that cases Of typhoid
might De prousht mere pn' ne was sure
w y,,", no, cav hat tbcra had noy,r Zoo,
any case here, but none had come under his
observation. He thought that a great
laaai''y n'snt eHiSa ~ nno'u no' .nutn w,