The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-30
AN AUTOPSY OVER WHITE
Had Been to Memphis and Fever
Was SuspiciOned.
MALARIA AND ALCOHOLISM
Given as the Cause of His Death-Had Been
Drinking Hard and Spent Spent Some
Time at Hot Springs.

Patrick White died yesterday morning
at O'Clock at the residence of his
mother, corner Eighth street and Ave-
nue. F.
Mr.. White returned to this city Fri
day OF the previous week from Mem
phis. For some time previous he had
been at Hot Springs. On account of
his having been in an infected point
some excitable persons thought that he
was victim of yellow fever.
After a thorough investigation Chair
man Sholl of the board of health an
| nouneed last night that the case was
not yellow fever. DIR. Lewis Morris. the
attending physician, gave the malady as
pernicious malarial fever associated with
| alcoholism.
| An autopsy was held yesterday AFTER
noon by DR.. Shot, County Health Off
Ger Barclay ard Drs. Edward and Lewis
Morris and Quarantine Officer Wiggrs.
1T was not held" said DIR. Shoil. ''be-
cause we had any suspicious that it was
yellow fever, but to plainly put the
case before the public that there might
be no unnecessary fear 1t was unani-
mously agreed that Mr.. White did rot
| die of yellow fever"
The physicians agreed that the case
to the unframed in medicine had some
of the appearances of yellow fever. DR..
Barclay said that after the stomach
and bowels were opened there was no
| longer any doubt as to the nature of
| the disease. The mans skin had a yell
| lowish apps nnce, but entirely too
much so for yellow fever. The envi-
ronments of a patient play an important
part in the diagnosis of case of yell
| low fever and the fact that White had
recently been in an infected place nat
urally aroused some excitable persons,
/ was the opinion CT the doctors.
| After the autopsy the members of
! the family and Mrs. w. p. White. the
| young mans mother, said he had been
drinking hard for some time past. This
| was the cause OF his visit to Hot
| Springs. She said that since his return
! to the city he had bean intoxicated all
| the time. With this and the symptoms
of the case. the doctors at once decided
| that alcoholism was one of the main
| causes of the death. 1t was also con-
sidered that Mr.. White had spent quite
a while in a malarial country and had
been in an unhealthy condition for some
months previous to his death.
Quarantine Officer Virgins has been
through an epidemic of yellow fever and
was invited ito accompany the physicians
He said there were come symptoms in
dicaSive of yellow fever and many
| stronger onas that it wss not. He was
strong in the belief that the death of
White was caused by alcoholism and
maiarial fevr.
1--WE are net trying to conceal any
| thing said DR.. ShoH. IF a case of yell
low fever should occur here We will tell
this people at once"
No restrictions were placed over THE
members of the family residing in the
house where White died. so positive were
| the physicians that the case was not one
| of yellow fever.
| The Quarantine
The quarantine is working in good or
DER There was more travel yesterday
than for some time previous and the no
| tel registers bors a few more names,
although the drummers and travelling
public generally are unable to tranact
but little business.
Frost fell again yes erday morning
and each Is one more nail in the coffin
of yellow Jack. The Geld wave from the
northwest, which was billed to appear
during the past few days, has not yet
| arrived. When this consignment comes
| q heavy, killing frost is expected.
|
just a Stage Joke
| From the Minneapolis Journal.