The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-11
DOCTORS DISAGREED
Local Physicians 10 Galveston Say
It Is OuIy Deasue.
GUITERAS FOUND ONLY SEVEN CASES
One Of the Patieats Has Recovered
from the Disease.
4 MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION
DE. TruchArt Not willing 20 Admit
There IL Any Yellow rever--Re-
porters HAIRED fronA Meetinws.

Galveston, Tcxns, October 1o.--Thc board
of health met at II O'Clock today. Re-
porters were excluded. but from members
who attended It Is learned TINT the meet
Ing opened with the following statement
from Or. Guiteras;
II have reported to Surgeon General
wyman and communicated to Health phv-
sician Fisher, County Physician Wariicld
aud Acting Mayor skinner that there are
Ave cases of yellow fever hcre and that
there are three cases that have recovered
from the disease. There is no doubt IN nv
mind as To the correctness Of the diagnosis.
have been very careful and have .nade
no statement rs to any case without clone
and patient personal examination. f'he
cases arc scattered and seen to have no
connection. They appear 10 have ctyel-
oped In a quite confusing way and are
mixed with dcngue fever. don't rcrism-
Der tho street numbers and addresses.
There Is one at the Sealy hosoital / re-
ported two at St. Mnry's iniirm,uy, but
discover that in one at the hfiri7ary
was mistaken. misunderstood Ito state
ment OF the attending physician as . the
presence of albumen In the urine. Finding
there is no albumen In the urine alter
a to IN tat ia
yellow fever. The other case in the In
Urinary Is distinctly yellew fever. lily duty
boards OF health. and am At your service.
ready with amy assistance ! may be atie
to give have little experience In the
management Of tho disease in u public
capacity. beAswiii be pleased 10 serve YOU
in any way can"
| 1t appears. therefore, that according 70
tho expert there has been but seven cases.
three OF which have recovered.
Dr.. Irucheart addressed The board at
some longth. He said that OF he cases
here which were said TO be suspicious by
| DR.. Guiteras he had seen but two. which
| ho was permitted to see through the kind
| ness OF DR.. Fred Fisher and Tho governS
| ment expert. He had visited only thin
morning the case which was pronounced
| very suspicious at st. Mary's infismary.
While that case had many suspicious cle-
ments which might BIO construed as yellow
fever, still he for himself diagnosed II as q
| form OF malarial fever. He had alwsys
held to the opinion that It IL very possible
TO mistake the existence Of yellow fever
where dengue is present. Up 10 yesterday
| midday he had examined twenty-five cases
OF dengue fever carefully and cliuical.y and
IN that number no found only seven cases
Of albumon In the urine. He spoke at
some further length and from thu trend
OF his remarks 1t was evident that he was
not prepared az yet to believe that there
was yellow fever in Galveston.
Dr. West stated that reSoxaizing It was
possible for yellow fever to creep IN where
dcngue was or vice versa, and realizing tire
close resemblance. and further realizins
that yellow fever in Ocean Springs and
Biloxi had been preceded by dcpzle fe
made up his mind at the beginning CT tho
present plague Of deDgue to thoroughly
examine all cases. He considered Dr. Cult
cras' advice and aid sdfncient for his uur-
pose.
DR.. warficid said In substance that ne
. thought II unnecessary to keep quarantine
,, guards any longer outside Of the 'ity a
: nobody would want to come into Galycston
. anyhow. and no advised that the services
! nsas-~s>~sn1n b