Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-10-21
HE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS
STEWARDSHIP DURING THE
FEVER EPIDEMIC THIRTY
YEARS AGO.
An Extract From tie Houston Sunday
Telegraph of Nov. 10, Is67-List
Of Patients Treated by DR..
StoCkbridge.

report to the Sunday Telegraph
published at Houston:
ED. Telegraph: | arrived il
BRENNAN on the 18th of Septem'
Der, and found the yellow fever
prevailing to an alarming ex-
tent, and very fatal. l heard
that fourteen out of fifteen had
died. l commenced practicing
medicine on the 18th at night
Since then l have treated and
cured the following named per-
sons, to wit:
Miss Louana Hosea, Clayton
Hosea, Mr.. S. S. Hosea, Mr.. N.
Rolf, Mrs. N. Rolf, Mrs. Wheel
er, Miss Alice Gray, Miss Mary
Shannon, Nelly Williams, Mr.. F,
ID. Jodon, Mr.. Alexander
Boyle, Mrs. Cook, Miss Mary
Dryer, Charles Roberts, Mr..
Kingsbury, c. Dwyer, JEFF Loeb
ridge, A. Lockridge, W. H.
| Gray, M. Brophy, N. Brophy, A.
Brophy, Mrs. Brophy, Miss V,
Gray, Mr.. Stetler, Mr.. James Ia
land, Mr.. Fleming, Master
Sherald, Peggy Roberts, Rufus
mccoy, Lottie Gibson, G. W.
Rogers, Mrs. E. Rogers, Lett A.
Rogers, William Rogers, ANA
zon Rogers, Alkaline Kemp,
Glen Tarver, Lizzie Giddings,
Dan Giddings, Peter Brown,
Jim Herald, Eliza Herald, Ella
Stockbridge, Lizzie Stockbridge,
L. B. Stockbridge, H. F. Stock
bridge, Area Baker, 10 Smith,
Harry Key, Fanny Rippetoe,
Jefferson Herbert, William Jones,
Mary Jones, Anderson Helm,
Arelia Bach, John Roe, Vina
Roe, Maria Lockbridge, Kate
Galway, jackson Harris, Caro-
line Harris, Jim Lawson, Wesley
Carmaek, Tom Cornell, Fanny
Phigpen, Wyley Bastard, Chas.
C. Stockbridge, E. Rippetoe, C.
Carmack, Banks, Mrs. Munroe
Richardson, Netty Harris, Mary
Harris, Josephine Boatright,
Jack WEIGH, Jane Bragg, Dan
Conner, Mr.. Maxey, John San
'derson, Rhoda Sanderson, Sam
Bassett, Jr., Caroline Harris,
Fayette Stamps, Palmer Stamps,
Hannah Wilson, Ann McNese,
10 Harris, William Bach, Fanny
Bustard, WyIey Bastard, Jr.,
Marie Bastard, Sally Bastard,
Milly Bustard, Jane Bastard,
Halifax Harris, Miss Olson, Miss
Alga Higgins, Joel Amherst. Re-
becca Amherst, Henry Edwards,
Henry Bolden, Susan Bolden,
Dayman Brown, William Brown,
Floyd Roberts, Geo. Strong,
Mary England, A. jackson, An
thony Roberts, Buck Conner,
Polly Carmack, Katharine j.
Roberts, Benton Wyse, Reuben
Johnson, Mr.. Wheeler, John
Brown, Mrs. Wehrmann, Aman-
da Viewer, Mrs. PruetzeH, Frank
Sledge, Jesse Allen, Mr.. j..
Whitesides, John Wesley.
Four of the above have since
died, and under the following
circumstances, to wit:
Mr.. N. Rolf, after relapse at
two different times.
Mr.. Wheeler, through impru-
dence and exposure.
Sallie A. Rodgers, relapse
and spasms.
Miss Alga Higgins, of eresypelas.
] have lost the following
named persons: I
Mr.. Hammit, Mr.. John Dwyer,
Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Elliott, Mrs.
Mr.. Wehrmann, Nico-
las Dryer, Mr.. J. A. Spears,
John Dwyer, Jr., John Gray,
Nelson Giddings.
Miss Rial, after treating herl
about forty eight hours. | also
attended young man by the
name of Rial about forty eight
hours, and when called 1 was
informed the girl was dead and
the young man had black vomit. |
| did not see him. l supposed
they had got some one else to at
tend to him. l understood hel
lived forty eight hours after I
was informed he had black
vomit.
l was called to attend a Mrs. |
Blunt and a Miss Blunt, they |
had both been sick and treated |
by others before l saw them. !
Mrs. Blunt, at the time l first
saw her, l had no hopes of her
recovery, and she died.
Miss Blunt | treated about 48
hours, when my directions were
not followed, and the father said
there was no use, they would |.