The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-11

| WITH YELLOW FEVER BY DIR.
GUfTERAs WE HAVE FOUND. Ar
| TER A MOST CAREFUL ANALYSIS
| AND MICRoscOPICAL ExAMINA-
TON. THE HOEMATozoAN OF
| MALARIA. THIS IS ABSOLUTE
| PROoF THAT THE PATIENT HAS
| MALARIA. IT rs NOT. HOWEVER,
ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT THE Pa
TENT HAS NOT SOMETHING
ELSE ON TOR or THE MALARIA.
BUT IT rs HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.
FROM THE EXAMINATION WE
HAVE MADE. THAT HE HAS. THE
HOEMATOzOAN IS DISTINCT AND
| UNDERSTANDABLE. YOU CAN PUT
1T As FORClBLY AZ YOU WISH
THAT THIS PATIENT IS AFFECT
ED WITH MALARIA. THE MICRO
SCOPE PROVED THAT POSITIVELY.
sOMH CASES or MALARIA WILL
FAIL TO SHOW THE HOEMATA-
ZoAN AFTER QUININE HAS BEEN
ADMINISTERED. ONLY A SMALL
AMOUNT OF QuiNINE HAD BEEN
GIVEN AND THE ORGANISM RE-
NAMED DEMONsTRABLE."
Tho patient In question came from
Lynchburg to st. Mary's inHrmary for
treatment. He is boatmap. In discuss
Ing the matter later DR.. Smith said he felt
assured that DR.. Gulteras would give In TO
him In that case. that the man had ma
laria. after he iearns that DR.. Smith found
tho hoematazoan In the blood.
DR.. 70. s. Cook. the staff physician at
St. Mary's infirmary. who assisted In the
diagnosis OF two cases IN question, was
seen at the infirnlary this morning and
was asked to give an account Of the com
ing OF the patients. their conditions up TO
the time Of their being pronounced yellow
fever patients by DR.. Guiteras and their
present conditions. He said; The case
DR.. Guiteras has waited on Is that OF a
man named Meithos. from the revenue
cutter Galveston. When he CAGE hero we
diagnosed his Illness as dankuo and We
certainly have had no cause since TO Le-
ieve we were mistaken. Tho case IN, ex-
pert still Insists upon calling yellow fever
~ that OF "a man who came here from
.ynchburg. believe he work ID On boats
between here and there. His sieplcss Wa
diagnosed as malaria and We VITO made
he diagnosis stll insist that we were
dght. Yesterday whom DR.. Cuitoras fro-
bounced the cases yellow fever the two
men were sitting up laughing and talking.
OF course Isolated them as soon hs ros-
ibie. but they look upon he Whole pro-
'eeding as Joke. Moithes Is well and
lnxious to get back on the revenue cutter
md tho other man Is convllesceat | am
'ositiye there is no yellow ever IN tho
urinary. There ls not tho slightcat ca
itement ut the lnftrmary, patients. ply
leans ana nurses feeling certitn tina. Or.
iulteras has been mistaken.
There are some suspicions concerning tho
ickness of DR.. Fisher, city health ,hysi-
ian. who has been confined to his bed
ow for several days DR.. G. w. True
leart, who is attending him, refused to
NY to The Post correspondent whst his
iagnosls OF the case is. Callers have been
enied admission to the house.
Dr' duiteras. tho government cNpert
men seen at n late hour tonight. SO i no
'id no statement for the press
Inc regular main line Santa ~ train
ett tonight but none will run tomorrow
MI other roads were tied no TODAY. A
irge number OF students at the rp,iieui
oliege left here last night. affaira are
ably dempralized here.
The police, acting under instrutijcns,
aye closed up all variety iheabsrs. aud
III d'sperse all public gatherings.