The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29
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DO you know Of my infection from s,,y
OF the cases discovered by Dr. Guiterass
pr. X. Rutherford Of Houston wau'td to
know OF DR.. Morris what he considered a
dinerential diagnosis between dongsie ard
yellow fever DR.. Morris seems 10 think
that our literature is short on tho subject
he referred 10 the general prevalence Of
the dengue last fall throughout Texts ana
admitted that 1t had some characts sues
OF yellow fever, but albumen III the rare,
upon which so much stress Is ieid is
pathognomonic OF nothing
DIR. Robert Mcflroy. city hstttA physi-
clan OF Houston, prefaced ills remarks NV
saying that he knew nothing ABOUT yellow
fever and doubted that there was a physi-
clan In Houston who did.
DIR. Rutherford--I do, sir.
Continuing. Or. MsEl,oy said that be
had felt some little ,ompunctioa a; having
to bottle Beaumont up duriis the tes.tt
unpensantnees, but his regret was very
much assuaged when ne sons,jured the
fact that Beaumont with its Lovcjoy case
was prinsariiy responsible for all OF pous-
tons trouble.
He was With Guitcras good deal during
his recent visit, because he wanted TO
learn something from this eminent author
ity. He referred TO Dr. Guitcras' official
visit to Houston and TO hts encouutcitng
the walking case" In hts tDr. McElroy'si
office. He round albumin IN the urine
OF this case and q temperature Of lolsa
and pronounced II a very suspicious case.
but In this the doctor was Inconsistent Tor
admitting thiS TO be suspicious case. he
ordered that he be ~ once sent to the
hospital. whicn he had lust inspected and
found free from infection, Guitcras said
he was not positive about this case and
would make another inspection Of the urine
u, lvt. l.taf Ia ns,l
but few hours erterward he wirei back
that there were four cases Of yellow fever
in Houston. one of which was this walk
INK ease. Guiteras claimed that he could
tell case oi yellow fever simply by look
ing In the patients face without making
any further diagnosis. He pronounced Eva
Duncans case yellow fever two weeks at
ter she died and without ever having seen
her
Referring to pr Morrie' criticism on
scnility, he knew OF a child II years old
Ia die OF senility, thus II does not nec,s-
sariiy mean old ase.
In the lurnegon case referred to by DR..
Morris AS one OF yellow fever. his symp-
toms might readily he accounted for on the
ground that he S1d gastric hemorrhasc aud
Dad been treated for stomach trouble for
two years.
Concerning thr fumigutng apparatus sent
to the Houston postolfico, tho speaker
hhtW 'uht tnis machine was IN Transit Tor
ak days before Or. Guitcras came 10 Hous-
toll.
DR.. Guttoras' theory was that yellow
fever was always preceded by denguc. Tho
sneaker desired TO cull attention to The
fact that there was no dcnEuc In Texas IN
iShS and yet In 1867 Texas suffered from
one, of the most malignant yellow fever
cpidemics ever experienced.
He regarded the present system OF ouar-
lnllUe, tho EINinr of certificates and rn-
lWrlns OF aiiidavits, complete farce. lie
uid mol regard yellow fever as contagious.
And who does" rctortod DR.. Ruthorl
FORD. That yellow fever is not contagious
10 settled by the oldest and bost au,nryi.
Ties. II Is not contagious, hut infectious.
and capable OF transportation. The doc.
tor said he had personally established the
lact to his satisfaction IN 1876 that yellow
fever was not contagious
Dr. Scott-yes aud you ran trace The
In the house OF tho I.ovejoy 10y
here were quarantined sixteen people, who
were kept there Ave days after the 10y
died, and yet not one Of these took IL aud
yet they claim that Eva Duncans. just be-
cause she happened To be IN ljciunDr'. |
but was not near the boy caught the IN |
lection
pr. y +. Calhoun Of beaumont gave the |
history OF the LovoIoy ease lie said that |
Eva Dnncans waa at 10 time nearer than |
quarter Of mile 20 The Lovojoy house
and that may have been when she passed II |
going To the depot Where sin stopped |
while In Beaumont was AZ least nile
rom Lovejoy's.
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