The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01


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uay ",u heaIy al .ne tIine since then
80 n's pe,h shsht stupetactioh OF
~. .nu anu sue 10 rulher $40" III re-
Piyris 70 dues.iohs, out Win her tenn
p ~, nuctuatihe as u mas been and her
hau. eys .h such u conditlon IL Is not TO
's. gHp.o'eu uiat inc patient would remain
a 80 piish. Hehtaiiy' Inc Day
ne. 'nnou 70 s,o ner she passed ABOUT
~ ponoas Vi urine III twehty-fonr hours,
~ '"o character wn'eh examined
asu testeu the urine every day up to
a "p'i IL seemed much clearer to-
uay
On tuesday she vomited about pint
W one irne OF very dark-green substance,
iceenplpB pie. III appeared To contain a
s, , ''''hy mucous makes ana was streaked
WIN hu.huhy looking, gelatlne mucus. This
Paoeu IN pint bottle and brought II
uoWn ana nad IL examined by Mr. Shaef-
Ter, ASKING MN To examine 1t for urea and
o ,, re salu that ne could not only
'''sooNei urea, put that II II was present
ne oo,,'u isoia'e ~ ana tell what percent
age OF ~ existed. He did not find any
u'N'' out ne round blood discs. There
were great many small black crystals
IN INNS voinit matter, but ] never saw
Gys.ais IN VoHit matter so large as these,
Whon l learned that no urea had been
iouhd d'd not consider the vomit matter
OF any serious Import. When the board
on health claimed that the disease was ma
iar'a l suggested to the members that
10y nave the blood examined for LavWan s
ring shaped, fiagclated and crescentic bod =
les. DR. Scott considered this unnecessary I
.heh suggested to the board. merely for
.no eluciaation OF the case, that knew of
no'n,ns mat would produce the symptoms
ol tniS case uniess 1t was yellow fever.
nnaIaI'al neinaturla or ptosphorous pois-
un,nb, whach creates Inflammation OF the
h'"n.ys piack Yomit and yellow hue
" mo pody. rms suggestion was dis
h,'sseu Ut once
u'u not near that the girl was sick
pe,ore going 10 Beaumont. She was In my
oHiee Two or three weeks ago and stated
luat before she went back TO Marshall she
wanted 10 gel her mother TO bring her to
ms, as she thought she needed some med
lGai attention. think DIR. Ramsey has
gwen very good clinical picture of the
case and the fact that called in some
hody to endeavor TO clear the case up is
no reheetioh upon him as a physician or
v ,', thlnk ne has given you a re-
linole picture or the case up to the time
saw hcr When first saw the patient the
tohsWe was somewhat swollen, but the
gums ara not impress me as being of any
special character, There was no discoora-
tlon OF the eyes at that time and no gastric
tenderness. There was no enlargement Of
tho liver, and II there was any perceptible
1t, ana ! have seen no hysterical symp-
'o ms.
were very much n,.a ae "a, ave party
sons statement and at ,h NJ h,ne,, sa, ,h.
r"sn =, sae negro ne IN drummer addition was
cred 1t entirely unnecessary to discuss that
ss,s n ~s .asS nsu vome 20 houston Tor the
Eva Duneans. DR., Scott stated that they
this prrrrar .a a .U say 10 .he visitors that
coal burner who lived two or three miles
been in Bea,,mon, or ,n NV NV , waU nau NOV
the Duncans girl resides since her illness,
symptoms as tho Dunoaus siri wy '''"e
Or stuart was asked to state what he
think can add anythlnr e 10 s, VIVA, so, 40 not
already heard, l concur in what has been
pulse. etc. When / first saw the case
neys. causing the discharge 81 SJooav ur'no
or hematuria. involved narhans MI, 80
larla. have been satisfied ali a,ons tha,
II was not yellow fever. as there nro M
symptoms or indications To lead me- w
believe 1t is yellow fever" w z"
The visiting physicians then ret,rsa ,or
ana T., 80. ,,.,,. sN io'
m,,,o, ~ ,.~a ~ WY ''''s time SUD
'".o' lne ioiowing US the result Of their
elaboration;
Altar .s,,,
ea'siu' consideration OF every
point in the clinical history Of the ve,,ow
,.ysr .,., .
WV suspeo' as houston and thorough
personal examlnatio, ., N. ,,n,,.