The age-herald., 1897-08-12

negro girl who was taken from Avon dale, near the old rolling mill
 Eight patients were discharged as cured from the camp, and two sent out from the camp of detention. There were nine received at the latter camp. There is not a severe case at the camp and pa- tients will be discharged daily from now on. A wagon will be put on for the pur- pose of bringing those who may have recovered back to their homes. The new house at the camp was completed at noon yesterday and was at once occupied by the men. The building is 22x10O feet. The new building at the camp of deten- ton is untouched. The Hawkins Lumber l company has the contract. but pr. Wild CT stated it had absolutely failed to do 1 anything toward getting it ready.
 The negroes who are recovering from home and their effects. Yesterday it 1 looked as if some trouble would be had with some of them. They became im- bued with an idea that somebody was stealing their household goods, and they were hard to paccify. A messenger was sent to town to investigate and report at the camp this morning.
 Dr. Barclay reported the finding of the case in Avenue F, between Thirty fourth and Thirty-fifth streets. Several other cases were found beyond East Birming- 1 ham. but they are almost completely isolated.
 Dr. Parks referred to the case taken l from the county jail on Monday night. I He wanted to know if something was not being done to prevent the possible spread of the disease in that place. It was stat- ed by Dr. Sholl and Dr. Robinson that they had called at the bastile and found that the building was being disinfected l and the prisoners again vaccinated with the new virus from New York
 l Dr. Collins was reported as having | been engaged In the work of vaccinat- ing the people of North Birmingham. i An effort will be made to have the coun- l ty commissioners secure other physicians at other points in the county where the disease has
 made its appearance. All of the doctors present expressed great satisfaction at the reports and the excellent outlook for an early disappearance of the disease en- tirely. The meeting adjourned to re- assemble this afternoon a,t 5:S0 o'clock.
 The following communication. growing out of the petftion circulated by the bus mess men of ulhe city. was presented to The Age-Herald yesterday:
 TO the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 was very much surprised to read in your issue of ll,is mouning that appAca- dion would be made to the government for an ''expert to visit Birmingham for the purpose alone of diagnosticating the dis ease now prevailing in this city In the first place. no such necessity exists, and besides it Is nIardfestly a reflection upon our able and accomplished physicians res- idenl hera It would seem to me that the merest tyro in medicine even without any very large experience i'm differentiating batween er-uptive diseases. would have no difficulty at a glance in pronouncing the disease. Fortunately for us, mild form of variola, or smallpox. If amy man will send for and view the face of Thorntom Duggar, who has just been dis missed from the pest house, he will have all doubts solved at once.
 I say this advisedly, as it has been my good fortune in the past to see as many a's 600 cases congrega t=d in one hospital at Fort Delaware during the late war, resembling in all respects this very dis ease. Why should any doub: exist in the mind of any intelligent doctor? Why should any Daynan arrogate to himself l the right ito express an opinion at all when he has never seen the cases and would be entirely incompetent to express any opinion, pro or con, if he had?
 As the disease has been now almost | jugulated by -1e vigilance of our physi- cians. it is greatly to be hoped that we may rot have furthsr agitation or doubts thrown upon it by introducing in our 1 nids- an export" sot speak. Lee every l man, woman ard child, colored doctors included recognize the patent fact that | we have had true smallpox prs vailing among our people modified by the hot weather and environment. and although in many instances not typical. yet suf1i- ciently so, 10 make the diagnosis unqu-s- | tionable in the mbnd of any man who has the rigfst or is entitled to an opindon. CHARLES WHELAN. | August II, 1897. 95t
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