Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
DR.. HUGHES HAS
SCARLET FEVER.
Dr., MacLeau, His Physician, Says
He is a Victim to His Profession,
HE is A VERY SICK MAN.


The fact that Or. Samuel Hughes,
a prominent physician Of this city, has
been stricken down with scarlet fever.
b. creating unusual interest. and Il iH
an unusual occurrence Tor person of
his years Co be no stricken. The doc
tor o. past the age OK 90. and prior
10 this attack was In perfect health;
and scarlet fever generally confines It.
self TO children. seldom indeed attack
ing older persons. especially physicinna.
who have every facility Tor keeping
disinfrctunts about them. But disease.
like the omnl-prcscnt Salt Lake burg
lar. crccps into houses Ia spite OF all
precautions that are taken 10 preclude
them. Il was last Tuesday night that
the malady invaded the homo Of Or.
Hughes. Mrs. Hughes telcphonod TO
the health department apprislng the
board OF her husbands fever. An In
spcctor was Immediately sent up 20 tho
residence, 16i First street, 10 quarantine
the house. Mrs Hughes readily cone
aentlng 10 the proceedings
DR.. \. &. Mclean was called IN 90
wait on AiAN HNNANlAH MNN NNNNN ~ NNNAN
"a formal report 20 the health Office, ~
Or. Hughcs'H attack. Or. Mclean wus
called ON this morning. and talked
freely regarding tho sickness OF Dr.
Hughes. said ho:
"Dr. Hughes " victim 90 his pro-
fcsalon. having called on patient us
late na Saturday night. who was down
with scarlet fever and at that time he
was feeling very much indiaposcd."
Ia speaking OF the epidemic OF scarlet
fever that has been sweeping the city
DR.. Mclean waNcd n little warm, II
attribute the whole thing said he. "to
criminal negligence ON the part of the
Christian Scientists: why / know u 10
be- fact that right here In the Seventh
ward children. whose parents were
Christian Scientists have sent their
children TO school while the fever HCahB
were literally pccling on. tho most dam
geruuH time. Tor the patient as well ua
the public, 90 be exposed TO o.. Some
thing must be- done.
II we phyEiClanH take u In hand we
VIII De charged with Jealousy and cou-
Hpirauy, and 10 fact everything con-
tcmptiblc; but I regard Il ms the duty
~ the prosecuting attorney and tho
city physician TO look into this matter,
and stop the spread Of a disease that is
more disastrous than smallpox, and not
only this but an other CONTAGIOUS dis
the Christian Sclcnc persuasion here In
salt Lake who have screened their
children from the health officers per.
Hlsting in the nbsurdity that there was
no disease existing. and allowing their
children 20 die, literal Victims % "a re-
lgiouH mania. could cite hundreds OF
cases. similar TO this and 10 IN high
time that the state took up some
means OF protection against the spread
Of disease that ~ unnecessarily prc-
clpltutcd because the cry Of persecution
may go up II We ever net upon the pct
whlms OF a sect or person. no matter
how absurd itH teachings, nor how
damaging LIS effects. They have taken
the matter IN hand In other States. and
N a case involving contagious disease
"a not rpgurtod Immediately 90 tho
health officers. the people VINO ure rose
punaihlc Tor its suppression are arrested
subjected 60 heavy fine and o. term
ln prison. the same law ought 90 exist
here, and n ! were the health board
ting here"
In regard to Dr. Hughes. Dr. Mclean
expressed himself "a feeling that there
was no Imminent danger although.
said he. Or. Hughes Is a very sick
man; he vomitod an last night, which
u u symptom ~ the worst form % the
fever; but I think with proper prccau-
DOCTORS COMMENT.
DR.. J. =. Richards was asked his
opinion In regard to the siCku ~ OF Or.
Hughes and said There is nothing
strange about Il. for a doctor Is as liza.
bic to that disease as anyone else; FOR
such IN the power OF It's contaEion. that
there II no precaution that can be
taken, TINT viii secure safety from its
rnvages N you go whore u is. And the
general idea that II attacks young peO-
pie almost exclusively is a falncy. for
older people are almost as APT 10 have
u as the young. The FIRST case OF scarlet
Fever ] ever attended was. that OF "a
lady over thirty years old "
hr. wilcox said he was sorry 10 hear
N Or. Hughes sickness. because. said
he, | realize that AN attack OF scarlet
fever Eocrha rder with one ofDr. Hughes
age, than with younger people. Dr.
Hughes iH without doubt a victim 20
his profession, for oven physicians have
no immunity from this disease. des-
pito an the precautions that are taken"
Or, Fowler expressed himself M very
different terms said ne! Scarlet
fever u very rare In an adult. ana
when Il does occur Il ~ not attended
with sufficient gravity 10 excite alarm.
In all OF my practice as "a physician.
with an experience OF over thirty yeara.
I have known but two or three cases
whore adults had scarlet feVcr-I ann
absolutely certain Of but one That
was whore a mothers nursing babe had
the disease. She herself had H. how
ever, IN "a modified form-scarlot fovcr,'
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