The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-03

street. When he was first taken sick
DR.. Leavitt, who was called in, thought
the symptoms indicated measles. He
attended Wolcott only a day or two and
| later DR.. Haviland was called. He
| pronounced the case measles. Yester-
| day he decided it would be necessary to
remove the patient to a hospital where
he could receive proper nursing, and
! sent him to st. James hospital. The
| ambulance was sent for and Wolcott
was taken to the hospital. As he was
being carried in DR.. Johnson came
down the hall and CHANGED to glance at
| the sick man.
Why" said he that man has small
pox.'
CONSERVATION seized the attendants
and they let the stretcher down as
| though 1t had become red hot IRON
DR.. Johnson ordered the man taken
back where he came from. The order
was obeyed and DR.. Alexander was i'm
| mediately notified.
DR.. Alexander first caused the hall OF
the hospital and the ambulance to be
disinfected and then quarantined the
| Miller block, had an officer detailed to
watch the place to see that none of the
quarantine regulations were violated
and then informed Mayor Mccarthy.
| The mayor instructed the health officer
to use his own judgment and take ev-
| cry precaution to prevent the spread OF
! the disease.
Dr. Alexander accordingly conferred
with the county commissioners and
Joint meeting of that board and the
| board of health was called for the after
noon. 1t was decided at the meeting
that the city and county should act 40
| gether and that the most strlngest
| measures should be taken to prevent
the spread of the disease. 1t was de-
cided to put the pest house in condl-
| ton to receive the patient, to employ
| i,,@r, of nn6 r.
cordingly the pest house was cleaned
up yesterday afternoon and Wolcott
| was removed there last evening. John
Meehan was employed to drive the am
bulance and W. c. Lee was employed
! as nurse. Both are immunes. Meehan
! will remain and assist Lee Whlle the
| trouble lasts.
| DR.. Alexander stated yesterday that
| the case is of the continent malignant
4 type, while DR.. Haviland and DEN nit
| ford who went to the Miller house to
see the patient Immediately upon ms
return there, pronounced 1t a milo case
of yarioloid DR.. Haviland, in speaking
of the case, said: when I ordered the
i patient taken to the hospital the erup-
ton was at the stage at which it is
| very difficult to distinguish between
| smallpox and measles. in fact In many
| cases it looks more like measles than
| anything else. 1t was so In TINS case,
| that stage at which it is possible to tel.
| definitely, and as measles go very hard
| with people of Mr.. Wolcotts age-he is
| over SOL concluded 1t was a case OF
measles. 1t was some time between
the time l had sent him to the hosPltal
and the time he arrived there, ana IN
the meantime the case had more fully
developed. I saw the patient after his
return to his room and I think there
is no doubt he has Varlolold,
DR.. Leavitt. speaking of his connec-
ton with the case, said: when | was
called in Wolcott manifested all the
symptoms of typhoid fever. The next
day his temperature rose ana the nrst
rash made it's appearance. IN ABOUT 10
per cent. of smallpox cases the rash is
hardly distinguishable from scarlet 1e-
yer, and at another stage OF the erup-
ton it looks exactly like measles. rms
was one of those cases. On the second
day the eruption was ldentlcai WIN
measles, but the patient had such
terrible headache that I became suspl-
cious 1t was impossible to tell as yet
however, and I decided to wait till tho
next morning. At that time Wheh
called the symptoms We're sun more
like smallpox, and opened the man
shirt and looked at his breast. / could
not feel the small shot-like kernel in
the eruption as yet but I felt so suspl-
cious that I asked Wolcott if his father
ever had him vaccinated. He sald no.
and l remarked, Well, he committed
a crime He did not appear to like the
remark, though I merely meant to con-
vey my suspicious. I gave orders to
the man he had nursing him not to al
low a soul to enter that room, it being
my intention to get the health officer
and take him to see the patient.
came back up town and soon afterWard
a messenger came up and said l need
lat a G
offended at my remark for one thing,
and I am informed that a friend who
was admitted contrary to my order did
not think my treatment of applying
cold cloths to the patients head was
the proper thing. I fully expected the
case to develop into smallpox, and told
number of friends I had case of
sn1allpox on my hands. l intended to
notify the health officer, but was not
able to see him..
When the report was circulated yes
terday that smallpox had broken OUT
there was considerable excitement
about the city over it, and before night
it was pretty nearly as well known
throughout the city as though II had
been reported in the morning papers.
Much apprehension was felt, but there
does not appear to be any very great
cause for alarm, for while numerous
people have been exposed, DIR. Alex
ander states that in the present stage
of this case the disease is only mildly
contagious, and that with the precau-
lions taken he does not apprehend
spread of the disease.
The Miller house is in the same build
ing with the institution known as The
Workingmen's Home and Helping Hand
Mission where great many men find
lodgings at minimum of cost and are
provided with cheap meals. While the
| home is entirely separate from the
Miller house, which is on the top floor,
while the home is on the ground floor,
it was decided advisable to quarantine
the house also. Both places are there
fore now, under quarantine and two Of