The times., 1899-07-08
NEW YELLOW FEVER SERUM.
DIR. Doty Tries His Discovery on the
New York Patients.

New York, July Miss L. C. Ciendenin
and Oscar f. Lackey, the two yellow fever
patients who came in yesterday on the
army transport Mcclellan, are now in the
hospital on Swinburne Island. DR.. Doty.
health officer of the port, is treating Mr..
Laclsey with the yellow fever serum which
he has developed after year of expert
ments. Two other passengers on the Nc
Clellan. John Ferguson. discharged SOL
dier. and John Tidmarsh, a tugboat cap
tain, who yesterday showed symptoms of
the disease, were also taken to Swinburne
Island yesterday and are under close OBJ
servation.
DR.. Doty spent last night at the Swim
burne Island Hospital with his assistant,
DR.. Fitzpatrick. He returned to the Quar-
antine boarding station at Staten Island
at $3.50 o'clock this morning. DR.. Doty
said:
Miss Clendenin is suffering from mild
attack of yellow fever and is improved
this morning, having lower temperature.
She stood the transfer to the island well
and was made comfortable in one of the
| private wards of the hospital. with
| trained nurse and her sister in attendance.
l have every hope that she will improve
| right along"
When asked today of the possibilities OF
| the yellow fever serum as counter force
to the action of the germ, DR.. Doty said:
| Il hardly think that will ever get COOL
opportunity to demonstrate its efficiency In
| these parts, as most of the cases that come
to us are past the first stages of the dis
ease. In order to counteract the influence
of the yellow fever germ in the system the
serum must be injected before any struc-
tural changes brought about by the infec-
ton of the system have taken place in the
| organs, for after that period the germ will
have taken such a hold that IT would be
| impossible to alter its course by the coun-
teraction OF any chemical.
Several weeks ago l sent DIR. Barnard
E. Baker, the well-known bacteriologist OF
Charleston, S. c., to Vera Cruz with a
quantity of serum which he will be able
to use in a great many cases where struc-
tural changes in the organs have not
taken place, and thereby be enabled to put
the value of its use to a practical test. /
am expecting to hear from him every day
and learn of the value of this serum. l do
not anticipate the development of any
further cases on the Mcclellan, as she has
been thoroughly disinfected.
Neither Miss l.. C. Clendenin, nor her
sister, Ella Clendenin, has yet learned OF
the death Of their father, Surgeon Major
| bieuutuiu uleu VI yei-
low fever at Santiago while the Mcclellan
was making her trip northward.'
The transport Mcclellan is at anchor of
Quarantine, with the disinfecting steamer
James W. Wadsworth alongside disinfect
ing the baggage and other effects and tht
infected parts of the vessel generally.
Before noon today telephone message
came from the Swinburne Island Hospita
saying that Mr.. Lackey's pulse had ad-
vanced to So early in the morning and hi!
temperature had gone down to 10l ga Ht
was doing we'll and there was reason II
hope that the issue would be favorable
Dr. Doty. however, said he could tell better
twenty four hours later. In the meaI
time Mr.. Lackey is receiving no othel
treatment Miss Clendenin is not bein!
treated with the serum, as her case is o
mild type and her restoration TO healtl
is expected.
This evening the reports from Swinburn
Island was that Mr.. Lackey was doing
we'll On the whole, it was said that Their
was slight improvement in hfs genera
condition.