Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-15

. Lfg lIhNl it'NN'"H va '
M Medical society was the most
-,kabs one ever held by that or
,nuon i appeared to have been
d solely for ,he purpose Of obllter-
as Mr AS possible, the effect Of
i uaws paper on smallpox, present
4 tire. weeks ago.
nTB. Beatty member Of the city
I from the Fifth precinct, secre-
Nm Of .hs state board Of health, etc.
srsd 90 Dee 10 charge OF this feature,
ss called upon certain members
4 time TO time for their views and
on the aoor at least ten times dur
h DE evening.
#faH came ABOUT in this way: Three
~ ag1 Dr. Henry n, Mayo, who
r he'd the position OF inspector Of
ar1us diseases, and was in charge
"A ihg isolation hospital where be had
'4rGel d cases of sO-Called smallpox,
ssn.ed the results of his experience
"A al nyaNirau0us He ala not ignore
n fact thst there was smallpox in the
.giei States. and IN fact referred to
n f1IdeuuCs 40 New Orleans and Los
g..ss al the present time. calling at
ion Do the mortality there. The
a DID point in his paper was that none
/. DE cases handled by him here pres
BE the characteristics OF genuine
lrlIpox
N DR. KINGS SECOND PAPER.
d A the meeting last night Dr. ], C.
d King who started the discussion
b. weeks ago. read another paper
u ai bee could add but little to the
.Ihmau0n formerly presented. IL
4 med absurd 90 him 10 raise a ques-
l as 10 whether there was an cpl
( uc Of smallpox in thte United states
Z, obs time. Certainly the disease IN
! ih was of a very mild type but 1t
y 81 smallpox He TOOK occasion 10
lgn compliment Dr. Mayo for the able
fller On which he had presented his
a N but the speaker was more
(. uughly satisfied than ever that the
q ,rs conclusion was wrong There
4 been cases here where the patient
D. been pItted. There had been cases
4 v.ng secondary fever. as In the case
u Al Hyler. now at the hospital, and
fa,a Vas almost cOnllucHL The main
\ 1,m Dr. May0's paper Was In regard
1 he pustules being unicellular, COLI
tH1g Z puuctured, From his informa-
! be believed this was not so. He
had Dr. Giesey (Dr Mayo's sue
sur az the hospitaU make expert
I-ia and be reported that there was
nay a drop from the side where the
-l,,ure was made. and no collapse ex-
~, under pressure. Another expert
fsli made hy Dr. Glesey was to in
q clrmlne fluid into the pustules. IL
Z hol color the entire pustule, but |
'll lhe part where the hypO was in |
I'el showing the existence of many |
h ana Was proof Of the existence /
Y Partitions 10 the pustule. one of the |
-uet's just discharged from the hos
'a also told him that there was an |
'-'i 10 me case OF Mrs, Hyler
DIR. BEATTY SPEAKS.
d. Beatty then took the floor ana |
% Dc had not come 20 add to the
lA DE came to solicit the most
l-IAtsi and Intense interest In the
-.'lan which DE considered was the
feIlous one the society had ever
INo-ih'rds OF the lalty OF the
aF considered that the disease here
"a A3i smallpox. This must be met
- overcome. The seeds had been
va u, ~ over so places IN this State. and
~ lAr comparatively small number
,ayeina.I1ns it would be a miracle
IeIt lll nlt come a terrible day OF
'lNlIs lie hoped we would not ex-
800 any such sc0urge as had been
I, '-I,4ssl DO The past and yet De could
ll ihat we would escape entirely.
\ bliyle lh hls report upon the cases
19a l.D characterized the disease
"r.iHel smallpox From his read
4. ~ Beatty believed that the epi-
.s,.. prevailing all over the United
M was smallpox, although the NOR
=. WV ..s.. Tie had received let
u9h pI NIko. OF Park city Dr. |
'Itt OF IunnIs0n. and others
I'm. showed ihe characteristics of
49, aai I'D not present the fea-
IN described by Dr. Mayo. There
,.'l zen mortality in Utah from !
ol5A There had been one death |
..s1sh one 40 Hoytwile. one In
N, ,'4hil one IN Wayne and one
l.'.tha There had also been a
n az Spanish Fork but the cause
.ss,5 ~ u A1i clear although the de-
am ltA9 smallpox The board OF
MI, , s'l been contending with
I'm ,s ~. obstruction such as had not
,s,e any Where else In the United
:. CASES OF FITTING.
IN IS cron.n and Kelley. two Of the
.as., y. 5lihs oi The epidemic here were
ssiro- as showing Characteristic
!, ,'ND A VAccINATED PATIENT.
N y Robinson % Provo. was called
f.ere. D.' beatty and gave his ex-
.ah .l,,. Quarantine officer for
an NJ W,l The FIRST case found was
fk ,s Palmquist OF Snanlsh
.ersis t. 'l tht cases In Provo wore
INA, '.4, lhe pusiules were r,ild.
.n Ms.tNe disease ala NOT come
: gI~. I''i'i az am. ID was raging ~
.n ~ uti9fe the return ~ enr eoi
.cli nom X, s philippines and was {
co. '''laa directly to Porto
. h5 nsI'l1s2a differed with others
. ,hat n. n,n On the subject. he
-eerg .t saoondar, fever was rot
. 0lor aN lo establish smallpov. I
nor wss tlot necessary 10 small j
!, q 5 REPRESENTATIVE. 2
of was ,ae Sanpete county health a
atiy a. r NY called upon by Dr. /
e address a., a good humored. SEN v
ana commenced by say. /