Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-24

tluued Dr. Mayo. And now place my
resignation 90 the hands Of Dr. King.
/ have prepared q paper or this dis
ease. which ] viii read now or at some
other time. as you gentlemen desire
lie was requested 90 proceed with the
reading, and presented the following re-
ports
Salt Lake County Medical Society:
Genuemeu-ln submitting this report
I have fully 10 mind the dangerous
ground on which ] stand. TT my de-
auctions are wrong ana my obserNa-
lions are incorrect / shall reap the just
criticisms OF my Confrorees aud be the
hrunt for ceusure and r.licule OF the
laltv. These are not pleasant but lt
the following lines Doe not the truth, 20
As because / have made grave errors IN
observing conditions ana have iailed
to comprehend what has been taught
me and what have read. Unfortunate
ly / have had no clinical experience In
smallpox and this should bc "a suill-
cicnt reason why ] should remain quiet;
bur an doing SO I cannot harmonic
what has been taught me with what l
have observed In my present capacity
as quarantine officer To is true that
even here my experience has been brief
I'm my official cau8cItv J have spoken
of the prevailing epidemic as smallpox
and I'm doing SO ] have followed the
steps Of my predecessor ana taken up
the work adopting the hypothesis given
hy the board of health This was well,
for 10 show the least doul, would Doe to-
relax the stringent quarantine meas
ures so necessary for the health of the
city and so successfully enforced by the
health commissioner
Any material that I may bring 10
your attention is not Intended Go alter
disciplinary measures enforced IN the
'past. The present epidemic should De
as well looked after from q prophylac-
lie standpoint as Is possible
have read with very great interest
the open letter 10 the State hoard Of
health of Illinois by DR. James Nevens
Hyde on "The Epidemic OF Modified
Smallpox Prevalent IN Some Portions
Of the United states" II appears 60
me that Dr. Hyde wishes 10 throw the
mantle OF reserve about his shoulders
by using the term modified Far be IL
from my Intentions 90 criticize this
great authority but I mention
the title OF HIS paper as a
proof that there r. some doubt IN his
mind as TO the diagnosis of the disease
I'm question. The diversity OF opinion
not only among the laity hut among
the medical profession has called forth
opinions from various sources. But as
vet no one has placed himself on record
by unqualihedly calling the prevailing
disease smallpox There is "a tendency
20 cast out the name with q string tied
20 Il In case that should "a dInuenia-
ton be made 40 may De hauled back
II viii be remembered that the meii-
cal profession was az sea on another
great problem early In the present crn-
fury. The subject OF this discussion was
typhus fever and the discussion lasted
from 1913 90 1850 Prior TO the former
date ana during this period many had
observed differences IN the continued
fevers I'm 1923 Louis great work APP
peared, IN which the name typhoid
was given to the fever resembling ny
phus' AT this period typhoid fever
alone prevailed in Paris and it was uni-
versally believed 10 be Identical with
the continued fever OF Great Britain,
where In reality typhoid and typhus Coz
existed; and the intestinal lesion was
regarded as an accidental occurrence Ia
the course OF ordinary typhus '-Osler.
10 was not. however tiN 1897 that Ger
hard OF Philadelphia pupil of Louis
gave 20 the world a full and satlsfac-
tory account OF the clinical and anato-
mical differences which are now recog-
hized The subject was not fully settled
an 1891. when Jenner's observations
were published. Thus we ind that u
took the medical world thirty-seven
years TO bring itself TO recognize ty-
phoid fever This is not the only case
where the medical fraternity has been
divided. In fact 20 seems that IL Is our
province 20 disagree.
MODIFIED SMALLPOX
Now comes along this so-called modl-
fed smallpox, which needs many eN-
Cuses and apologies from our medical
writer's for calling II such and causes
us 90 marvel why the aXloms Of old 10
regard 10 smallpox are not true, Theor-
ies explanatory Of dts mildness have
come from every source; none seem rae
ional 90 me. An or az least many
have followed the lead OF the FIRST wrI-
tiers tt is unpopular 20 do otherwise
There is a disease prevalent IN our
newly acquired possessions which is
known by various namcs-Cuban Itch
and Porto Rican chicken poX, Dobe
Itch and Manila Itch. None OF our
American authorities mention Sc. but
our returned soldiers are very emphatic
So its condemnation. / have seen no
reports on smallpox from the profess
sion that visited either Cuba or Manila,
hence tho lack OF authentic inf0rma-
|#.Ha H#HN.# q
this country have been On typhoid and
malaria principally. and ! DO not doubt
that had even few cases OF smallpox
occurred In the American army at
either 10 these places due recognition
would have been given it This Dobe
Itch or Porto Rican chickenpnX was not
considered Of much importance. else
more notice had been taken of 70 boy the
authorities II this disease was small
p0y why was 70 not called 500 Does the
warm climate ~ Manila and cuba mod
crate the virulence Of smallpox? II so,
why does not the climate OF Mexico and
New Orleans moderate 10 also2 And
further why does not The disease OF
smallpox resume its vlrulence when IN
uoluced into a temperate climate.
! believe This prevailing disease was
introduced 10y our returned soldiers. my
reasons being these when The call
was made Tor volunteers 90 go 90 cuba
and Manila every State was represent
od and every town sent ne patriotic
sons DO the wars. Tho war being over
these soldiers returned 90 their homes
and simultaneously throughout the eX-
tent Of the country and Immediately