Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-26
SPECIALIST VALIN'S PLAIN STATEMENT.
Endorses Action of The Local Health Board and Says Smallpox Visited Isolation Hospital and Other Places To-Day in Company With Health Officer Kilmartin-Makes
 Statement of What He ias Seen and Heard
 Contradc pr Lodges Published
Statement

in your mInd, professor, regarding tho
 presence of smallpox in Waterbury, | The professor: "Why, Great Gods
 no; emphatically, no. What else is it?1
 The reporter: 'Will you call at the
 pest house?"
 The professor: q don't think if
 necessary"
 The reporter: ''If you don't, soma people may say that you render a de-
 cision without considering the evidence,
 and then you will find yourself in the same position as did the state board of
 health. In that case you will be
 obliged to do as the state board, make
 q second visit"
 The professor: 'very true, indeed.
 think Undressing Health Officer Kil-
 martini it would be well to see the pa- tients at the pest house."
 | Health Officer Kilmartin: "Yes, I think so, too. The evidence is availa- ble now and this is very opportune | time to take it."
 Talking on the question in a general
 way, Prof Valin said that he intended | to explain the whole matter in detail to the French people tomorrow. as- sure them that no mistake had been
 made in the diagnosis of smallpox and counsel them to cooperate with the authorities in an honest and deter mined effort to check the epidemic. He considered it something that concerned | everybody in Waterbury and thought | that after he has had an opportunity | to speak to the French people and
 make his finding public in the English ! language, any misunderstanding that
 may have existed in the community
 over this matter will have been re-
 moved and that all will be of one mind l on the question:
 l Prof Valin's views on smallpox symp- toms and the need of extreme precan- | tion in time of an outbreak of the
 maladv agrees i'll every point with what Dr Lindsley said on the subiats
 at the meeting held in the aldermaniG chamber a week ago today He cx-
 pressed much pleasure at the recept;on l rendered him by his friends in Water
 bury and had nothing but praise for | the courteous treatme shown him bv Health Officer Kilmartin. He didn't ] force himself upon the health officer.
 he said..He called upon him. explained
 his mission here and the health officer,
 without any hesitancy. cheerfully con-
 sented to give him ample opportunity
 to see for himself.
 | The insinuation that the remark in
 yesterday Democrat that the professor
 had left town with a very poor opinion i of some men who pretend to be doctors l had reference to Dr Mum and Dr
 Lodge. is without foundation. Neither physician mentioned reported a small
 pox case to the health officer and no
 charge had been made by the authOri-
 ties or anybody else that either had
 conspired with smallpox patients to conceal the disease. so that Dr Mum
 and pr Lodge are not in this thing it
 all except as outsiders. who dropped into the quarrel after it had had good start. But. of course. if they insist upon wearing caps that never were in- tended for them. it isn't likely that
 anybody will try to prevent them. That is their own business but if they
 do not like that kind of headgear they
 must not try to have the public believe that they are masquerading in this at tire on account of what somebody has said of them.