The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-27

some of the courts sentenced men. But
while this good work is going on, 1t
would be well to put other branches of
the service under microscopic scrutiny.
Here is a remarkable story or army
medical administration at Dinapore The
wife of sergeant in the Kings Own Scot
fish Borderers was taken Ill with small
pox and admitted to hospital. She had
in her charge at the time the orphan
child of a color sergeant whose wife had
recently died. The child was transferred
to the wife of another color-sergeant,
who had two children of her own. In
few days 1t was found to be fevefish,
and spots appeared on its forehead, and
the woman in charge of 1t Immediately
sent it to the hospital. The doctor who
saw it poo-pooed the idea of It's having
smallpox, said It was most likely prick
" heat, and sent ii away. The woman,
alarmed. for ner own children, sent 1t to
the hospital again on the three succeed
ing days, and only on its fifth visit did
the doctor recognize that 1t had small
pox and admit it to the hospital, where
it shortly afterward died. While In the
hospital, the child was attended by its
own father, assisted by the wife of
band-sergeant After its death the wom-
an who had been attending TO II return
ed to the married quarters. Within a
few days she also felt unwell, and went
to the hospital. The same intelligent
medico saw her, and diagnosed ner com
plant as prickly heat On the following
day 1t was obvious even to her husband
that she had smallpox, and she was
conveyed to the hospital
In addition to the utter disregard of
the most elementary medical precautions
shown by these facts, my informant also
states that after the first woman was
removed to the hospital with smallpox,
no attempt was made to disinfect the
quarters she had occupied, or to isolate
died IN the hospital, the father, who
died int ne hospital, the father who
had been attending it there, returned to
his duty in barracks, as well as the
woman who had been assisting him to
nurse the child, not the slightest attempt
being made to disinfect or isolate either
of them. Finally, when the second We
an was taken with smallpox and her
husband went to the hospital for q
dhoolie fer her removal nc was told to
use one from the regimental guardroom,
which he did. after which, of course, the
dhoolie was put back for the conveyance
of any one else to the hospital who
might require it. Considering the sever
ity with which the most elementary
breaches of duty are visited under mill
itary discipline, 1t seems 10 me that the
medical officers concerned IN rnese incl
deLts ought to be forthwith court mar
tailed and punished with the utmost
rigor of the law. 1t is certainly not their
fault that the whole battalion, with their
wives and children. are not by this time
down with smallpox.
l am in no way connected with the firm
of chemists that compound Yanatas, ana
1 do not know of what it is composed,
but my recent experience with 1t was so
satisfactory that l now propose to rec
ommend it to ell persons contemplating
a sea Voyage. A friend of mine recon-
mended 1t to me, and mis- use of it led to
mine. He was. he said. a bad sailor, but
he had recently crossed to Holland. "A
heavy gale prevented landing. and the
boat on which he was pitched and tossed
sick. for even the captain and many of
the crew were. He ascribed his iIpmun-
ity to having taken a dose of Yanatas
before embarking. I published the let
ter, but at his request I did not say by
whom 1t was written. 1, too. am by no
means a good sailor If 1t is rough l
am always just going to be sick, If not
quite. The other day l bought myself a
bottle of this remedy and took it. AL
Though very rough between Dover and
Calais. not only YVES l not sick, but /
looked on with the air of the hardy and
seasoned tar, whilst most of my fellow
passengers succumbed.
Official reticence, not to use a stronger
word. about King Edwards health, has
been source of expense and disappoint-
ment to thousands Of people. curious to