Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-21
SPECIALISTS WILL COME.
So Voted at Mass Meeting of the French People yesterday----Si75 Raised to Defray the Expense---Red Hot Debate at Satur- days Meeting Between Report.
 CTS and Undertaken.

John Vallee presided at the meeting of the French people of Waterbury, held in Congress hall yesterday after noon, to take action towards raising funds to bring a specialist here from Canada with a view to demonstrating that there are no cases of smallpox among the people of that nationality in this city. Among the speakers were A. G. Auger, E. s. Baribault ana Dr Lodge. It was an interesting ses- sion and during the discussion that took place the newspapers and the or ficials came in for some pretty nice rubs. MT Baribault reported that he had received permission from Mayor Kilduff and the health officer to bring a specialist here and on motion it was voted to accept the offer and have him brought here as soon as possible. An effort will be made to have an ex- pert from Montreal here during the present week. About S175 was raised towards defraying the expenses of the specialist and the balance will be on hand in a few days. This ought to settle the difference among the physi- clans as to whether or not we have smallpox here. If the specialist de- cides we have. the doubters claim that they will be willing to admit that they have been misled. Those who believe the disease is smallpox are glad to have the specialist come here and regard it as the only way they could be fully vindicated in this matter so that the proper thing to do now is wait and see what we'll see later on.
 Echoes of the meeting held ill the aldermanic chamber Saturday after noon when Secretary Lindsley and oth CT members of the state board of health heard parties on the smallpox question continue to be heard. Dr Lindsley is an interesting talker and while he found himself up against such men as Dr Lodge. Dr Munn, Dr Hinckley, Dr David, Undertaken Au- ger, l.. ". Anderson and others, still he proved himself more than a match for the whole of them and it was in teresting to see how they wilted be fore the replies made to their queries by this eminent gentleman, who has been practcing physician in Connec ticut for over fifty years. Dr Linds- ley made one remark which was in full accord with what Dr AXtelle said on this question to a Democrat report CT some time ago, that is, that skill ful physician can tell smallpox at sight The doctors who are endeay- bring to convince the public that we have no smallpox here thought they had convincing argument in support of their contention when they came prepared to prove that cases had been pronounced smallpox without a ther- mometer being put into their mouths to take their temperature. Dr Linds- ley made very light of this, not con sidering it necessary i'll all cases. He laughed at the absurdity of anyone claiming that because a person was able to do a little work was the req son why the patient had no smallpox and cited cases of men who had passed through a siege of the sickness and considered that they never felt better in their lives than while they had it.
 Seeing themselves cornered from medical standpoint, the advocates of the smallpox hullabaloo in Waterbury switched off onto something else, economy and turpitude on the part of the physicians in charge of the isola- tion hospital. Dr Mum declared with great vehemence that the people were sick of this cost and that it should be stopped. At this juncture Dr Lindsley handed pr Mum pic ture of one of the smallpox patients and asked him what he thought that disease was. The anti-vaccinationist eyed it closely and replied that it looked like smallpox.
 Dr Lodge inquired of Dr Mum If It were not true that he had in his possession a picture of a mans arm that had been amputated and which showed marks similar to those on the bodies Of the so-called smallpox pa- tients. Dr Mum replied in the af- firmative and then Dr Lodge fired an- other question at his colleague. This time he wanted to know if it were true that the condition of the arm re- ferred to had been brought abont by an application of croton oil Dr Mum said this was true.
 These questions appeared to nettle Dr Lindsley and wheeling around quickly in his chair he picked up an- other picture and passed it over to Dr Lodge. remarking as he did SO: Look at that and see if you think the effect shown on the body was pro- duced by an application of croton oil?,
 
 hands for a few moments before look ing at it and this time he utilized in assuring Dr Lindsley that he had the greatest faith in the honesty and skill of the health officer. He never insin- uated. he said, that there was any in- tentional wrongdoing in this whole matter. The doctor then glanced at the picture and after seeing all he wanted of it returned it to Dr Linds- ley, accompanied by a remark to the effect that he thought the body could be made to look like that by the use of tartar emetic ointment. Dr Linds- ley said that he himself) knew that this was not so.
 At this stage of the proceedings Dr Mum wanted to know what proof we had that these were pictures of the pa. tients at the isolation hospital
 MT Kilduff wanted to know if Dr Mum considered Dr Frost and Dr Kilmartin reputable physicians, but the willy doctor gave this an evasive answer by stating that he was not aware that he ever said whether they were or not. But" added the doc tor, 'I think all this trouble would have been avoided if a few physicians