Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-02
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About S hi pox.
tContinned rom last week. j

II hu5 uS1soISG, uS l53J, "a Dealtn5 officer
IN Southern Minnesota wrote me
that.tWoEyourg nian, pr0prietors Of
a grocery store, had an ernptive#
disease which he diagnosticated chic
ken poX. replied at once, driving
his attention to the rdrity ofchicken
spoxiil adults, and advising him to
quarantine the eases. NJ 81 advice
was not heeded. ofafiFes 9, h, i
was called BY a 1F,ysGs.sssll to this
same place 8to.s see q, stlsi1icte{ss ease.
a boy had consulted him fitfl in III
#cerated colnea. Tie physieian no
ticed some BLUSH marks upon the
face Of this patient Further ex-
animation showed similar marks
upon other partsof the botI Me
=cornesti ulcer WAS recognized as the
remnant OF a small box vesicie. In
vestigatlon showed thai there had
been a anulnber Of ca ses off small I,ox
in this little city, the first one occur
ring early in July and being lat OF
a young man from Grand Forks who
was home on visit to his mother.
The disease had remained Isl soIated
until the grocery men contracted it
and carried it TO their store To dis
tribute with their goods TO the en-
tire community. At the time Of this
visit If6und two very typical cases
ofasnall pox, one heiIlg =. ma a9ito
had been under treatment n l]ospit-
al tor a compound fracture of.tile leg
and had there contracted small pox
#(the same SOURCE OF Infection a. that
for the boy with the corneal .uleef).
HeAWas at about the seaentIl OF the
eruption; the other a young lad. ygin
the second day Of Eruption. Iii this
latter case Interruption was quite eS-
tensWe, and being governed by' prev
ious. .ex perience with small pox, pre-
dicted foi her that she would un-
douhtedly be very sick during the
progress OF her disease In this Z
.ssts wrong, s;gssl q lliais hstssaiti
,,s
upon which / Visited her The temper
ature quickly fell to normal. The
patient was decidedly marked with
pigmented spots after her recovery
from disease. | have notseen her
for nearly two years, but venture
to state that. Judging from my
knowledge OF other e,ssf.SSs. 'stie in all
probability shows little marking
from the disease at this time. The
predictionsI / made as. to the serious
ness of this case Was unfortunate, for
the unbelievers III my diagnosis OF
small pox used this as an argument.
against my ability to recognize
this disease whenprpsent.
Much opposition to quaratine reg
ulations, and intact, to the diagnos-
is of small! pox, existed in this place.
In consequence, the disease was not
brought under control as it should
have been. 1t continued in the city
for a period OF nearly q year; it
spread from this place far and
wide through Southern Minnesota,
and northern Iowa. In the city it
sell there. was a total ofsone hundred
and one (101 recorded cases from
this exposure, without a single death
There was, however, four deaths at
other places traceable to Infection at
this point. This was my first, but
notfmy last experience with epidem-
ic small pox, with phenomenally
low mortality.
Clerk A. A. Dickinson, Of the NJ. w
A. OF Stephen, received a check
I x 4
Tuesday for 100000 in payment
OF policy carried by John Alfred
Anderson who died on the Goth, OF
last month. The speedy manner III
which the Woodmen pay their losses
has always been noted, but this is
one OF the speediest cases on record,
considering the fact that a guardian
had to be appointed for the heirs Of
the deceased before any other steps
were taken. This is the first loss the
Stephen camp has had. Leader.
Sam Retires From Leader.
81 Editor S. III. Clark has retired from