The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
MORE CASES OF SMALLPOX
One at Roche Haroor and Five at West
Sound--RemedioxS Suggested

One at Roche Har1or and Five at West
Sound-Remediox Suggested
More cases of smallpox are reported,
two of the victims being r.. E. Scott,
at Roche Harbor, and Joe Vetter, OF
West Sound. Mr.. Scott arrived at
Roche Harbor, Monday, March 24, to
work for the Lime company, having
only recently arrived in the state from
Montana. He spent few days in Sc
attic, where the disease has been cpl
demic for several months, and it Is
probable that he caught the cOntagioil
there. He is quarantined in the OLD
house on the trail between the lime
kilns and Wescott bay and is reported
to be getting along nicely under DR..
Capron's care and nursed by man
who has had the disease. The Lime
company requires all of its employees t.
be vacoinated and there is little likeli-
hood of the spread of the disease there
as the result Of negligence or lack OF
proper precautionary measures.
News of the Vetter case came Mon
day in letter from DIR. Fitz-Mathew
to DR.. Wright, health officer, wi,c
went over to West Sound immediate
ly. The young man is not much sick
and no serious results are anticipated
in mis- case. But DR.. Wright found
that he is not the only one who has
The disease III that locality and it seems
that most of the people in the neigh
borhood have been exposed. Mrs. Fred
Pineo, living about half way between
East Sound and West Sound, is said to
be quite sick with it and Hans Han
sen, James Bagby and Fanny Nichols,
all of West Sound, are also reported to
have it, the doctors having no doul t
that it is "the real thing" in a mild
form.
Reports from all over the country
indicate that wherever the disease
is prevalent it is with few exceptions
unusually mild in form. 1t is undoubt-
edly true, however, that very mild
cate virulent attack to another.
Some weeks ago the Post-Intelli-
gencer published communication
which it had submitted to the CITY
health officer, purporting to give
cure for smallpox, as follows:
"For the benefit Of the public, I wish
you to print the following cure for small
pox in your paper. If counties would
compel their physicians to use this treat
ment, the dread disease of smallpox
would be stamped out, and there would
he no need of pest houses Sulphate of
zinc, one grain; digitalis, one grain; SUI
gar, half teaspoonful; dissolve i'm wine
glass of soft water, or water that has been
boiled and cooled; take a teaspoonfu,
every hour.
EITHER smallpox or scarlet fever will
disappear in twelve hours. For children.
dose must be diminished according to
age.
Another thing worth knowing is that
If a smallpox patient is kept in a room
shaded with red blinds, or with a red
shaded light, no Disagreement will re-
suit from the disease. This has been
proved by recent scientific experiments"
The health officer said that this So
called cure had been known for a long
time as had also the fact that disfgure-
ment can be prevented by keeping pa
tients in rooms shaded by red or green
shades. He further said,
"Dr. Clark, noted eastern physician,
has recently claimed that a teaspoonful of
cider vinegar, taken three times a day,
will prevent ones catching smallpox and
will hasten the cure of the disease after it
has been contracted. | am trying this
cure on two patients at the present time"