The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-22
.STORRS AWAKES.
City Physician Is Now {" In
Harmony"
Cooperating With DR.. Lowry
and Christian EndeaVOr.
MUST KNOW CAUSE.
That Is Trend of the Typhoid
Investigation.
II. b. Howard Improving and
Still Active.

orers and told them that he is working
in harmony with them in their cam
paign with the state board of health
against the epidemic in Topeka.
Just what work Storrs has done can
not be detected with the naked eye. So
far as known, he has not even called a
meeting of the board of health to con-
suit about the matter. He has not in
vestigated any of the typhoid cases.
He has not caused to be made any
chemical or meteorological examina-
tions of water or milk. OF course he
may have been doing all these things
secretly but it isn't likely. The things
that he suppresses are of different ma
ture
Meantime the Christian Endeavorers
and DIR. Lowry of the state board of
health are making an energetic effort
! to locate the cases of typhoid and ma
laria in the city. DIR. Lowry is collect
| ing data in regard to each case of
typhoid of serious nature and the
Christian Endeavorers are having tests
made of suspected water and samples
of food.
Miss Maude Griffith. president of the
| local Christian Endeavor union, is the
latest case of fever to be reported. 1t is
not yet known whether her sickness is
typhoid or malaria. She is one of the
active workers in the campaign against
fever.
H B. Howard, who started the Chris
tan Endeavor movement. is better to-
day; and it is thought that he will es-
cape typhoid His fever has abated,
and he dictated the following letter to-
day to the State Journal:
Il am happy to state that my case
has not yet developed into typhoid,
though with a paralyzed (embalmed)
stomach it is only small step. In fact,
stupefied digestive organs invite and en-
! courage all sorts of ills which healthy
stomach would throw off. 1t is true
I had very high fever. but my case
/ is well in hand, and will likely escape
| a typhoid siege.
information of typhoid and malarial
cases may still be mailed to me at my
business office. SOB Kansas avenue, and
will be attended to.
"Dr. Storrs is now working in har-
mony with DIR. Lowry and the state
| board of health. We have a long list
of cases of typhoid and malaria. Some
people are inclined to hesitate about
giving their names to us because they
think it will seem like an effort to ex-
cite notoriety and public sympathy. II
there are any such, we will see TO it
that their names are kept for the use
and information of those who are maxi
ing this investigation So don't hesi-
tate 20 send in your name.
4 have not entered this investigation
to light any one man. or set of men,
but we are after facts, and wherever
we discover any careless, negligent or
| ignorant practices among food supply
houses or officials. we surely intend to
use our ordinances to the fullest extent
1t is a shame and a disgrace on our
city's fair name that such amount
of sickess should be rampant, especially
in the most healthy and modern parts
of our CITY.
Our food inspector is quoted as say
| ing recently that only three of our
| butchers know how to use formalde-
! hyde. So much the more pity for To-
peka people. 1t is ignorance of this
drug that makes it the more deadly.
g. 49,. how
to use it, from all the laws 1 can find
on the subject. this drug is for the use
4 of the undertaken entirely, and is not
! found on the bill of fare of pure food.
If I am in error, 1 would like to be cor
rected. l believe the public ought to
know who these three butchers are so
that if we are to be embalmed alive,
we can have it done right"
| PREPARE A NEW MILK ORDI-
NANCE.
Food INSPECTOR Farnsworth, who
seems to be getting a large share OF
blame for allowing milk in which he
knew formaldehyde to be used to be
sold, said today:
I am going to prepare a new milk
/ inspection ordinance which will abSo-
| lutely prohibit putting any foreign sub
stances into milk In that way we will
be able to go after these milkmen and
clean out those who use any preserva-
tives The way the ordinance is now,
we would have to prove that preserya-
tives are injurious substances, and this
might be hard to do.
1T is getting so late in the season
now that milkmen are not obliged to
use preservatives to keep their milk, so
if we have this new ordinance ready for
next spring, it will accomplish all we
want to accomplish"
Mr. FarnsWorth was asked whether or
not he would make his promised eek
pose" of the Continental creamery. He
said:
Il don't want to do anything along
that line because 1 consider that II
would do more harm than good. The
Continental creamery is Topeka in
stitution, and the things / have referred
to have little effect on Topeka: There
fore why should / injure their business
and thereby injure Topeka, when To-
peka will derive little benefit?'
Mr. Farnsworth further stated that IL
it should be attempted to prohibit the
use of all food preservatlveS, that han
of the canned goods sold in groceries
would have to be condemned.
MALARIA EASILY CURED.
DIR. F. MacBarland, of 613 Branner
street. says that malarial fever is not
contagious, and is easily cured. Typhoid
he puts in a different class. He says
in a letter to the State Journal:
Il am much interested in the welfare
and health of Topeka, and after thirty
five consecutive years of practice am
surprised to see that malarial fever is a
contagious or necessarily fatal disease. 1t
| is a disease easily handled. and is not
contagious, but climatic. typhoid maIa-
ria is n combination. Malaria is the
starting cause Now I say that ten days
ought 10 put a case of malarial fever ouk
of bed unless the patient is an old per-
son with other worse diseases combined
Typhoid genuine is different entirely. You
should have been with me in western
Arkansas and Indian Territory from 1876
to 1880 to see it in its real native home
and full grown Not that I know more
than my brother practitioner. but / do say
that there is no need of losing one case
of malaria out of 10. First remove the
cause and the secret is solved which is
easy to do. No need of a scare on ac-
count of malarial fever 1 consider 1t
1 trif1ing disease, not conta gious or danger
Gus to life F. MCFARLAND
An Indian who committed suicide be-
| low Arkansas City screwed IN his co11r-