Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-28
THE DOCTOR
N NURSE
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attention send IN. incIosed lis, NJ nv
patients ,o Dr ToyIor a, tho ,unction
II Describes their condition and the
general course NJ treatment which
have nursuod en- he will undere,apd
IIo will have ia takc charm or them
for ,ho nrosen, Ca,hcr nm ,ba noners
and odds and ends in nv Office and IN,
in nv desk In case I never return
send them In nv hrotScr at cnalviIlc
In the eo,no noe,ihlc cout,uroncv alen
sond In. II,tIo nockare in tho eccre,
drawer of nv dosl To Miss Ethel W.
poss a, address pivcn
"ARTutrR
up c-t nm n. tnroeouo v,,,oy"
There was no need OF c%xplanatlou be
yond the pDs,script. That told the
whole story. and they followed on, the
Instructions of the notc with grave
faces for during the four vears he had
been among them all the people % the
little farminr ~villare and surrounding
mountainous country had yrnwn IN Ike
Young Or Cameron
Ionogomc Valley contained % ar
more Families az the mog, shIr,Ioes and
nover,v-s,rlckcr cart ,rbcv nn,v work
cd when work was absolutclv necessary
To keen them from starving and ,ho
matter OF raimcnt and shelter was ~
snrond,rv and slInh, importance When
q man ar h,v woe wi,hou, ambition
and too lazy TO work he was advised 10
go to Lonesome Valley. for only to such
as he dId II hold forth Inducements
There was nothing bugv at Lonesome
Valley, no order. no emulation. no 0c-
cupatlon, not even any sanitary condi-
ton And now the hour of ifs retribu-
lion had come. for a frlphtful endemic
OF smallpox had brolcn out. from
which rcport aid not one house had cg-
capped.
There wore few doctors I'm The enareo-
" Settled country and the nonnlc werc
ueuaIIv ,on rnor ,o hire ,r,irc1 rureoe
FOR tbn,r own families On all ,bov reI,
thnv couId do for ,bensc,vce AND ,ho
valley was to surround tho infested dl.
tr,c, with a rordor ~ armed mon under
pcrcmntory orders 10 nrevcnt anv nm
escaping, and TO place provisions where
those within the line could reach them
But no communication OF any Kind
should pass between the valley and the
world outside. no ucreuu mus, leave
and II one should slim I'm he must re-
main until the end. And the terror
Of the country was so great that these
laws would be rigiIly enforced.
The valley had alwavs bcen Igolo.od
and stunned an ulcer uuon the conn
,ry. and the plague ha. boon rapin,
a week before the ~lctharric Inhabitants
awokc to It's nature and a ruruor or II,
rot out6,lc. Dr. Cameron wag AWAY
Waiting g,me Of his moro dlstar,
mountain uaticnts and II w,a several
days before he returned When h. ala
he went promutly in invce,iyate I'm.
condition of the valley. and was gboc,,-
ed al the real state of affairs 1bcro
WAS urgcn, need for nlrgog and nbvsI.
clans. but nurses could not he pottcu
from the ueiphborhood and there w,g
no money to hire trained nnca. and me
was the only DhvsicIan ayaIlabI. for
Dr. Taylor was too old so he seni hack
hIs horse with tho note and az, IA
work lie was Young and stronp with
trained courage and mlIgclcs and with
almost Incxhaustiblc vitality lie uug,
he nhysician and nurse himself for
no others would come.
There were fen casos wbor be on,.r-
ed the valley and ca n.onIo whom
Wild. unrcasonInr terror was reducing
them 10 the condition OF casy future
victims, lie quickly o]rranizcd tho
more capable of them into nurscs and