The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-13
GOES TO CASTLEBERRYl
DR, SANDERS CALLED TO SEE SUs- E PICIOUs SICKNESS.
Reports Reaches state tEaeaIth 0Mcer
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One death and a desperate case or illness fin Castleberry, surrounded by dark suspicious of yellow fever, are under investigation by State Health Officer w. H. Sanders, who left last night at 9:30 o'clock over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for that point.
 Dr. Sanders made a hurried trip to rived from an official visit to Birming- ham only about two hours before leav- ing for South Alabama.
 K After he has completed the investi- gation at CastleberrN Dr. Sanders said last night, 1t was his intention to go to Mobile to meet Surgeon White, In charge of the fever situation in New Orleans. Surgeon White yesterday telegraphed Dr. Sanders that he would be in Mobile today ready for a confer ence on the subject Of the Alabama quarantine regulations against New Orleans. He will most likely try to persuade Dr. Sanders to relax the ban bit on the Crescent City, In view of the gradual defeat of the Yellow Jack there.
 The trip to Castleberry was deter mined upon right after Dr. Sanders came to Montgomery from Birming- ham. Chief Clerk w. R. Brassell of the State Board of Health, had earlier been engaged in a long distance tele- phone conversation with Dr. Marcellus McCreary of Evergreen, who gave the first news to Montgomery of the sus- picious cases of fever at Castieberry.
 Castleberry is Cnly nine miles below Evergreen, and Dr. McCreary early yes- terday morning responded to an urgent call to go to that point. On arriving in Castleberry, Dr. McCreary found .tfiat a woman had died a few hours before right in the heart of the town. She presented many of, the outward sysmptons of yellow fever on the ex- animation of Dr. NcCreary, who. how. ever. said yesterday that he had never seen case of the disease in his life. The husband of the woman who died is critically III with apparently the same disease, and Dr.. McCreary does not expect him to live more than a few hours longer. The couple seem to have caught the fever at about the same time, or a little over a week ago.
 What augurs against the probability of the cases being yellow fever, though. is the fact definitely proved that neither of them had left Castleberry during the entire summer. The ex- posture from merely residing in the town without single trip out is look ed upon in a very favorable light.
 It Is probable that Dr. Sanders will perform an autopsy on the body of the dead woman today if he did not resort to 1t last night on his arrival in Cas- tleberry at about IF o'clock. The pa, tient who is alive has been effectively screened, and 1t Is said all danger of spread from him now on will be avoided.
 ' Dr. Sanders appeared too much dis turhed over the news from Castleberry last night to discuss what will be the probable outcome of his engagement with Dr. White in Mobile today. The fact that the latter came all the way from New Orleans for the conference indicates that he will make a strong effort to get more relief from Alabama on the score of quarantine. The only concession to passengers out of New Orleans at present is that they can go straight on through Alabama. If they desire to remain out of New Orleans seven days in an uninfected community they can come to any point in this State without melestation. As to whether Dr. Sanders is prepared to re- lax the quarantine further remains to be seen. N