The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-16
Exposed to Terrible Disease
Through Friendship
FOR ONE OF THEIR NUMBER
Dr.. Craig Taken With Incurable and
Contagious Disease, Is Attended by
Six Physicians Who Now
Await Their Time.

Philadelphia, March a6. Half dozen
professors Of Jefferson Medical College
are at their homes in this city waiting
for the first symptoms of disease
which will mean certain death. All have
been exposed, by duty and friendship
for one Of their number, who is now
dead, to infection from terrible and
comparatively unknown sconrge, malign.
ant cerebro spinal meningitis.
The doctors who are in extreme peril
attended the last hours of DIR. A. b.
Craig, who was martyr to his profes-
sion, having contracted the disease from
a patient whom the hospitals had re-
fused to admit on account Of its malign.
ancy. Or. Craig, who was one OF the
best known Of the younger medical ex-
perts, died early yesterday morning afs
ter frightful sufierings. His bride of
SIX months and his fellow physicians
were at his bedside. Everything possi-
bic was done, but science knows little
Of the germs which bore into the brain
and produce the disease, and all efforts
to save him failed.
All who were near him were exposed
to the infection, and all are aware that,
II the disease is contracted, they will
certainly perish in agony. Yet not one
hesitated when called upon to attend
the sufferer.
When DR.. Craig felt the first svmp-
toms he called up DR.. Hobart A. Hare
Of Jefferson Hospital, and calmly told
him Of his case. DR.. Hobart Ieaped into
q cab and hurried to Dr. Craig's house.
1929 Spruce street He took charge Of
the case and summoned his colleagues.
All Of them came and worked over the
dying man, but were unable to do more
than assuage his suiferings.
After he died they went home and
prepared to wait for week To see
whether OF not The symptoms would
come. pr. Hare locked himself in his
room and denied himself to everybody,
fearing to further spread the infection.
lie took salt water baths and injections
all day, but confessed, over the tele-
phone, that he knew Of no preventive
for the disease
The other physicians followed his ex-
ample and all are awaiting calmly 70
learn their fate.
DR.. Hare is quoted as saving that
all the physicians who were with DR..
Craig in his dying moments cannot con
slider themselves safe for a week. He
says that it has always been a mooted
point as to whether or not the disease
was contagious, but this case viii decide
it.
There il absolutely no precaution
physician can take against the disease.
Or. Hare declared. 1T is one Of the
most insiduous known to medical au
thorities. He can only watt
Dir. Craig's body was taken to Bos-
ton this morning. Funeral services were
held last night at the undertaking es.
adjustment Of Oliver Bair. 1917 Chest |
nut street by the Rev Charles i. Kloss |
of the Central Congregational Church, |
and Greene streets.
The services were arranged and held /
IT this unusual time because Of the
malignant nature Of the disease, and |
many of the young physicians warmest |
admirers and friends did not know they /
we're to take place. A few of his class |
mates and several professors from the
Jefferson college attended the services.
The physicians who fear contamination
ire ayailing themselves of sunbaths and
'lenty of fresh air.