Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10
FEVER AT INSANE HOSPITAL
Eighteen Gases Of Typhoid at Institution
at the Present Time.
NORE DOCTORS NND NURSES AUTHORIZED
Bishop Bonncum starts Another Cass
Against Father Murphy AZ seward
60 Restrain Him from Inter-
fering in the Parish.
From a stan correspondsnt.l

(From a Stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Oct. 9.-CSpecial.)- appeal
Of Superintendent Greene Of the Lincoln
hospital for the insane to the State Board
Of Public Lands and Buildings for assist
ancs today disclosed the fact that the in
stitution has a serious epidemic Of typhoid
fever which has infected nineteen persons,
who are now isolated. with the possibility
that many moro Of the 600 patients may
have received the bacilli into their sys-
TENS. DR.. Greene said this afternoon that
Il IL dificult to determine Just how wide
spread the ravages OF the disease will be
because of the fact that II takes two weeks
for the incubation Of the bacilli, when once
they have entered the human system. The
state board has authorized the use Of every
possible means in fighting the disease.
Ton of the patients are nurses and nine
are inmates of the institution. Miss Shoe
maker, one OF the nurses, is not expected
20 live. The assistant superintendent, DR..
Hay, was reported this afternoon TO be
exhibiting symptoms OF the disease. The
patients have been isolated az well as pos
sible under the prevailing crowded condi-
lions and every EFFORT is being made to
provide for thorough disinfection. The
water has been boiled. the milk and food
carefully sterilized and a war Of exter-
are believed TO have carried the infection
from the nearby creek into which the
sewage Of the institution is discharged.
The fy theory is regarded by DR.. Greene
as the best explanation OF the infection at
present, although the pathological labratory
is In use day and night in the EFFORT OF the
physicians to determine the cause. DR..
Greene stated that the water supply lie Sc
cured from deep wells going below the
sandstone, and the reservoir was carefully
cleaned. While water Is the most fruitful
source OF the bacilli. he does not believe
that II Is the cause of the present trouble.
He says that he Is satisfied that the milk
r. not responsible, since every precaution
has been taken. Today the disinfecting
squad was sent out with instruction to
treat the reservoir and sewers with sui
phate Of copper in large quantities, the
method prescribed by modern research.
The female patients have been segre-
gated in one OF the rooms In the new
building, while the men are kept in one
OF the wards Of the main building. Thor
ough isolation has been provided and every
possible effort will be made to prevent the
spread OF the infection.
Nurse Attacked First.
Miss Shoemaker was the first to exhibit
ago. Four we're seized yesterday and two
suspects were on the lists this afternoon
The general nature of the infection IL
shown by the fact that those who have
been infected have had quarters In various
portions of'the main administration build
ing in which the major number OF the 60
patients are kept
The illness Of the nurses threatens 6
handicap In lighting the disease. There
are sixty nurses and the present va
cancies are partially filed from applica
tions on file. The State Board OF Public
Lands and Buildings authorized the SUI
perintendent TO employ the necessary hell
and expend the money needed to stamI
out the disease. An effort is being made
to secure nurse with special training II
the care of typhoid patients.
DR.. Greene authorized the statement tina
every possible aid known to medica
science will be used in fighting the cpl
demic. He is hopeful that but few hav
been infected and believes that furthe
infection can be checked, although he ad
mits the possibility of widespread distri
lem much more serious when the two
week incubation period has passed.
No HRsty Action.
]. L. Pierce, insurance deputy in the of
fee OF the auditor has issued a statemen
designed 20 place a quietus on the fear
that that department will act with TO
much haste in passing upon the situatio
growing out OF the investigation in Me-
York affairs OF the big Three" companies