The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
SMALL Pox-wHo IS GUILTY.
(communicated.j

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For the past few months Chickasha
has been experiencing an epidemic of
smallpox. On July 18th the daily pa-
pers reported conviction against Dir.
w. i. BonnelI for not reporting a case
of smallpox. The complaint was made
against Or. BonneIl BY the city physic-
ian, Dr. vann. An appeal from the un-
reasonable verdict OF the four jury
men has been made.
Back Of this complaint BY pr vann
Is ain object OF personal prejudice
against fellow practitioner Of a diff
ferent school Of therapeutics, instead
Of an endeavor to do duty.
The case in question. which com
plant was made against Dr. Bonnell
was man who called at DR.. Bonnells
office aud protuFed some smelI pox
virus ann took this virus internally for
week. He was directed to take this
virus until he got constitutional symp-
toms. This virus produced consti-
tutionaI disturbance and produced a
few pimples On the mans face and
body, or III other words produced a
case OF vacinoid. Or. Vann swore out
a complaint against Dr. Bonnell for
not reporting a case Of smallpox, and
took the so-called smallpox patient to
the pest house. File was put in with
smallpox patients and made the regular
nurse Of the pest house, never being
sick a day. He was held there as
nurse ten days and at the expiration
Of ten days Or. Vann discharged him
and paid him $40, or 81 day for his
services as nurse. Now the Oklahoma
state board Of health, rule No. "A. page
27, says:
Quarantine shall be established and
maintained in each case for the period
specifically and severally named here
in:
@Asiatic cholera 2l days
Scarlet fever (scerletina,
scarlet rash) ...........35 35 days
smallpox .........s.. 30 days
Diptheria (including memra-
neous GROUP .............3 30 days
"Leoprosy, continuous confinement to
premises"
Now If the case In question was
smallpox why did the city physician
not quarantine the patient 30 days, ac-
cording to rule No. IA? Instead he
quarantined him 10 days and paid him
salary as nurse Of So a day A few
days later our city physician, Dr.
Vann, dismissed smallpox patient
from the pest house and the patient
himself swears he had over one hun
dred scabs on his body at time Of dis,
missal Eleven days after dismissal !
discovered the dismissed patient my
self and he still had scabs on him TO
prove my eyesight was not impaired
ANul ptHFh NotloiS Wtib tdtitu Iii tuH
four representing three different prac.
ticing schools They an agreed with
myself that the patient was still in
fectious. Further. this smallpox pa
tient swears he was under pr vann's
care in the pest house and never re-
ceived any medicine Internally or cx-
ternalIy This Is tie FIRST case OF
smallpox I ever heard 81 that regu.
Tar physician treated by suggestion
and food alone who knows how many
people this innocent patient has IN
fected In that eleven days? The dis.
missed patient states himself that he
was refused lodging place In all the
rooming houses Of the city. Very
soon the mass Of people viii demand
who Is guilty Of not stopping this ais
ease, and 1t is time for an inyestIga.
tIon. Respectfully,
WI. BoNNELL, MI