The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-07

The ships surgeons presented a re-
port Of the death in the sIeerage
caused by Intestinal trouble. Tho
victim died within three days. DR..
Doty, commenting On the case, says:
The history of the case indicates
very clearly that the man died Of
cholera. No other cases have devel-
oped on the voyage, but there are two
cases of intestinal trouble among the
steerage passengers at present. Cul-
lures have been taken in these cases
and the psychological examination
thus far shows no evidence of chol-
era. The final result will be ready
tomorrow morning.
Precautions Taken.
"The inspection and the examina-
ton of the SAINT Anna shows that
everything has been done on ship
board to prevent the spread Of the
disease.
"The Moltke, which arrived last
night from Genoa and Naples, has on
board one suspicious case, a steerage
passenger, but no action will be taken
with the vessel until the result of the
archaeological examination is known.
The SAINT Anna is regarded as pos
sible cholera carrier and in any event
PASSENGERS who have been exposed to
the patients will be transferred to
Hoffman Island.
sOn September 26 the steamer Ger
mania arrived from Marseilles and
Naples. On board the steamer
found an unusually good medical re-
port. The affidavit of the master and
surgeon showed no death in transit.
no cases of infectious diseases and
no suspicious cases; in fact, there
were no cases of any nature in the
ships hospitals, and special report
by the surgeon showed that there
were no intestinal troubles. But for
the past three or four months as an
extreme precaution I have had re-
moved from all steamers from Medi-
terranean ports all steerage passeng-
ers who have applied for treatment
during the voyage in oredr that OBJ
scure or irregular cases Of cholera
may be detected, ~"E ~
Died Later.
"Six of the passengers of the Ger
mania, who were reported on the sur
geon's journal as having applied for
treatment for minor sickness were re-
ported well on arrival, but were sent
to Swinburn Island. Two days later
one of the group, Maosin Scobin,
aged 28 years, a Greek, was given
treatment. Twenty-four hours later
the patient was in a condition Of col
lapse and died in u hours.
"Although the autopsy showed no
evidence of cholera, the examination
of secretions of the intestinal tract
showed the presence of suspicious Or
ganism. Specimens were sent to DR..
". H. Park of the health department
of this city, and to DR.. Anderson, the
bacteriologist of the United States
marine hospital service. The results
were presented to me yesterday and
indicated that the patient died of
cholera.
Must be More Careful.
This is a practical demonstrate n
of what is known as cholera car
rier;' that is, persons who may carry
organisms of the disease without any
symptoms to indicate its presence. In
this case, it was determined that the
extreme precautions were fully JUS
titled. AS the Germania case gave
practical proof of cholera carriers, it
indicates that in the future additional
measures must be put in force"
The death of the steerage passen-
ger from the Germania did not be-
come known until tonight
The Moltke, a Hamburg-American
liner, has 391 cabin passengers and
9SS in the stearage. Those in the
steerage who were exposed to danger
on the SAINT Anna will be sent to
Swinburn Island and similar precau-
ticns will be taken in the cases of sus-
picious illness on the Moltke Those
not exposed will probably be allowed
10 land tomorrow.