The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-31
FAMILY POISONED
BY CANNED T GOD
One Dead and Six Others So
Desperately Ill That They
May Not Recover.
THOMAS. NELSON PAGE HELPS
Opens His Private sanatoriun
and Sends Head Nurse There
to Aid Afflicted.

William Stanley, four years old, is
dead, and six other members OF the
Stanley family, in Hanover county, are
so desperately III from the effects OF
ptomaine poisoning that they may not
recover Dr. Leslie B. Wiggs, of this
city. who was called on as an expert
to diagnose the cases. returned to
Richmond yesterday. That the pa
assistance rendered by DR.. Thomas
Nelson Page, whose private sanato-
rum is six miles from the STANLEY
nome DR.. Page did not know of the
atiiction until one fatality had oc-
CURED.
The poisoning followed meal of
canned corn, canned herring and Ice
cream, which was served to the family
on Saturday before last, and ,ythe con
Dr. wlggs. IS much worses than 1t
might have been had the country ply
sicians facilities for proper treat
his neighbors We're In distress. Pr.
Page sent his head nurse. Miss S. a
Cabaniss. to the Stanley home. and she
has been there ever since. Miss Cab.
the Old Dominion Hospital here.
Cannot Move Patients.
The III persons are George w. Stan
ley, his Wife. Mrs. Annie Stanley; Two
grandchildren, Gordon Stanley. six
i.years old, and Percy Stanley, three
years old. All OF the patients are con-
fined to their beds, and are In such
tp Richmond for treatment DR., Wiggs
says he does not believe they will ever
be able to be removed. and, as Or. Page
! has offered the use of his private san
Who Who vii viii aecompany &c DR.: Wigs to
Hanover to-day, will, II 1t is practl-
cable, transfer the family to the hos
| pltal.
-.
suffering was received in Richmond
Monday afternoon, when Mr.. Larry,
who came here at the request Of
George w. Stanley, applied at the Me-
mortal Hospital for doctor, after Ter
nature of the cases. Or. Wiggs was
| sent out on the case the following
morning. DR.. Stanley, of Hanover
county, with two assistants. has
first one was taken III, on the Sunday
| following the day the meal ives eaten
but he readily agreed that the case
was one for experts. and acquiesced
when the sugs estion was made that
Richmond physicians be called.
| The corn was put UP by Mrs. Stan
Lew and the canned herring was pur-
chased from country store. The Ice
cream was home made. DR.. Wiggs. af-
ter a thorough examination, believes
! ptOmalne poisoning is the natural dag
nosis, but thinks metallic poisoning
combined to make the results more Sc
rious, and he is surprised that the pa
tients should have been alive when he
/ arrived, he expects. il possible, to
| remove the patients to the Memorial
Hospital here. as, at Dr. Pages sana-
sorium there may be some delay in Sc
curing everything necessary for proper
treatment or the cases. which are very
rare.
George W., the father, and ], T. and
/. Waiter Stanley his sons, are prosper
1 GUS Hanover farmers. They live about
eight niles from Beaver Dam, and the
slnearest railroad station is Hewlett's.
flS Est 'iaa sad Dr w,rrs sen say ahe
We're as desperately III as people could
be and remain alive. None OF the five
could take nourishment. but left them
in fairly good condition. and ] don't
expect to hear of any fatalities before
II i get back"