Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-19


 time quarantine was established ny wife and the patients sister were Jeff st home and occupied the ioWe' soor and they have 9t no time sine7 the develonment of .he seaSe been in conh9ct with the patient nor nave +bov been upstairs, CT received any an,+icle from up stairs. In other words the patient has been absolute 1v isolated in his, room wy WIZ .r If Q very nervous temperament. and for two weeks after the quaf2ntiGe vJa, established failed to secure need. od rest and sleep at night or at any
 other time, she became hlsteflcal' and wss simply unable t9 bear ta7 strain upon her nerves any longer without a complete physical break down. When I recognized that the limit of her endurance had been reached. I telephoned Dr Thompson, | the nresident of the Board of Health, and told him of my T'ifezs condition. pr. Thompson asked me who my phy- ! sicians were, and I told him DTS. Jenkins and Clark. He told me that he had perfect confidence in these gentlemen, that he would take thelf word as to what was right and prop CT at any time and that they could ad@ wise me as to the ways and means necessary to take in the premises then told Drs Jenkins and Clark what Dr. Thompson mad told me. pr Jenkins then said that pr. Clarke had been Mrs Eisenkramer's physi- elan for the past five years and knew better what she could stand than h. did and that he would leave the en- tire matter with him. pr. Clark said that my wife had reached the limit of her endurance, and that it was ne. cessary to remove her to prevent complete breakdown Both, Dr. Clark and myself construed what ha been said by Dr. Thompson as per mission to act in the premises pr. Clark instructed my wife to provide herself with new clothing, (which she did, ordering same from down. toWn), to take a bath, discard ever article of old clothing, put on the new and immediately leave the pre- mises. This was done and she went straight to the Davis Hospital, where to all intents and purposes she has been isolated in her room, without any orders from the i.o2rd of Health There was no attempt made to con- ceal the next day that she had beel removed to the hospital. She has been there, confined to her bed, and under the care Of her physician ever since.
 Sc far s.s the orders of the Boar of Health are concerned, made at the special meeting last night, these will be strictly carried out
 Yesterday morning I learned that | warrant had been sworn out by the city physician for the arrest of Mrs. Eisenkramer, for breaking the quar- antine. I immediately went to see the chief of police advised him Of Mrs. Eisenkramer's condition and he stated to me that it was not his in- tention to serve the warrant so long as she was confined in the hospital I then went to see Dr. Thompson and that gentleman received me in his usual sweet and Chesterfieldian man. ner. I advised him of what had been done, and he immediately de- manded that my wife must be moved back to her residence, and if that was not done he would quarantine the Davis Hospital. I then requested that at a meeting of the Board of Health, Dr. Clark and myself should be permitted to make an explanation, and Dr. Thompson said that We had violated the law, that We had no righr to be heard, and that unless his or ders were complied with the hospital would be auarantined. Soon after wards these same orders were com municated to Dr. Clark and the hos pital authorities with a demand thal they be complied with by six o'clock p. n. Before the expiration of the time limit Dr. Thompson and the city physician were informed that Mrs. Eisenkramer was going to the remain i in the Davis Hospital, and that they might proceed to do whatever they deemed proper under the circum- | stances.
 And here I want to thank and con- mend the hospital authorities for the sane and consistent view they took, after being assured by Dr. Clark ani other competent physicians that there was no danger to anyone in the pres ence of Mrs. Eisenkramer at the hospital