The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-22

ueSIe" the cream supply had NOT
c1eFer reflection met instant
encouragement in the discovery that
Tue Motel, besides obtaining cream hy
SepaFatorS from milk purchased from
tht uairleS. had also bought il from
io"r other creameries. two OF them
III the adjacent State Of Mississinni /
II was also learned thai all Of those |
stilcheh nad used cream, in their cof-
zee or with their cereals and fruit.
Which Of the fonr GREG was
hkedy 10 be the guilty one? To answer
inis question the investigator made
anrolt use OF a fact reyeaIed ty the
Stewards books. which might have
seemed to have ne signif canoe la lay
men. who, like DR.. Watson. would see
h same things As Sherlock Holmes
out with different eyes.
The physicians had noticed tbs,
eleven typhoid patteats could be
os<tNed intOstwo groups, according te
the tiRe st WHICH they were seized
ny the malady. The first greuD fna2
between March Z and 1s. and the
second bet March ls and ga
the Aeward'S showed that
from one Of the MismsaiDpi dairaes
the hotels purchased twice a much
cream as usual ia the periods hej weea
March IA and -. Just at the time
when tiAe two groups Of infection were
! occurring - dairy WAS supplying
unusual quantities OF cream. This
creamery AT onca bees Hae suspect ia
the eDinion 81 tine doctors.
their deduction from the caew Of
the hotel accounts proved correct
Tie dairy was f0HnA 10 be in a state
Of amt described as DISGRACE
fal ORe employee confessed te hay
isls had typhoid len Eeaxs hefsTe. A
test Of has bioSd showed that his bsd<
E0s Nil riffs With the disease germs,
j In Which hzx n,HM ~ ID aaSinA hal AA.
cSnae aockMated. but whi.:a made hi<n
. dssuday source OF peril to others.
asol4:el in 4 ~HesthoASe GA N0Eth
RFefheF islAad. ". T.. is q stout aFA
sturdy woman, apparently ia robust
health. who bears the nicknAase Of
Typhoid Mary How she WAS ex-
1 POSED ii being what physicians 1errn
n cAreaaic typhoid genre aistr7tsISr.
and new b gained her siniste Fl sobra
, Qeet and lost her liberty Is aM Alb
/ SOFtsinS story ct a medical Waiian
-. Burns.
Il Some years ago the tevR of DyStel
BAY WAS startled by an epidemic o.
| typhoid which broke eut fn the fazu
ily Of a wealthy New York banker WAS
? had rented a house there for ia.
suE7EReF. IA quick Succession 1hers
caEae SAX cases. both among the fam
nF the servants. Two daughters
taae mother. tive maids and the gar
= < 1etANr were SN1lCkCn-
c1 These were the only cases ia OFstel
r Bay, in which the disease had 2p
peared before at only the rarest inter
;, 1xals. Here was a mystery Tor the de
e tectives OF science to uHravel. DR.
e George A. Soper, OF New York, under
: took the task.
t He was soop able tie exonerate TIA
. milk. cream aud food supsaies. 70
they were OF the best quality and Weri
e served besides to many other neigh
a | boring families. fhe house was rig
h erously screened against flies n TIA
q sanitary condition OF the premises wa
above repreech.
j. The household water was pHrnpe'
e from a deep wel. Or. Soper sen
e |experts, who made independent tests
3 They replied una ninaOusay that it WA
~uu.Asualis pure and conad not possifl
have been the cause Of Infection. Tn
wooden tank above the we'll INT
hich the water was Dutnped. wa
a found to be clean and covered.
second tank. in the attic of the hOu5'
was uncovered but the members c
the family assured the physician thu
it had not been used during the sum
Is Hner.
"a DR.. Soper investigated the medic<
history Of the house and learned thz
no case OF typhoid fever had occurre
there before for thirteen yeas.
ts The only possible theory now le.
was that OF personal contact wit
n some persos, infected with typAoi'
Had the family entertained any vsx
j. tors during the They ha
te not. Had they attended any picai1
el at parties No. Had they been
n New York or any other place Nor
,e Of them had left Oyster Bay siNt
arriving there three months besor
ae FROM the date o. which the cas'
Nv occurred. DIR. Soper calculates ia
as the time Of Infection was aSent AH
ID II. Il knew" he said. At abo'
n that time rome event happened VIII
g was responsible for the epidemic :
ouestioned every member Of the hous
held a. 10 whether they remember.
anything unusual happening on
r eahout August 1. Finally the Nous
keeper said:
of Why. 1t was hen the coOk W
discharged and we got another N
or from ar employment