Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-16
NO EPIDEMIC
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In Wauseoni The Town-is Not Quar-
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antined- All Possible eiiPrecautions
for the Prevention of Spread of
Disease Being Taken by Village
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Authorities and Business Men.

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There have been wild reports cir
culated in regard to the prevalence of
smallpox IN Wauseon and many peo-
pie through the county have the inn
preston that the town is in quarantine
land that the number of cases of the
disease runs all the way from II to
%. The facts at present writing,
Wednesday evening, Jan. 14th, are
that there are five cases of the disease
in Wauseon all of which are trace
able to one source. These cases are
fah under quarantine in the homes of
| the patients and the members of the
families of the patients are confined
by the quarantine to the houses in
which these patients are The village
council met Tuesday evening of the
present week and went over the stu
alton and the health officer has issued
and posted notices to the effect that
persons knowing themselves to be
exposed to the disease be vaccinated
Or failing to do so, confine themselves
60 their respective residences; that
no public gatherings for any purpose
be held until further notice; that per-
sons do not loiter on the streets or in
public places; that all public build
.ngs and halls be fumigated and that
III dogs or cats. kept on premises
Where quarantine is declared shall be
tumigated and discharged. B. F.
King and W. ]. Harper have been
appointed quarantine guards with,
special police powers. The churches
aave been closed, and !. the schools
we're closed Monday The pool rooms
and other business places have been
fumlgated< and the business men gen.
orally have Sinaugurated a system of
fumigating their places of business
every evening after business hours so
that they shall be kept free from dan
ger. of Infection; all of these precau-5
| tionary measures have been taken to
prevent an epidemic of the disease and
TO make the town a safe place in
which to trade. AS a matter of fact
there is no danger to those who wish
10 come to Wauseon for the purpose
Of trading or transacting business of
/ any kind. "A majority of the citizens
have submitted to vaccination and the
use, of antiseptics is general.
The Actual Cases
As stated above every one of the
five cases of smallpox that exist is
traceable to one source: A woman
with a very light form of the disease
came to her parents home in Wau-
seon; it was not recognized as small
pox until after the disease had de-
veloped to the stage where infection
was inevitable and the woman not
knowing what was the matter with
her. had infected others. The first
;ase to develop was in her own home,
and was her brother. Mr.. E. L. Bur-
goon was the next and with him it
has proven fatal; he died Tuesday aft
.arnoon. /, Mr., Burgoon was suffering
with case Of the quinsy and for that
reason may have been more suscept-
ible to the disease; he was infected,
undoubtedly, while waiting on the
woman who came as a customer into
hisaplace of, business. AS with the
two cases above, so with all the cases,
thea Infection has come through. con-
-5satslwith the woman referred to and
it Is to be born in: mind that each of
these cases. have been -quarantined
with their families and all those who
may have been exposed have been vac
cinated and many of them are con-
until such time, as the possibility Of
.-a-ssS Infection. and Prevention
Just how infection takes place, med
ical authorities do not claim to know
but the hypothesis which has most ad-
herents, to quot from one authority,
that are developed in the epithelial
cells, of the skin in the later stages
of the disease, lodges in the respira-
+Or ~ Of
ual where it produces a lesion and
undergoes development and increase.
This first development occupies per-
period of incubation.
FrbEns the above it will appear that
thekfreqdent use of 'antiseptics in the
help to prevent, the development re-
asite; it follows that a very wise pre-
caution is the use of -antiseptics., Here
is partial list of effective antisep-
tics that may be obtained. at any
drug store and should be used, diluted
one.to four, as a spray, -douche or gar
gle; Tor in all these ways. Also as a
spray on. clothing;
Listerine Glyco Thymoline, U. S. P.
dIlLlSepllC SOluClOH LILY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
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These should be used often during
the day. ,s
We have received request that we
publish the symptoms of the disease.
During the IL days of incubation
above referred to no symptoms are
usually manifest, in rare cases rash
appears; at the end of this period the
disease begins with sudden onset
In adults a chill and in children con-
vulsions are the common initial symp-
toms.
There may be repeated chills dur
ing the first "a hours; there is usual
ly headache with intense pain In the
lumbar region of the back; vomiting
particularly in children rs also COM
mon at the onset. The temperature
rises. quickly on the frst day, to 103
or 104 degrees. It is generally not
until the fourth day after.&the onset
that the eruption begins to appear;
| first, in small red spots on the fore
head, wrists and hands.
The essential thing for men and
women to do in such a time as this
is to keep their heads. There is real
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