New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-13
ANTHRAX VICTIM
WEAKENS; SERUM
TOOLATE, HFEAR
High Fever Clouds Morn
ing's Hopes-Second
Injection Given.
SNAKE VENOM CURE
OFFERED BY FACTORY
AntitOXin Found Success by
Leather Firm - Sufferer
Again Asks Score.

Reports from the bedside OF George
F. Stackpole in the isolated ward at
Bellevue last night indicated that "the
judge" as he is aiTectionately called in
Riverhead, Long Island, was weakening
under the attack of the deadly anthrax.
DR.. Z. NJ. Silver, of PIG Madison Ave
nue., Mr. Stackpole's physician, ad
mitted that the outlook was not favor
able when he left the hospital at
10:30 p. m.
81 am afraid we did not receive the
new government serum early enough"
said DR.. Silver. "Mr Stackpole's tenn
perature is rising steadily and he shows
great weakness. At o'clock his tenn
perature was 104, the highest point it
has reached. He was sinking into
comatose condition. The rising tenn
peraturc and the anthrax infection are
beginning 70 overwhelm him, fear"
Late yesterday afternoon DR.. Silver
received telephone message from the
/ Keystone Leather Company, Of Cam
| den, y. j., offering assistance IN treat
/ ing Mr.. Stackpole. An official of the
| company said they had treated sue
cessfully two anthrax victims at their
plant by injections of serum known
as "lachesis" at four-hour intervals for
a period of four days. In addition TO
the serum the treatment included ap-
/ plication of high frequency electric
current at the points Of infection.
Both employees Of the company, who
[ had contracted anthrax in handling
hides, had recovered, DR.. Silver was
/ informed. IL is understood at Bellevue
; that "lachesis" is a serum derived from
/ the venom Of South American snake
and prepared by DR.. Mulford, a Phlla-
delphia chemist. The Keystone Leather
Company offered to send their physl-
clans with complete equipment to use
/ the new serum on Mr.. Stackpole.
! A second injection of the government
serum, which is being used for the
first time on human being. was given
to the aged patient yesterday in the
hope that il would check the further
development of the infection. DR..
/ Silver was very hopeful OF Mr.. Stack
poles condition yesterday morning.
Toward noon the patient COM
planned Of tightness of his throat,
and a hasty consultation ensued,
I in which DR.. Silver, DR.. George
/ F. OHanlon, superintendent Of Belle
vue; Dr. Robert p. Wadhams, visiting
surgeon, and DR.. Henry b. Dwyer, the
attending physician Of the Bellevue
staff, took part. They decided to re-
sort to the serum again. AFTER the
second treatment Judge Stackpole
dropped into a peaceful sleep of sew
/ eral hours.
Henderson Sure of Cure.
| John d. Henderson, secretary 70 Or.
/ Eichhorn, of the Bureau of Animal IN
dustry Of the Department of Agricul-
/ ture. who discovered the serum, was
/ confident that the patient would be
/ spond favorably to the second treat
( ~ will wager ten to one in any
amount that Judge Stackpole sur
wives" he said. "The second injection
/ of the serum will be victorious
/ Twenty-four are required 70 give the
/ serum its proper test. | have noteu
/ the same sinking in animals suherihg
/ from anthrax and they have responded,
/ iuet as the Judge will, 10 the second
/ injection" 4.
No human being has been known TO
( live more than five days with the
/ disease. according to the physicians.
| Judge Stackpole was taken i'll Friday
NIGHT. and the fact that he entered his
/ 9Th day last night, and seemed to be
! holding his own, counted in his favor:
/ Dr Wadhams said he had observed
! only six cases of anthrax In human
/ beings during his medical experience.
/ All of them were fatal. The patient
though almost seventy-two years oid'
| shows a remarkable resistance 70 tne
| disease because Of his rugged constl-
| tuition. IL.
bilitv of using the ultraviolet rays
yesterday. but Il was decided 70 let the
Z serun, take its course and hopefully
( await the result. The case and the
working OF the newly discovered serum
/ ore attracting the attention OF the
whole medical world. Many prominent
I nbvsicians called at the hospital yes
I terdav. desiring 10 observe the patient
/ No one was allowed 10 see him, now
ovar hut the immediate members or
his family and an old friend or two,
many of whom came from Riverhead to
inquire as TO his condition.
Asks Again for Scores.
/ Judge Stackpole sat propped up in
/ his he'd during the forenoon and was
a. cbeGrv as his swollen throat would
7 10, him be. He found II difficult TO
tslk. but managed 10 joke a little now
nd then with his wife, his daughter,
S. s''c .ena. or his son. Philip, all of whoA
are with him. He wanted all the ac-
counts OF his case in yesterdays morn
ing papers read to him. lie was dis
listed with one account, which said all
tbe furniture in his Riverhead home
bod been burned 20 destroy any lurk-
ing anthrax bacilli.
The Judge didn't see me newspaper
men Yesterday. as he had done the day
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