The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-15
Ptomaines and Leucomaines
Ndic. Delivered by DR. John H. OZARK. Of the uutyc~u,o of New
Mcs"o. prorc the NnnamruucW omans t1b.
~ the University of New
Iuc Woman's club.

while passing the residence Of : u.
Evans, a respectable farmer. I was
called IN To see him. | found him
n man about 80 years--Vomiting VIo-
lently with flushed face. but with
low temperature Or. McsiC thcn
described further symptoms pnl tells
of his treatment. which was directed
toward opening the bowels and sc-
curing relief from distress. He con-
tinues "On Thursday morning I
found the son. n lad of eighteen.
strong and vigorous. suffering with
the same symptoms. only In "A more
violent form. At my evening visit I
found Mrs. Evans, = lady of about ~
years, previously In good health. with
the same symptoms. Ny this time I
had concluded that the poison was "a
ptomaine. most likely tvrotoxi-
con. ON Friday morning, the only
remaining member of the family at
home. Miss Alma. 10 years of age.
was affected the same way a. w.
Others On that day | went To ANA
Arbor and ave a history of the
cases so far TO Dr. Naughn who from
the symptoms thought my diagnosis
was probably correct, and advised
with me as to treatment. on sunday
I again went to Ann Arbor and
brought Dr. Vaughn with me To see
the patients. Or Vaughn and | both
expressed fear that the mother ana
possibly the son would not live
through the night. Both rapidly grew
worse. n the son died AT I:ij q. NJ.
and h mother az I p m. During
Monday the daughter rapidly grew
worse and at the time ~ her mothers
death could not he aroused. n prac-
ticallv remained unconscious from
that time oa. Al . y. IN, Thursday
she died Mr. Evans slowly improy-
cd and on pctohcr is was able 90
walk about the room.
Dr. Vaughn tells how he eliminated
the possibility of ordinary POISONING
40 IN. cause of these deaths and then
discusses the ease as follows. The
family which consisted Of four per-
sons sick and a daughter about 30
years ct age. who vas away from
home NJ jhe inn when the others
were taken 10. and for some months
before thut time. was apparent. %
tidy one. THIS was shown hy their
personal appearance ana D. tho cloth
ing aud bedding but the house IN
w IL HNNfH N|E w FNi NNNN
much dccayod Mr.. Evans had pus-
chased the farm SIX Yeats ago ar
FOR some three years past at least.
they had been troubled nov and then
one or more of the family. with uau-
yea M vomiting followed hy more 81
less prostitution. But In no instance
up tn the present Illness had the
symptoms been sufficient to cause
sA.... a.. aYA,r.a. VlR.NaF.A III.
family had worked hard IN order e.
pay for the farm. and had determined
to make the old house do until thcy
were out of debt.
The house IL n frame one. v con-
slsts oi two rooms on tho ground loor
and an attic above. Thr frame ros'-
upon four large logs or sills which lie
directly pun the vropsd ana ave
Thoroughly rottcd. There j. NO collar
under any part at tn. house. From
the front at least the surface slopes
toward the house. an m" rain water
run under b. The foor was mndo
~ uniointod boards ana every time
hat 10 was swept much Of the nlth
fell through the crac1g. uld ever
tim" the tidy housewife secured ana
mapped the 1oor the witor carrying
with b the dlth ran through tho
crryiCes. and thus the condition
most favorable for p%utrcfuctive
changes wer. brought Into oNistcno"
ana mdlntaiI.i
"Onc corner of ono 0f these rooms
was tJrned iuto u small room or but
tory as II was called aud Iu thI. %
IN" shelves the food wAs kept ON
account Of the frequent NJ
demanded b, this part pf the floor en-
closed IN this buttery. the boards had
rottod away. ana . second layer OF
boards had been placed over the orig |
ina floor. Between these Two nu, !
we found q great mass 81 mnis, de.
composing matter. the accumulation |
OF years which tho broom could not |
reach Some Of Tho dirt beneath the
noor and some winch had accuuu'nt-
"a between the hoards was taken fo |
study. |
"A special Inquiry was made rou
corning the God ~ the family. Tho |
drinking water supply was ALSO IN
v~estieatod Both were found free from |
suspicion.
The milk used by the family was
studied A. soon ~ h" mnde the |
diagnosis of ~ otoSiron poisoning. Dr |
Mesic had ordered the disoontinuanco
Of the use ~ milk. Nj Evans owned
Tour mich cows, ana they were sup
Piled with fair pasturlge and ahuud-
water The greater part of the
milk was placed IN tin rams which
set In u WOO len trough iu tho
ward and surrounded with cold water
The coverf Of the cans were ARIA lscd
so that air could have free access to
tn" milk, ana they were loft IN this
until the milk was t%horoughly
cooled. ON his first Visit To- me IN
brought some of the milk from
one Of the cans This ! examined but
failed To find tryotoXicon IN II,
However. the family did not drink
my or the milk from the cans. Tint
which they had used was kept iu the
D%uttory which | hnVc described Hero
u stood upon q shelf ana some of tho
family, at Least were IN the habit Of
drinking from Il mctwceu meals. This
Is especially true ct the son. II b. sad
Mr.. Evans states that ne frequent,
phserved that the taste of the milk
was not pleasant. o. my first Niait