Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-05
2-Year-Old "Jef" Graduate
Succumbs to Bulbular
Infantile Paralysis
ovERwoRK THE CAUSE
Was Assistant Chief Resident at
Hospital for Contagious
Diseases
IHfGntite Paralysis Record
Reported Since Midnight
New cases in Philadelphia. ..... 2
Deaths in Philadelphia. ........ 6

The FIRST martyr In the war OF medlci
science against infantile paralysis wa
claimed today when the mysterious dis
ease killed DR.. Karl Curt Peck. as
sistant chief resident physician Of tn
Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Dis
eases. where 400 babies and children, vic
tins Of the epidemic, are housed. He wa
~ years old.
Unstinting labor. day and night. over th
little cripples who were brought to the hos
pitai sapped the vitality Of the young ply
siclan so that he fell prey 60 the diseas.
which he worked to check. Death came al
$3.50 O'Clock this morning. after four day,
Of illness.
MARTYR" RRUsEN DECLARES.
Doctor Peck died a martyr to the
cause" said Or. Wilmer Krusen. Director
OF Public Health and Charities. in announc.
Ing the death today. His constitution was
undermined by the unselfsh way in which
he gave OF his talents"
Doctor Peck became Ill Friday appar-
entity from overwork He grew steadily
worse and yesterday his case was dag
nosed as lnfantile paralysis by DR.. s. S.
woody, chief assistant physician. and DR..
Theodore lie BoutillIer. Of the visiting stan.
In spite Of every known method Of saving
him he sank rapidly. His case was OF the
bulbular type. physicians said his respira-
tion being affected.
The death OF Doctor Peck who was a
graduate of the Jefferson Medical College
created a profound depress.on among the
health chiefs who are directing the fight
against the plague and among the work.
ers. Gloom entered the walls OF the hos
pitai group at Second and Luzerne streets,
where the young physician worked and died.
Doctor Peck came to Philadelphia from
his home In Newtown. Conn, in 1910 to en-
ter the Jefferson Medical College. He was
graduated in 1914 and was appointed to the
philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Dis
eases as an inferno, working in the scarlet
fever and dIphtheria wards.
After six months he was transferred to
the Germantown Hospital, and on July l5
OF this year was appointed by Director
krusen TO the post Of assistant chief resi-
dent physician OF the Philadelphia Hos
pitai for Contagious Diseases. He was "A
member OF the NJ Sigma Nu medical fra
ternity. the Keen Surgical Society and the
New England Club
No arrangements for the funeral have
been made. but 1t is probable that the body
win be buried In Philadelphia until cold
weather. when IL will be sent to his home
IN Newtown. This is in accordance with
the State quarantine regulation. Doctor
Peck is survived by his mother, Mrs Mar
shall Peck, OF Newtown.
SIX DEATHS REPORTED TODAY
Doctor Peck's death was one OF six re-
ported today. together with two new cases.
The totals thereby were raised to I7s deaths
and 5s5 cases In the city since the begin
ming OF the epidemic.
EXPERT BACK HOME
The War Department yielded to the ur- |
gent need OF Pennsylvania In the infantile !
paralysis epidemic by releasing DR.. J. II.
hucker, Jr., chief OF the State laboratories, |
from military duty.
Docfar ara,
Medical Corps attached to the Second Penn. |
sylvania Infantry. at FL Paso. Tex. re-
sqmed his work today at the laboratories |
~ Twentieth and Arch streets His resIE-
nation was accepted upon the earnest So |
hcitaton OF DR.. Samuel G.. Dixon State |
Health Commissioner, who secured the co. |
operation OF Colonel Hamilton D. Turner. |
commander OF the regiment All red tape
Was cut In the efforts 20 allow Doctor
Rucker to arrive here before the threaten
ng railroad strike set in. The services of
Doctor Rucker in experimenting on remedies
or the disease are Indispensable. Doctor
Dixon said. Doctor Rucker arrived yester.
lay.
The State Health Departments offices
we're closed at noon in respect TO the mem
~ OF former Governor Pennypacker, whose
uneTal was held today.
County fairs have provided a source OF
yorry for the health authorities, following
he rule that no child under l6 years OF
ge may attend II is needless FOR dele
ations representing these fairs 10 endeavor
o have the rule changed, Doctor Dixon
aid today Their visits have been and will
ontinue TO be fruitless. he said
Doctor Dixon was notified today that the
'atholie churches of Philadelphia, Pitts
urgh. Erie, Harrisburg. Scranton and
Ifoona have discontinued mass for children
ending the duration OF the epidemic.
DR.. J. M. Campbell. who is In charge OF
I4#n |
Dnferred with Doctor Dixon today on the
esult OF his investigation at Willow Grove
ark, where no children under Is years old
re allowed TO enter the motion-pictuTe
hoWs or other entertainments held In build
lgs- on the whole. the quarantine rules
re being enforced satisfactorily ne said.
The deaths today:
sssf EAEL s!s,s, g P5Gk - ysaTs old sss'tslt
Hospital for Contasioua Diseases.
kAbL11 LOOMS years. 495T North War
DwARD scHLIGHER. 4 years. 2OIs Msdary
9lllsS qIoy6R, y5Is, years 1919 Granite street
QRoTHY TEN EYcK, 8 months ii il 'Sss West
The Loomis and schllgher cases were re-
7rted today. Health inspectors established
lEs morning that the illness OF Marion |
ampton. l05 East Taylor street. reported
Al infantile paralysis victim was caused
! stomach trouble. The house was not
81 1
Health authorities are endsavorinK today
tighten the quarantine against infantils
zralysis since an s-month-Old baby, suf-
ring from the disease. was carried In a
.gsded train from Atlantic City 70 Phila-
slphia health eertincate Tor the baby
- been obtained.
tbs baby Is George Harold Hinton. whose
lrents live At i27 SAMSON strsst. The I
~ vas partly paralyzsd and suffering !
ON high fever When taken from the I
ziH The case Vas diagnosed ana The
stient sent 70 the Philadelphia Hospital I
= Contagious Diseases The child arrived | !
tHe eity on Sunday. 4
Health authorities are investigating con-
flQaa in Atlantic City to learn Why the
alth certificate Waz izsusd. Othsr moves
the night against the disease includes = :
atlnaance q tests 0f the antl-paraIysIs
fpm.
Cousin Of Senator Penrose Dead
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