| Show ST LOUIS LOCKJAW CASE VERDICT Jury Finds Victims Came to Their Death as the Result of o Admin Administering Administering Administering Diphtheria Antitoxin Containing Tetanus Toxin Health Department Negligent in Preparing It St Louis Loula Nov Nay l Coroner Funk Iou er today tod y rendered a verdict finding the St Loula health department negligent gent cent In the preparation of 01 diphtheria antitoxin that caused the deaths by tetanus of ot seven children to whom It I was recently administered for The verdict In part fUt l Is na ns follows IWo Vo We find that the deceased cume clune to their death from tetanus following the then n administration of ot diphtheria antitoxin containing tetanus t toxin said diphtheria diphtheria diphtheria theria antitoxin having baying been prepared and by the health department of ot the city of St Louis and bearing dates on labels of August Augua 24 21 2 and September 50 ho 0 1901 The presence of ot tetanus toxin In the diphtheria antitoxin anti toxin shows negligence upon the part of at the health department In the preparation of tho the said diphtheria antitoxin and In the Issuance thereof thereat Signed ROBERT M I FUNKHOUSER FRANK M D DJOHN DJOHN DJoI JOHN JoI G 0 IONS Deputy For some seine time the litO city health depart lIepart department ment has tiac b be been n making an antitoxin for use In diphtheria cases This was ills dis distributed among practicing physicians throughout the tho city elt free of charge I and andi i used tired In the city Institutions In quite gen generally In many man eases It Is said to tn have saved The Tho scrum was w a obtained from horses that are arc said to have con ron contracted I traded tetanus antI and to have hae Imparted Imported It to the anti antl antitoxin toxin drawn from thich bodies After rendering his verdict Coroner Mid For the present pr sent I have we done all 1111 that I can do I am not prepared to pay MY I am nm through with the case ca e but so O far tar faras tarnS faras as nS I 1 know now no there thee Is nothing mote more for me mo to do I have rendered the ver verdict er diet dict and that Is all I have been called culled on to do thus far lar larThe The coroners loron rs verdict verd let Is Ia based upon tipon tho the testimony of physicians who at nt attended attended tended the tho lockjaw cases casca witnesses at atthe atthe atthe the Inquest and antI tho the representative of ot the bacteriologists employed by the city to make flake tests testa of the Infected serum and 1101 report the he responsibility for tor It The experts are nto Dr Carl Corl FIch Ich Dr 13 D 3 Mead Bolton and Dr K E 1 C who ex examined examined several patients who had hall been Infected by b city n before they began their experiments In their ex ox 74 guinea pigs were used Tho The report of ot the experts contains words It was med flied with Coroner Funk houser Friday and was given ghen out with the verdict today When Informed of ot tho the nature of the coroners verdict Dr Amend AmantI R n Void city bacteriologist said saidI I 1 repent repeat my m previous assertion that none of the serum scrum marked September 30 distributed to any an one or under nay any label In bel I poured the time entire drawing Into the sink on Oct II 11 as all both Mr Ir Taylor Talor anti and I 1 who was with me rae In the at nt the time testified Health Commissioner Is In out of the th city on a 11 hunting trip In his ab pence Charles W Francis l assistant health commissioner Is In charge of the tho department He lie said aid I shall read the report of the ex cx ports and the coroners verdict and then take such action as I deem to be my duty ut As Ai 11 the manufacture of at antitoxin by b the city has Pen jeen stopped tho the case cap is III ii not now ono One of 01 ant nn t I may Inn not decide for several days das what ac no ion tion I shall shah take |
