Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-24 | Page 8 | Smallpox at Marysvale

SMALLPOX S SMA AT AI A li rut Caso Out Olt hll tho the Doctor 1198 ns left Town fown A case of at smallpox has hns broken out In and there Is no physician down there to take euro care cur of at the tho patient or to 10 protect the tue people and ant they tire aro consequently all ni soared scared l are t up tp and have appealed to the tie State board of at health for tor help The appeal came In the fol tol following following lowing dispatch dl patch New Ness ew ease case of ot small email smallpox pox today Quarantine doctor left lett town with wih his hI family tamly for Indefinite period Many Inny exposures We consider It your our duty to send a competent physician here hero at nt once Dr r wired a reply to the effect elect that thaI It II Was as not the duty of ot the State to furnish medical attendance or quarantine quarantine antine but that It was wall the tho duty of ot the town or county According to Dr Andrews of ot son eon however who was sent sont there thero to In Investigate investigate the condition Is IB not as ns serious as the tue dispatch would indicate Dr Andrews reports that the one case at nt Marysvale Is that of at a 11 Mr tr aged a od 25 23 who was In Salt Lake attend attending ing tag Conference Can terence when the first symptoms toms loins were developing He lie went vent to a n drug store and was wall given a n counter prescription of ot blood medicine On returning to Marysvale the tho eruption was fully tully marked Dr Andrews Andrew thinks that the druggist should be prosecuted Many tany people In Jr Marys vale have been exposed E d Five FIe now new cases of ot smallpox were re me reported ported portet yesterday from Payson