Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 12, 1909, Page 1

o MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 7. NUMBER'zl.;: BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1909. = FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE KOCH TRIAL WILL BE [5omisimsy omros NOTED SPEMCGR WILL i o ey, wrilELK STATE ASSOCIATION, - COMPLETED LATE FRIDAY BEAT THE GOUNTY FAIR 2052 e =) i ST CLOUD AUGUST 12-13 silitis?” compliment. President Bryant of St. Paul Announces Dnias.—Bemidii Dr. Gilmore—"Yes.” Mr. McDonald—*"And when, doc- Professor Moore derived much Prof. Moore, of Wisconsin “U,” and| fame through his development of the Lodge Will Attend in a Body.—St. Cloud Will Entertain Royally. SHEe tor, would you change your diag- nosis of the case?” - oderbrucker barley, which is con- 5 : K . McGuire Am 5 2 Dr. Gilmore—"“Not until some Prof. A.J :G edon! . |sidered the very acme of barley for symptoms of diphtheria appeared.” Those Already Engaged. feeding and brewing purposes. Juryman Misner—'‘At this time in The Wisconsin professor is an en- tertaining talker, is an enthusiast in the disease is a failure of the heart assisting the -farmers, and his pro- a characteristic of tonsilitis?” spective visit here is looked forward So States Attorney for Defendant.—Another Day Spent Going Into Medical Details that are Tiresome to the ““Lay”’ Mind. Noted speakers will be present at the fourth annual fair of the Bel- Dr. Gilmore—"No, it’s not a com- 7 g County Agricultural associ- E. E. McDonald, attorney for the [ resumed, Dr. R. Gilmore of this city | mon symptom, but in a case of ton- trami to with much satisfaction by the| It is the intention of Bemidji iaE : A e 3 § : s . g special efforts to furnish defendant in the Koch damage suit,|was called as the next witness for |silitis the heart might be attacked by ation, which will ‘be held on the| gy officials. Lodge, No. 1052, B. P. O. E, to|gyitable :::comodafionz at:]d ::sm stated to the court this forenoon |the defendant. - a streptococcus affection. I have a 355‘)‘:?;‘0“ K‘;";“fdds ox;flWedn;::d;;. A. J. McGuire, superintendent of |send a large percentage of itslespecially SEee wives and that it was likely that the case| Dr. Gilmore, at the request of|little girl now who has tonsilitis in Thursday and Friday, September 15-| 1o Northeast State Experiment|membership of 150 to St. Cloud to visiti s iy el Tae 1sweathearts of visiting Elks. To would be finished sometime Friday. Mr. McDonald,told of the symptoms of diphtheria and of tonsilitis. In which the heart is slightly ‘affected.” Mr. McDonald—"And the result 16-17, agreed to come to the fairat that time. Farm at Grand Rapids, will also be at the fair, will act as a judge in Dr. Marcum resumed the stand |many cases it is hard to distinguish | of that might be what, doctor?” yesterday afternoon for re-cross|between diphtheria and tonsilitis| Dr. Gilmore—"“It might be death,”| Chief among the speakers will bej; gissemmenating general informa- examination by Senator Peterson. |early in the stage of the disease| The witness was then “turned | R+ A. Moore professor of agronomy ¢ion of benefit to mnorth-central The witness acknowledged that|owing to the fact that there are|over” to Senator Peterson for cross of the University of Wisconsin, Who|pinnesota farmers — information a year ago he would have used |often complications. The doctor | examination. v 5,000 units of antitoxin as an initial | would not expect. to find large and dose ina severe case of diphtheria | painful tonsils in a case of pure (Continued on last page.) . but declared that he would npot|diphtheria. He did not think it - have used a dose of 10,000 units.|usual for physicians to inject anti- M, s_ G“_LETTE AND I_EE i " At the request of the counsel for |toxin until there are indications of { LAGORE WILL RUN TEAM the plaintiff he agreed to hunt up|a possibility of diphtheria. Some a few reports he had of sudden|physicians preferred not to give it deaths following the injection of |until their diagnoses are established. | antitoxin. Senator Peterson quoted |The witness believed that some Nuttal & Graham to the effect that|physicians of recognized skill give 50,000 people had been injected |anti toxin only asa last resort. in New York City and only two of| “The diagnosis of diphtheria is these died, one having asthma and usually accomplished with difficulty,” the cause in the other being un-|said Dr. Gilmore, “owing to com-| James L. George, who has taken plications.” The doctor continued, | much interest in the organization Dr. Marcum thought it would be | to state that layngeal diphtheria is of a fast baseball team to represent proper to lance the tonsils in case |always difficult. Some symptoms Bemidji, informs the Pioneer that, of diphtheria provided they were|in the early stage of the|owing toa lack of what he con- | sore and swollen, declaring that Pro-|disease are like those siders sufficient interest being shown } {some of the departments, and assist > {gleaned from actual experiments at . the State Farm. Secretary Mackenzie states that it is likely that there will be horse | races, for liberal purses, the last two days of the fair. The association bas a splendid half-m:e track, which i when placed in good condition, is ‘one of the best in the state, {““Little Jim,” the notorious Hibbing | pacer, holds the record for the local | track, having negotiated a mile, 11 ithe second heat of a free-for-all | race hete, in 1907, in 2:14%. ‘DENTISTS TO MEET HERE T iN MONTH SEPTEMBER e Ithis latter end wives of St. Cloud participate in the aannual meeting | Elks are being put on committees for the purpose of caring for the ladies. James L. George Retires from Active Connection With the Proposed Local Ball Organization. E. H. JERRARD, Past Exalted Ruler. known. of the State Association of Elks, which will be held at St. Cloud on in other in Convention in Grand Forks, Red ~ S -~ ie-ssor ) Kernig of G'ermany agrees | diseases and especially is this true lhn t;e _dproposed org.amzation.vhe W. R. MACKENZIE, River Dentists l?efide to Thursday and Friday, August 12! TE:e famous §r. C]o.ud band will with him on that subject. The wit-|in the case of Jaryngeal diphtheria, |12S d€cl ed to sever his connection| yystling Secretary Beltrami Co. Fair,’09. Visit Bemidiji. S0d 13 furnish the music during the state ness had made a practice of lancing | as you cannot see the affected part | "t8 the movement. H. L. Bryant of St. Paul, presi- meeting, and in the matter of dec- the tonsils in order to relieve pressure and congestion and to remove danger of the formation of an abcess. death rate from laryngeal diphtheria orations it is expected that St. Cloud will be “dressed up” as never before, in purple and white, the Elks, colors. Bemidii Elks are considering the orginizing of a base ball team from among their members to take to St. Cloud with them, as well as.a sort of “German band,” or some other and the use of a laryngioscope is ex- tremely difficult. The witness testified that the Mr. George states that he has turned the matter over to Messfs. will "come early and stay late,” in dent of the Minnesota State Asso-! order to give the bestof which is The Red River Valley Dental R Fu N Society, which has been bolding a ciation of Elks, bas written a letter | M. S. Gillette and Lee LaGore, who| capable in instructions. meeting at Grand Forks, N. D., for|to the Bemidji lodge in which he ] . . will go on with the organization,| Professor Moore is universally|geveral days past, will hold its next|announces the dates (August 12 and Then followed a minute discussion | i much greater than in the other |Provided those who have donated recognized as- one of the greatest |regular meeting in Bemidji, accord-|13) and states that the Elks of St.| of the germs and bacilli and the g e He then described the | Wil pay the amount which they {authorities on deve]opxenent of seeds :)r‘xlg;?:agte]efram reg;:vetd t{o&ay é’e)' Cloud, under the leadership of w,‘ attack of the germs upon the blood. | giagnosis of diphtheria when aided | subscribed. in the United States. 4 Brooks, - PLesidont 6Li0. e z | : & P = 5 ... | midji Commercial Club. W. Koons, exalted ruler of the St.| Questioned by Senator Peterson, |py bacteriology and stated that| Messrs. Gillette and LeGore state In the address which J. J. Hill| ™", 2 he had | g; s s . W. L. Brooks, President of Com- Dr. Marcum declared that he had | girect examinations are unreliable as | that they will secure a good catcher | president of the Great Northern| " Club, Bemidji, Minn never be'en mten.ested in a case of | nearly half of them fail. He also|3nd puta good local team in the |railway, delivered to the members| —‘ippe Red,River Dental Society malpractice and did not at theDres- | explained the methods of culture. |field, and the garhes will be played |of the Minnesota legislature, at a|will meet in Bemidii in September. ent time have any case pending in| The doctor was called to the|Tegularly throughout the season.!joint session last winter, Professor —"G. M. Palmer.” the district court in which he had hospital and court adjourned until given a prescription causing the death of his patient. In re-direct examination Mr. Mc- Donald read from medical authori- ties telling of the effects of the use of antitoxin and showed the wit- ness a Park-Davis syringe contain- ing 1,000 units of antitoxin which was larger than a Lederle’s syringe containing 3,000 units. Dr. Marcum testified that he had bad - diphtheria at one time and used either 4,000 or 5,000 units as an initial dose and a second dose of either 4,000 or 5,000 units. He had recovered, at least he thought he had, and be- lieved that to be a good dose. Dr. Marcum admitted that he would not have administered 5,000 units of antitoxin unless bhe had previously diagnosed the case as laryngeal diyhtheria. A year ago the physician who believed in minimum doses} would probably have administered about 2,000 units and the other physicians would have given as high and even higher than 10,000 units. In re-cross examination the wit- ness stated that the hives, which re- sult after the administration of anti- toxin, may last from two or three days to two or three weeks but the doctor’s experience had been from one to three days. There was more reading from a medical book by Mc- Farlane. Senator Peterson— ‘Do you know when this author advised the use of 2,000 units on the average?” Dr. Marcum—"‘No.” Senator Peterson—"That was in 1907. What would you give in 1908 for an initial dose of larnygeal diph- theria?” Dr. Marcum—"About 5,000 units.” Mr. McDonald (in re-cross ex- amination)—"“You would not have given any antitoxin, doctor, unless you thought the case was diphtheria, would you?” Witness—'‘No, Sir.” A recess was then declared and the court took up the hearing of a quo warranto writ against S. ¥, Bell of Lake Hattie, Hubbard county. 9 o’clock this morning. i When court reconvened this morning Dr. Gilmore resummed the | stand for re-direct examination by the counsel for the defendant. The witness was familiar with bacteriology, and in-direct examina- tion of smears often found it necessary to use more than one smear for diagnostic purposes. The results of bacteriological investiga- tions by culture. The doctor stated that diphtheria bacilli are consid- ered a vegetable parasite. The staphylococcus and the streptococcus The membrane in diphtheria grows rapidly at times but the doctor’s ex- perience did not warrant any opinion on this subject. “If we have a train of symptoms common to several diseases,” said Dr. Cilmore, “we eliminate the com- mon symptoms until we find one left which is characteristic of some dis- ease. We have then diagnosed the case by exclusion.” Mr. McDonald—"If the patient was suffering with sore throat Wednesday morning and when the doctor called Thursday evening the tonsils were found to be swollen and painful, temperature 103 or a little higher, pulse 90, no membrane pres- ent, no discharge, and no swelling of the sub maxillary glands, what would you diagnose the case as?” Dr. Gilmore—"I should think it would be tonsilitis.” Mr. McDonald—"Now, doctor, if the tonmsils were painful Friday morning would you lance them?” Dr. Gilmore—"That would de- pend. I’d lance to relieve them if they looked as though there were an abscess ,or to relieve severe pain. But this should be left to the judg- ment of the attending physician. Laryngeal diphtheria is uncommon among adults and rare among children.” The tendency he said, was to increase the size of the dose of antitoxin since 1908. Mr. McDonald—"With the con- ditions remaining the same and the patient more restless Friday after the lancing of the tonsils, with some When the Johnson-Koch trial was coughing when the patient attempted germs form membranes in the throat. | KODAKS! Start Right. Insist On Having KODAK GCoods Kodaks . . $5 to $110 Brownie Cameras . . $1 to $12 Have a Look at them in our store, and while there ask about our Finishing Department. Interest You to know that our line of KODAK supplies is complete and It will Remember if it isn’t an EASTMAN it isn’t a KODAK BARKER'S DRUG STORE M. S. GILLETTE, Secretary. JAMES L. GEORGE, Treasurer. Cloud lodge, are already consider- ing ways and means to give visit- ing -Elks a rousing reception, on the occasion of the state meeting in August. Brother Bryant says that the St. Cloud brethren and their ladies are proposition, that will draw special attention to local Elks. The members of the Bemidji lodge are nicely uniformed and they will | undoubtedly make a very fair show- ing at St. Cloud on August 12 and 13. L e Ad nal Locals Harry Mills, roadmaster for the M. & I. Ry., went to Brainerd this morning. J. F. Mogan(“Sunny John”) came down from Northome last night aad spent the day in Bemidji. Dr. Monahan was among the Blackduck folks that came down attend the Koch trial. W. C. Morrison and wife of Far- ley passed through the city this morning on their way to Minne- apolis for a week’s visit with old friends. . Mrs. H. R. Macdonald of Gran Forks came to the city last evening from Akeley and left on the early morning train, over the G. N., for her home in the “Forx.” Judge 'M. A. Spooner returned yesterday afternoon from Spokane, whither he went a week previous to look after some legal matters. The judge is attorney for O. J. Shinn, whose preliminery hearing will be held tomorrow. from the “Duck” this morning to! his farm, which he owned near that place, to Phil Bowne. McCarthy came to Bemidji this morning and will leave tonight for Duluth, where he will enter the employ of the Con- tinental Insurance company. Inui, the famous Japanese orator, will deliver a lecture at the Method- dist church next Tuesday evening, iunder the auspices of the Women’s Study Club, on the subject “East vs. | West.” Inui is from Ann Arbor 1and speaks fluently on the subject of the “For East.” F. T. Donnelly, the jockey and trainer of race horses, has returned from Minneapolis, where he spent several days with old friends. Don- nelly has a string of good steppers here which he will take over the Canadian and North Dakota cir- cuit routes during the summer and next fall L. L. Sartell, of Sartell, Mina,, came to Bemidji from the east, on the G. N. this morninz and spent the day in this city. Mr Sartell is a member of the logging firm of Sartell Brothers who have heretofore cut considerable timber in the woods to the north Ed. McCarthy of Farley has sold of Bemidji.