A full report of the investigation into the charges of Doctor Bowerbank in reference to the late outbreak of small-pox in Saint Andrew / taken by Mr H.F. Figueroa, reporter of the 'Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch'.

Date:
MDCCCLXXIII [1873]
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Credit: A full report of the investigation into the charges of Doctor Bowerbank in reference to the late outbreak of small-pox in Saint Andrew / taken by Mr H.F. Figueroa, reporter of the 'Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch'. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Do you hhink it correct for parsons snfForing' from Small-pox to be dosed all round, irrespective of age, sex, coudition of the individual, or the stage of the disease ?—• Now, you come to anqther question, and that is -whether people sufl'ering from the same disease should have the same medicine. There were uo complications and where they occurred the medicines did vary. Why, there is a new Russian remedy for ISmall-pox called Xylol,^and that mpy be given all round where there are no complica- tions. How would you ascertain the presence of complica- tions ?—By examining them. Do you think tying the legs, or the feet or hands, of a delirious patient, likely to calm him ; do you think such a measure, in the ab- sence of nurses, safe ?—Not if he is deserted by the nurse. It was not till I caine to this Court house that I lieard h s nurs3 ha I lef: him or that he got into the i'oad. On visiting the tduts I was told the man Bell was deliri- ous and wanted to go out, but not that he had gone ; and I said if he struggles talce a soft handkerchief and pass it round his ankles so as to kpep him quiet. Did Mr. Braine threaten to report you for not at- tending the people with Small-pox ?—Certainly not. His conversation was perfectly different. Afterwards, in July, did Mr. Braine in writing the Local Board of Health express his belief that you were attending the people ?—I dont know. In an epidemic can you expect the poor to be always sending to call the Doctor, especially if he does not respond to the call ?—It was not an epidemic. In one I suppose not. Why did you not see Hall before you ordered Bynd- loss to remove him ?—Because I thought he must be re- moved before I could got there. Why did you not return to see Weiss's wife after saying she was very weak and finding that they did not send for the Ammonia mixture you promised to order ? In her case you have not got at the trulh yet. She had got well of the Small-pox and was only suifering from debihty, her husband was able to pay and if he did not choose to send for the njedicine he has no reason to com- plain. I