DOCTOR SAYS RABIES CAUSED BOY'S DEATH
DOG BITE PROVES FATAL TO JOSEPH SCOTT, JR.
After Conducting Thorough Investigation Autopsy Surgeon Warns Parents to Be Alert for Symptoms of Disease
Rabies, said to be the second case known in medical history in California, resulting from the scratch mark made by a dog's teeth, caused the death of Joseph Scott, Jr., son of Joseph Scott, president of the city board of education of Los Angeles, and president-elect of the chamber of commerce.
That the 10-year-old son of the president of the board of education was believed to have been afflicted with rabies was announced yesterday exclusively in The Herald.
Proof of the statement was made public last evening by Dr. Stanley Black, who was the autopsy surgeon. The postmortem examination conducted in the interest of science in the hope that the surgeon's investigation might tend to prevent death in similar cases was made at the undertaking place of Cunningham & O'Connor. Dr. Black was aware of the fact that Drs. H. G. Brainerd and John R. Colburn were admittedly baffled while they battled for the boy's life, and that the boy in his dying hours displayed an aversion to water. Also he knew that a "tramp" dog had attacked the boy last December and its teeth had left scratches across the calf of one of his legs. Investigation of the history of the case showed that the dog was not killed at the time, as was presumed, but fled from the Scott home at 984 Elden avenue, after biting the boy. Whether the dog attacked and bit or scratched other children or adults is not known. It is presumed that the dog died of hydrophobia afterward. Dr. Black made public the result of his search for the rabies germ so that parents and physicians and surgeons could prepare to act accordingly. The funeral of the boy will be held this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Scott home. Rev. John J. Clifford will be in charge of the services at the residence. The body will be taken from the house at 10 o'clock to St. Vibiana cathedral, where solemn requiem mass will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Harnett. Rev. Frank J. Conaty will conduct the services at the interment at Calvary. The seven children in the family of Joseph Scott had each a godfather. Six of these—W. E. Hampton, Michael Rush, P. J. McDonald, James C. Kays, I. B. Dockweiler and John P. Burke—will be pallbearers at the boy's funeral. The seventh godfather was the late John F. Francis."
As published in the Los Angeles Herald, Volume 37, Number 145, 23 February 1910, page 9. (Obituary courtesy of Stephanie SN)
DOG BITE PROVES FATAL TO JOSEPH SCOTT, JR.
After Conducting Thorough Investigation Autopsy Surgeon Warns Parents to Be Alert for Symptoms of Disease
Rabies, said to be the second case known in medical history in California, resulting from the scratch mark made by a dog's teeth, caused the death of Joseph Scott, Jr., son of Joseph Scott, president of the city board of education of Los Angeles, and president-elect of the chamber of commerce.
That the 10-year-old son of the president of the board of education was believed to have been afflicted with rabies was announced yesterday exclusively in The Herald.
Proof of the statement was made public last evening by Dr. Stanley Black, who was the autopsy surgeon. The postmortem examination conducted in the interest of science in the hope that the surgeon's investigation might tend to prevent death in similar cases was made at the undertaking place of Cunningham & O'Connor. Dr. Black was aware of the fact that Drs. H. G. Brainerd and John R. Colburn were admittedly baffled while they battled for the boy's life, and that the boy in his dying hours displayed an aversion to water. Also he knew that a "tramp" dog had attacked the boy last December and its teeth had left scratches across the calf of one of his legs. Investigation of the history of the case showed that the dog was not killed at the time, as was presumed, but fled from the Scott home at 984 Elden avenue, after biting the boy. Whether the dog attacked and bit or scratched other children or adults is not known. It is presumed that the dog died of hydrophobia afterward. Dr. Black made public the result of his search for the rabies germ so that parents and physicians and surgeons could prepare to act accordingly. The funeral of the boy will be held this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Scott home. Rev. John J. Clifford will be in charge of the services at the residence. The body will be taken from the house at 10 o'clock to St. Vibiana cathedral, where solemn requiem mass will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Harnett. Rev. Frank J. Conaty will conduct the services at the interment at Calvary. The seven children in the family of Joseph Scott had each a godfather. Six of these—W. E. Hampton, Michael Rush, P. J. McDonald, James C. Kays, I. B. Dockweiler and John P. Burke—will be pallbearers at the boy's funeral. The seventh godfather was the late John F. Francis."
As published in the Los Angeles Herald, Volume 37, Number 145, 23 February 1910, page 9. (Obituary courtesy of Stephanie SN)
DOCTOR SAYS RABIES CAUSED BOY'S DEATH
DOG BITE PROVES FATAL TO JOSEPH SCOTT, JR.
After Conducting Thorough Investigation Autopsy Surgeon Warns Parents to Be Alert for Symptoms of Disease
Rabies, said to be the second case known in medical history in California, resulting from the scratch mark made by a dog's teeth, caused the death of Joseph Scott, Jr., son of Joseph Scott, president of the city board of education of Los Angeles, and president-elect of the chamber of commerce.
That the 10-year-old son of the president of the board of education was believed to have been afflicted with rabies was announced yesterday exclusively in The Herald.
Proof of the statement was made public last evening by Dr. Stanley Black, who was the autopsy surgeon. The postmortem examination conducted in the interest of science in the hope that the surgeon's investigation might tend to prevent death in similar cases was made at the undertaking place of Cunningham & O'Connor. Dr. Black was aware of the fact that Drs. H. G. Brainerd and John R. Colburn were admittedly baffled while they battled for the boy's life, and that the boy in his dying hours displayed an aversion to water. Also he knew that a "tramp" dog had attacked the boy last December and its teeth had left scratches across the calf of one of his legs. Investigation of the history of the case showed that the dog was not killed at the time, as was presumed, but fled from the Scott home at 984 Elden avenue, after biting the boy. Whether the dog attacked and bit or scratched other children or adults is not known. It is presumed that the dog died of hydrophobia afterward. Dr. Black made public the result of his search for the rabies germ so that parents and physicians and surgeons could prepare to act accordingly. The funeral of the boy will be held this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Scott home. Rev. John J. Clifford will be in charge of the services at the residence. The body will be taken from the house at 10 o'clock to St. Vibiana cathedral, where solemn requiem mass will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Harnett. Rev. Frank J. Conaty will conduct the services at the interment at Calvary. The seven children in the family of Joseph Scott had each a godfather. Six of these—W. E. Hampton, Michael Rush, P. J. McDonald, James C. Kays, I. B. Dockweiler and John P. Burke—will be pallbearers at the boy's funeral. The seventh godfather was the late John F. Francis."
As published in the Los Angeles Herald, Volume 37, Number 145, 23 February 1910, page 9. (Obituary courtesy of Stephanie SN)
DOG BITE PROVES FATAL TO JOSEPH SCOTT, JR.
After Conducting Thorough Investigation Autopsy Surgeon Warns Parents to Be Alert for Symptoms of Disease
Rabies, said to be the second case known in medical history in California, resulting from the scratch mark made by a dog's teeth, caused the death of Joseph Scott, Jr., son of Joseph Scott, president of the city board of education of Los Angeles, and president-elect of the chamber of commerce.
That the 10-year-old son of the president of the board of education was believed to have been afflicted with rabies was announced yesterday exclusively in The Herald.
Proof of the statement was made public last evening by Dr. Stanley Black, who was the autopsy surgeon. The postmortem examination conducted in the interest of science in the hope that the surgeon's investigation might tend to prevent death in similar cases was made at the undertaking place of Cunningham & O'Connor. Dr. Black was aware of the fact that Drs. H. G. Brainerd and John R. Colburn were admittedly baffled while they battled for the boy's life, and that the boy in his dying hours displayed an aversion to water. Also he knew that a "tramp" dog had attacked the boy last December and its teeth had left scratches across the calf of one of his legs. Investigation of the history of the case showed that the dog was not killed at the time, as was presumed, but fled from the Scott home at 984 Elden avenue, after biting the boy. Whether the dog attacked and bit or scratched other children or adults is not known. It is presumed that the dog died of hydrophobia afterward. Dr. Black made public the result of his search for the rabies germ so that parents and physicians and surgeons could prepare to act accordingly. The funeral of the boy will be held this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the Scott home. Rev. John J. Clifford will be in charge of the services at the residence. The body will be taken from the house at 10 o'clock to St. Vibiana cathedral, where solemn requiem mass will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Harnett. Rev. Frank J. Conaty will conduct the services at the interment at Calvary. The seven children in the family of Joseph Scott had each a godfather. Six of these—W. E. Hampton, Michael Rush, P. J. McDonald, James C. Kays, I. B. Dockweiler and John P. Burke—will be pallbearers at the boy's funeral. The seventh godfather was the late John F. Francis."
As published in the Los Angeles Herald, Volume 37, Number 145, 23 February 1910, page 9. (Obituary courtesy of Stephanie SN)
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