From Birth to Death at the Pan-American Exposition - Summary of Treatment at the Exposition Hospital

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Summary of Treatment at the Exposition Hospital

The following tables are from the Report of the Medical Department of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.¹

Table I - Classified List of Cases nos. 1 to 5,573
Table II - Deaths in Pan-American Hospital and Ambulance
Table III - Births
Table IV - Totals of Patients By Months
Table V - Numbers of Patients Sent to Each Hospital
Summary

TABLE I. CLASSIFIED LIST OF CASES NOS. 1 to 5,573

Continued and eruptive fevers	17
Malaria	7
Diseases of the nervous system	75
Diseases of the circulatory system	162
Diseases of the digestive system	1,971
Diseases of the lymphatic system	14
Diseases of the urinary system	20
Diseases of the generative system (male)	15
Diseases of the generative system (female)	45
Diseases of skin	111
Diseases of and injury to the eye	247
Diseases of ear	28
Diseases of chest	12
Diseases of throat	205
Heat exhaustion	55
Exhaustion (other)	51
Syphilis	5
Burns and scalds	97
Minor injuries and wounds	1,482
Scalp wounds	80
Sprains	158
Dislocations	5
Gunshot wounds	6
Electric shock	3
Intoxication	4
Toothache	161
Teeth extracted	43
Fractures	78
Fracture of radius	4
Fracture of clavicle	2
Fracture of fingers	7
Fracture of nose	7
Fracture of arm	11
Fracture of skull	4
Fracture of leg	7
Fracture of foot	2
Fracture of ribs	6
Fracture, Pott's	1
Fracture of toes	3
Fracture of femur	2
Deaths at Pan-American hospital	4
Total	5,573

TABLE II.

DEATHS IN PAN-AMERICAN HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE.

Case No. 2,226 Pneumonia
Case No. 4,175 Apoplexy
Case No. 5,557 Heart Disease
Death in ambulance of man shot during a fracas in the Free Midway.
Baby in Indian Village, died of entero-colitis, treatment being refused.
Premature birth (6 or 7 mos.) in African Village.
Indian baby died, in hospital, on inspiration pneumonia, following inspiration of some grains of partially cooked rice.

DEATHS BY ACCIDENT ON THE GROUNDS.

One man killed by cars before Medical Bureau was organized.
Case No. 613. Struck by Belt Line train; both legs severed from
Body. Killed instantly.
Case No. 631. Fracture of skull. Killed instantly.
Case No. 3,490. Bullet through sternum. Killed instantly.
Case No. 3,568. Fracture of skull. Killed instantly.
Two men killed by electricity. Not taken to hospital.

TABLE III.
BIRTHS.

Two births in Indian Village.
One birth in Filipino Village.

TABLE IV. TOTALS OF PATIENTS BY MONTHS.
August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March,	1900 " " " " 1901 " "	17 60 86 94 73 92 59 100	April, May, June, July, August, September, October,	1901 " " " " " "	167 482 660 1,018 1,145 954 554 _____ 5,561
Total for construction period up to May 1, 1901 ……….. Total for Exposition period up to November 1, 1901 …..				748 4,813	_____ 5,561
Daily average for construction period …………………..... Daily average for Exposition period …………………….....				2 26

TABLE V. NUMBER OF PATIENTS SENT TO EACH HOSPITAL
Buffalo General	36	Homeopathic	8
German	2	Riverside	2
German Deaconess'	1	Sisters'	21
		Total	— 70

SUMMARY.
Total number of diagnoses	5,572
Total number of persons killed	4
	5,576
Total number of patients treated	5,567
Total number of cases with more than one major injury	9
	5,576

Reference
1.Roswell Park, M.D., Report of the Medical Department of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Buffalo Medical Journal, (December 1901). The full text of this report is available on Sue Eck's website, Doing the Pan at http://panam1901.bfn.org/medical/parkreport.html

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