New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-10
!R4p1DEs CORRESPONDENCE.

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. I'd, 1868.
Eds Crescett--In my communication Of the a5th ult
informed you that the yellow fever was prevailing here
as an epidemic also informed you that it had made its
on OF the neghhorips plantations This
been the case on the plantations Of
Robert On these plantations there have
been about sixty but only death Her
came to town and contracted the disease fof which he
died) and thus it was communicated to the negroes
mention this the benefit of those who DO not belieye
that the disease is communicable by CONTRACTION or ipfee
ton There be no more to doubt the canm-
peabity the disease from person to another by
Infection provided there be favorable state of the
the propagation of poison than there
can he to doubt the contagion of smallpox or
measles. 5.
ii mas heretofore been supposed that yellow fever was
contagious and noninfectous disease it has also
baen supposed to disease confined to towns parrisons
ships aud other places where great numbers Of human
beings collected together 1t also been
to be peculiar to the white race that were
exempt from its rayages However well this opinion NAV
have been founded in to the disease that has
tfor horne the name Of yellow fever II csrtanlg Il
true Of the disease that invaded country in 1853 and
is now paying its second visit The disease now
yaiipg amongst which is doubt the genuine yellow
fever has transcribed the limits that former occasions
bounded the disease known yellow fever and has
itself IN almost every nook and of
the country Even IN the pine woods where the atos-
phers pure 1t possible for in this south
srn country, uge case has impaired the disease to
whole family. SO the Of the overseer OF Mrs vii.
ias aforementioned has spread disease among her
negroes.
le One thing on this point is own mind, clear
Il n that there must be certain condition of the amos
phere to propagate the poison That to say there
be temperature not less than 10 degrees Fahrenheit
and certain amount of humidity but there have not
bean a sufficient number of meteorological obseryat, us
made to furnish data to enable arrive at certain and
definite conclusions as to what the particular of the
u,osphere must be for the propagation and diffusion of
te poison through it, But when this condition Of the
atmosphere does exist all that is necessary
ncae the spsrk that will ignite the whole just as Yeast
ses up the Preventative action in the materias that hay
Been for aud favorable to this action or
Thai tfTrna
BY the successive addition OF fungi the circumference
or exterior Of that which has alresdy been formed
There can be doubt, it u.s. that the poison
producing yellow fever is fungi dused through the
mosphere just the odorferous particles Of rose or
other fragrant flowers are dfased through it. and is
known by their sslutipg our oactores on approaching
them early in the ornngthese of the night In this
have exerted solvent power over the flower. and the
atmosphere for distance around is filed with them
but neither chemical analysis the microscope is able
to detect these exceedingly minute particles of matter
that such an agreeable impression our senses
Neither have they been able detect the subtle poison
that produces yellow fever. Whatever then may be the
cause producing yellow teyer thing is certain it
diffned through atmosphere have shown and
ever breahes sufficient quantity of that atmosphere
mbbe certain amount OF the poison will have the dis
But this does not depend altogether the
of the poison received into the system but condition
Of the system at the Time and its susceptibility its
Having taken some pains to inform mvsef In regard Va
the Of this fell destroyer Of by conversng with
physicians and others who have had the most extended
opportunities of observing the of the disease
by releEiihS the ~fEtpRs ot men nave ia
vored world with their opinions communicate these
views for thepupose OF preventing possible the spread
ing of the disease from places where il exists And il
correct 10 my opinion as to the manner in which tbs
poison produced and enters the system, it follows
cessary that MI persons nhaling this impure atmos
phere mbibs the poison, and in danger having
disease.
The cause Of humanity alone has made me dwell thu
at length upon the of disease which it is foreign
to our purpose to do than notice IT. however
have given the readers Of paper any information
that may be the means Of preventing them from visiting
infected places We are paid for trouble to get sucl
/, information for them.
News has reached US from the parish of Avoyeles tina
William Griffin of that parish and lste Senator in til
Legislature from that Senatorial District is dead He die
Of yellow fever Major Wadd is also at the point o
!! death from the same disease JuN1us.