The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-25

Important information The following abstract viii b
Ssad With prons only by the members Of the medical
psssesskn bus by me general reader
srAnsnCs HOSPITAL
me total ~ nbs Of patient treated In NE HosplSnl
durhs the year o4s the total number discharged
vs. ,sts total number Of deaths 2os; total number a
days spent the Hospital by patients e9S total num
b Of perseIs admitted under observas on and re main
~ average of about ave days 22e4; maxinr the
eaal number Of days spent In tne Hospital by al per
sans % mitsed ,ur ny the year, Al, 6Ss.
The per censge Of eashs TO total uumbsr M n,.,ans
vsssed VA l2.sl which II the lowest ratio of deaths
~ HovbiAl for mAny years. the In por.uos Of ,he
Assse Hospital ~ An essential depamens Of The Quar-
Ssspe ssselshnent Of ne port Of New YORK, ana the
aue Of public record o. the events which pertain 70 thu
history Of such sanitary Institution, together with
nbho ntsrest taken in all the facts connected wtt
s history Of the late visitation Of yellow fever q. Quar-
nOtine, rnoeSs my duty TO give 10 your hoporsbl,
secy fun ard acceraae account Of these fsots Ant
Nc upen the great Que ,as affecting sanitary n,e
rsss Of the city ano vioints Of Ne" York.
DisEAsss TkBArED-yELLnw rxyxp
m ny annual ,epors for ear 1855 mad ooossiou
20 rrerk tnas THIS nalady-the perpetuated Of
tknhe ana acknowledgement TO be gradually dh
hs s3t runsbe, Of cases q .yphus fever reported M
der amsi ~ the Marine ptAi curing the year 1855
Was Pas vnion wss A2 less than was reported 10 1864
INC toia numhes treated curing the lear 1900 wa S07
When II recot osec that the Marine Hos
psa receives all mo cases Of typhus that OCCUR amoog
e0erant pasr arriving Of the port OF New York,
- v.n as . yer, large proportion Of all the oAses
ehas OCCUR fn ire city, will no that these hsuros
have srest s'e nitcance And should be ia ther
ahas hat the regs,ered during lhe
psst the head ~ vpous lever composed
q the osss known Abdominal phus, Or the typhoid
t-ye
Mpe 70 occur among Ismishing emipAns pssssn
UtNTe = Of m r bf-0l 1A6 buSn
A4srs ann osfer calamlIes iurnlsh toe prorL
nsse ca,ss Of tre masoy IN question or this high
year N A,r oesnlip, and wholesome al,m nj are
The great propbJ against ypnus and almost al
ssh es,e pay oioacsI COZ Soas Of SssS
ecskTs far reaching o'e soss upon mankind.
sSAILPcS AeD OTHER xsUPuvK Pxysss
rho b,sivy D. d, prevalence OF pox and other
hscesous msladies aorg epgrans iorcioy illustrates
ne ne porauce oil pYCvidBg sositaruw for the recop
nDn snd CHI nsil Of tnigss' paS,hssrs Hom vesseh
upon " hch suob naladies have occurred
rbe propo tor nshn eut Of such sanitary
and by distin aished
Nv ID. r,d raD OF ,csss soss and ssn,s.ry oi,osra
fnough the various hospital buildings ~ Quarantine
may sccem modae nearly leVo psTsoos and have q one
prioo during The siosded lodgings aud pro-
vsoGs Tor ,hst number dcsira Die thai the pro
possd sanitary re,rsa be oesartmen entirely dmtioct
hon thai winch the sick provided for wnis 10 may
no Hospit.i ~ WV nav ''
II bclsvea ,ba, when the sabjec, of vaccination 70
1sct surve Injected passenger and casgoes
enforced BY law. the terrible scourRe Of SMALLPOX viii
nearly disappear from 10 DO very seldom
yond the nmi.s OF the Quarantine lszAyetso.
cHoIEsA lsLArrcA
Under this bad gwen facts observed during
Ne respecting this mAady brought TO The Marine
HespA Minute hG'ofy OF the spread Of the dis
the Hospital groundt. This occurred but onoe,
bus then such ~ 70 ovroborste tue
spnon exercised by Dr. Harris In his report 1855,
Ma CHOLERA usy apo does spread by OF imported
hSecsoD, some principle OF couunseut communi-
asA ndc.o TO- sevcra years The events II Qusrsu,ne
have furnthed strong testimony 70 The doctrine Of the
cssspgen oonmus caoihy OF cholera, and tpst quite In
dApenoer lily OF abe vessels which the cholera
oE0fs have rived.
KmurrSr AND IsnssnTrsr rxyn
large no@oer of csse These iVrms Of maArious
asves .sie admitted <ne hosp't~l, the Faena being
pr,nopay sssmsp. Dr. Harris has sivsn foil report
q sfr . }, cAes. made interesting and
important es,ors rc,p~ctioE the csss In lis report
- The x mmisscpers OF Emigration.
ne history OF the origin knd progress OF the cAse
sAreAtnpg vhison OF eiow fever 90 Instructive and
% full u importance Thai IL my duty 70 present
sssss Of The events Of the, hist ~, - toey have
boon note aud sudiea q. the Aarin- Hospital -
Il should be reuarssd that We
AcUites afforded for otservioG and record
ng tie Important evenls Of IRE la,o endemic were
fsit tmp eyed. psd 10 believed tpss the sbrevAsed
serpos 70 kgslaors and productive Of good :, The great
hsrcsts ~hob Affected oy TIRE Qosrar tine system
NJ pot OF New York Inc whole sesory Of suoh sy..
~ 0 rtfvcrcns sud ssnitayy AvrAs gemcnu, and al
Doapcsiiops thereof, should nancsuy be bssed upon
nsa'cal 'scss, &c
preceded The outbreak of endemic
q ct Quarantine ana 10 vicnny Tue nrss
80 o. yefos ev.r admitted TO The ea'ine Hospital vas
pssssvto Havana April 10 Ga moraing
- tsn Of Jore the Schooner JuIia Hsicck arrived
ess ~. Jsro de- Cuba With captain, orsi mate and one
nss ,ck with the most form OF The fever.
tho ves,el nsd sevsuseca dsys on toe
psssase and t o, her Grew sick with hs fever at
b. Jssc, ann had o., two sssmen on the passage.
On n. 2iss Of Jui sns ship jane H. snddon arrived
9om Bavaria win several OF her cse~ Q Oh ana goa.
usnss passenger dying T-o ,sanen nsa died Of tos
ssss Of sussr sso noas.es and bales q up.
ssessssd rass. On tse "a Of JAY
navssa each with Of yellow fever on oosrd, and
- former nAvins tbe p~sssgs cu thrte Of
70. sso, sSm' y, 70. evening o. jay zoe :aip
onarsnnne osrtss eth AL bal ca rck With tho fever
sao s~o q Der o-e~ lost from esct Won't on the pas
0ga mus Vas me pcstiienoe fairly IN.
ssevrased at ousrsu,nc 81 unusually cary psriod Of
Me asson sIs 10 ncsi malignant form u tue msisdy
po,Ant ACTON devoted 10 me sueiccs OF me
srlksp arc pragvcs o. ins piecu,h
sysus 20 ID, iLta o! July s.ve al o. The infected ves
seis y at Quarantine he'd escssrg ID cargo oy hgners
v,ov eys, hss .-ny.c 90 ,seaaen 70 ihe srrya
Me- Bsock aud Of tns ne eey ten Or more were tying
- anchor nearly opposite tue ha,iae Hos oi'ai or q
orsvssond Boy, imDediately south Of Fort H,mil,on.
n Oh atn crchsrsed portion Of Der carg,, and
y queaiy sppesred fourteen es.s q oaa rags from
MAJ sse se,p DO pSsa 500 ~ Gu 'aes On ''e
whue ly thus 81 Quarantine these vsvscis bad cast
into bay arse q1arir-. Of ease ni1rsb, eecAyisg
f,rts cid bedoirg etc aaj saoh materials ~ a.ot on
~ wafer carried IN dir ctions and ocalus which
1As he observed tie MAG having been the ursos
pHacss Ct pssteroe B1s vas pot oy SUCH udal az m
alone tho fones Of 'cciiop seemed 10 be
70 the shores the fsts OF those alone
sr1er VITO dveh BY The wsters,de.
90 the EVENTS u the Inn Of July we re,dved from
10 IL Oak sueet. In the city Of Nev York, married
ese Of ysos lever ne patent far cd v.nced N The
re black vomn 800 The pauens . robust young
W~rh urar 1reis md I'm Inc lsr too
the Sd Of July. The nse anchored at QaArAn-
ne IN he mdst Of The n'ecssd fyins tneee Toe
pnsses gers remsiped the shp nights,
81 wsre subsequently, taken 10 CASTLE Garden
sat OF infecton could reasonably be supposea
peuched IA Oak street at that early rerod rarousl
- oprcude tsst this ffst " yellow fever Tho
eay ire maiady conwsCkd By the pAscut whale he
vas renaiusrg over night a the QaarAntme anchorage
Sne week prt v1ous 10 bis attsck Of iipeS
PRocRpsior TIE YELLOW rsvn
Thfs date-July 2I-harked an ivp1rtAt epoch IN
- hptnvy of yellow revsY - Quarsnune Tn tnn day
- Nver wss suhouncci ~ endentc wrais sbe 4 srne
napyna inciosure Previous 20 nis dsAe eve csscs "
y0MGw had dwellings the q