New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06
HEALTH or NEWORLEAyS.
YELLOW FEVER AND BLACK TONGUE
The \. o. BuLetin of SATURDAY, Aug. 2S sav,

The y. d. Bulletin of Saturday, Aug 2s says
1--WE are not able to announce any abatemcsl 4
fever. The interments for the present week viii paA
ably considerably exceed those of the last The scs
number OF deaths from yellow fever, from il cu.
mencement in June up to the 22d inst. SUNDAY MI.
ing last, amounted to S52. Since then, up to lgedi
on Thursday, the Goth, there have been liO lh1I,
total from the beginning of ,0l2. The weatheriE
ing the present week has been warm, hot, We nAa
cay, ana showery. During the week there has vi
considerable fear manifested in regard 10 eating Rsg
as rumors of the black tongue among cattle in n
country have been rife. There has also been ca
uneasiness in regard to using milk from the .ss
cause We have made inquiries in various so,tps
and We learn that there was, some weeks ago, ,et'
siderable disease among dairy cows, and Baabs.
died; but the disease, whatever it was has newEey
or quite disappeared.
"On the whole, the week has not been very pkss
ant one, but hope soon for change for the better
Our friends and the public AT large at distance nsI
rely upon receiving accurate statements at hers
We shall report the truth So far can sscertstt
Among the victims of the yellow fever oi n
present week has been the Rev. l. G. Mayr, "a
Pastor of the First German Presbyterian Churtl
his city. lie died on Tuesday last, aged onil
years.
The Delta of August q contains the following ~
graphs
There Were % deaths Of yellow fever in the cg
ty Hospital for The - hours ending last evening Il
o'clock. The following is the weekly report mad
to the same hour:
Admission lof all deases ......... ....,A.,......f
Discharge. lof which 10 yellow fever .....,.....
Deaths (of which 70 were Of yellow FIVE .....,.'.."
Remaining (of ell diseases )......,.. .........,"s
We have not mentioned the conflicting siatsO&'
and rumors rife upon the streets in regard TO he 90
tongue in the Ncw-Orleans cattle market. b
whether owing 10 the discu' Sion Il that subsci
street conversation, or tO thu general sioptcn d 70
same sanitary idea IN req ard 10 diet IN We .eA
season, certain il is that q . abstinence from VEL o.
milk among our citizens has become 50 pressFh
to justify public mention Of it,"
The Pic0yaHe of the Same date says:
During the past " ,ek the prevailing epideHff
continued seriously q increase The boPesaf
tanned that the sickn' - had reached its culnh
have not been gratD I'D aud we have 20 report 81
extensive mortality than has been recorded MI
corresponding wee except in 1853, since lsb'
=" The weather sSs proved more than ordinary
wholesome. Up Fressive heat, frequent shower
ram seeming 10 fsll almost without clouds, shT
brisk, followed ty considerable change in thetenfs |
ture, bat not fp0Igh to prevent most dsdgrg
exhaaton ir' IN the muddy streets, have characzd
the week pr IT,
" II Is : impossible as il l. unwise 10 maa
prediction in regard to the future. Whether tbt1
ia- reac Jed its wOrst point, or the next week 81
lol, 81 AL furnish the highest record Of mortsly
Tie Pr sent year, cannot now De conectured 10 l
nately, perhaps, Il Il that the materials tor the ~
ol' 'fvt a. uDuHudIt ~ IN PREVIOUS years, eSs
steps have been taken To- prevent the iDgress
acclInated strangers.
II j. remarked this year, a. il was in Pst'a
similar epdemics, that those who might hsWs
supposed exposed to the fever, but kept within "
lived frugaly but regularly, kept their Minis
from anxiety, and were regular IN their habit
capped an attack. This il a suggestive fact ~
1t Is quite impossible to explain il. Let the ~
cimated avoid the midday sun and night ar a.
az possible" II
The s. black tongue referred to in some
above extracts, i spreading through the b.
TIE PteoyHRe contains the following letter; =, L
SHADY GROVE, Washington Psrsh "
see from my last Pc. that the black tongE -
reported 10 be travelling westward. The b'~ssE
disease has made its appearance here, and -
considerable damage. The deer are very no-I
quite all dead, with that or some other dIfss ssy
am crcdibly informed that east # Pearl Rive
can be seen any quantity Of them dead, AMI y. -
i've one. There were several pet deer in ths SSa
borhood; but they too are dead. The cattle pls,s
take u, and some of them not only have ne - -
diseased, bat their fore feet are affected ID -
way as those of horse with foot evil. CopPT-I
vinegar, az recommended through The Picfy-kI
moves the disease of the tongue and the SAM ~
ration to the feet viii cure most cases. The az"
,till going on westward.