The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-09-22

THE CREoLEs AND THE 7 Elbow FEvER.-We
copy the following article from the Bee, and
being aware that it comes from the highest au
thority in New Orleans, commend it to oul
creole readers. We have never known a ma
t tive of the city to be attacked by the yellow
fever, and they have for the last forty years
visited Havana, Vera Cruz, Rio Janeiro, and
f the coast of Africa, during the prevalence o
; epidemics with perfect impunity. In no instance
have been subject to the disease. The Bee
says
During the prevailing epidemic, and indeed
whenever yellow fever RACES with marked Sc
verify in New Orleans, it has been observed
that a certain proportion of Creole children
even the offspring of Creole parents are sub
,, ject to disease so closely resembling yellow
fever in its symptoms and characteristic fea.
lures as to give color to the presumption thai
even birth and Uninterrupted residence in oul
n1alady. The fact that number Of Creole
children have been thus attacked, have been
treated by the medication usually employed
for the cure of yellow fever, and have died
has occasiened quite panic amongst the ma
tive population. With a view of removing a
widespread error, and of allaying the harrow
: ing apprehensions growing out of it, a physi-
ciaE Of experience and reputation published on
Tuesday last, on the French side of our paper,
an elaborate exposition of the nature of this
mysterious affection We proceed to epito-
mise his observations and conclusions.
The writer maintains that the disease con-
sidered as yellow fever amongst the Creoles OF
New Orleans is neither more nor less than a
pernicious fever assuming the character and
physogonomy of yellow fever. This disease
very frequently takes the type Of other fevers,
and is extremely apt to be COMPOUNDED with
them. Especially does it resemble yellow fe-
yer when the latter prevails in an epidemic
FORM and not only does it present the ordinary
signs and symptoms of yellow fever, but in
many instances is distinguished by black vomit,
hitherto believed to be peculiar to yellow fever
Adopting the principle that it is utterly impos-
sible for Creole of New Orleans to take yell
low fever, the physician in question infers that
however Identical may be the appearance of
the disease in Creoles, it is not yellow fever,
but pernicious fever. The conclusion is based
upon two prominent and pregnant facts: First,
that every case OF disease in Creole, sup
posed to be yellow fever, and treated by yell
low fever remedies, proves fatal Second,
that the mode of treatment invariably applied
to clear and well defined cases of perncious
fever effects a speedy and certain cure in these
cases. What is this treatment? 1t consists in
the early and free administration of the sui
phate of quinine. Upon this our author in
slsts most strenuously. He does not wait for
a remission, but exhibits the febrfuge in the
midst of the most violent fever. The more
alarming the symptoms, the more prompt and
energetic should be the quinine treatment. He
considers this drug AS the sole reliable antidote
in all such cases, and contends that its en-
ployment will prove uniformly successful.
| number of cases are cited by the writer to
prove the analogy, as far as symptoms are con-
cerned, between peTnlclous fever in Creoles and
yellow fever in unacclimatcd persons, and to
demonstrate the immediate and marked relief
and abatement of suffering produced by the
administration of quinine. He opposes the use
of emetics, purgatives and blisters, and thinks
they aggregate the disease. In cases attended
with nausea and venting, he prescrbes doses
of sulphate of qulnine repeated until the stom-
ach ceases to reject its contents. While rely
ing upon this heroic remedy in the treatment of
such cases, he does not deny that they are oc-
casionally cured by other means, and even by
the unassisted efforts of nature.
The remarks of the writer are extremely in
teresting, and indicate thoughtful and obser-
want mind. They impress us, too with their
plausibity. We have never Been able 10 un-
dersand how Creoles could be subject to vel,
low fever, and yet when cases seemingly offer
ing every symptom of the disease have come
under our notice, we have been perpexed to
account for them. If the theory of the writer
be correct that such cases are pernicious fever,
assuming the type of yellow fever, and yield
ing readily to those remedial measures which
are generally resorted to in the former disease,
speculation is at an end, and our Creole friends
may at once dismis their terrors.
VIRGrNIANs-AT HOME AND ABROAD I'm
der this head the Richmond Enquirer has an
interesting article giving the number of native
Virginians resident at home and abroad The
total number of native Virginians in 1850 re-
siding in the State and other States and terri
tories, was ,261 600. to which may be added
the number of natives residing in Europe, the
British provinces. Central America, Mexico,
Australia, DC, 10000, making a grand total
of 1,274,00O. The total number of natives in
State at that time was $4,000, the number of
absentees 455,O The Enquirer says:
We have carefully examined the same table
for all the States north of us, and find the de-
pletlon Of Virginia to have been greater than
any of them. Connecticut approaches nearer,
her per centage being IS, the other northern
States ranging from 81 down to IL per cent
with this further difference against US, that all
the northern States receive greatly larger &C
cessions from other States and from foreign
countries, some of them quite as large mum
Der as they have lost Of their natives The
difference in Connecticut is the greatest She
with a population of 81 900, which is much
less than half our number of whites, received
accessions of natives born in the U. States and
territories, but of Connecticut, 10000
And of foreign birth, $4,000
$4,000
Being more than ne-balf of her loss Our
loss, as before shown, was 455, OOO and we |
received from all outside sources but $4,000. /
The number of emigrans from the Old Do