New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-14
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WIZ GrLr Nov. J, isGi.
Undoubtedly various and conflicting rumor,
have reached you rcgar 10 tie prevalence u yellow
fever IN New Orleans ] have taken s0uo pains 20
certain the facts regard To tie disease both fun the
lips Of those who have ben 1Io,ed - it sud have Wit
messed 1t. layagcs and also from by own observation
90 fT " practicable.
Abou, thrcc months since made ilc prediction that
uus sid santary measures wcr' ciorccd. pcstacnce
would break out in Ncp-Orie-s before tie warn
weather should De- over. Tho grounds on which based
NY opinion were tie greet heat ihat prevailed turing
Ito months Of July and August. aad The rtcc'sit'
drouih alternating with ii' sid ts'ial1ing showers
During al RE Summer loaf. daTTioa and dyseni'iy
we're very fatal n The city and IN tie hospitals. Ihe
d,seuteiy assumed arosi 10 cpicmic ch.lnetef. III
hous Ker.tcl' Fever UopulAsly called EflcE bofs'
swamp OF Like Iryc) appeared 80 hIs 81 pi'mber.
II A. umod tlc gc-tlye or lcfmcions form h nan!
cascs ard hurried ts victims rapidly away Jhe tirl
fed che suspicious and he oIcdulo-s called . yellow
fever bat to tie medical profession II was clear thai The
,rcbdeiro,ing angel yellow Jack rad not yet frrved.
But It seems iln, he made The perniconf fever bis John
the Bnpti-. TO prepare tie way for . brief but
deadly much pu~.ng ~ lat Of ScpteuheI. aud about
al Of October. yellow Jack rud Bilious Jlck have
! NhlkN 81 IAhu w idth itl't'N' t'i' i'f.
Orleans. through tie Naval Hospital. thoyfh somo
psii. OF tie city Their reign j. now a.mo't over
flank Heaven hut they have lef d,soatioa and mourn
INC bfhiDd them. TheU. s. steamship virginia has
suffered yerv severely The Paymaster Surgeon and
rr., IN ripeer have fallen with eighteen 81 twenty o.
ne crew The Oneida was ordered TO Quarantine also
the oap,ured ram Tennessee. with hny case, on board
Tho supply steamer Arkansssi lost three o. hcr crew
on her last trip 70 tho Texas squadron and IN more on
| her return 70 Quarantine. Very many have been at
tucked bat as is the case IN oil epdcmcs, tie majority
have recovered The Naval Hospital has suffered moro
than the vessel lor thc eases many - them we've
sen there rs soon az attacked Dr. Bragg, formerly u
tle Kaahdn is numbered among the 100 victims at the
| UospiiaI where he assisted. II IS sngue: f.c HAT
scarcely ANY merchant vessels attacked does
the city su,f a. much Voull be exp, cied Nov.
could these fcycIs have been Narded Oh modified IN
tbeii effects By any thr part Of the auihor
ties on this subject opinions will clash Just a- The
surgeons arc prIpe,ualy dspl'Dg over heir patients.
whether they suffering ut ,he hands OF the PERM
cious fever or The bacl.'on.it.
Every one knows that Gen. Bu''or durug his nil
liant and immortal Ic.gn IN New Orleans took especial
care 20 ward pG disease, by the mot rigid sanitary
laws 10 was not only lawyer. general and legislator
ii. wa. practical and scnsbis hygionist az we'll.
Ecy. Orleans was nercT healthy uster his rule
do moi wish 10 inslute comparisons. Not ovcTy one
can De- General Batter but sanitary Laws nra 30 well an
dcr,o9d a. pre.,nt that Guy marked violation cf them
,y city and military auo.ties shoald be regarded IN
The emphatic words o. hapo'eon-is more than
crirnr-s bradrr" 10Th last Jcur ,id 'he present Fail
changes have been made on To l-,ce At hew.Ofein,-
,esrip, ND of soil. removing aluyin anl various dis
turbance, ofie status Of ihe ground by which poison
would be likely 10 DO gnctliel O course Is iiapo,
,ble 70 prove malhenstcaly TIA. the yellow fever has
be-. caused y the operations on TIE lssee But u Is
certain that Is very angerous 10 eIpoo dry and damp
Garth during Sumner nnd Fall month";. Instances have
occurred in NowYofA where .cger has started from The
tearing DOWN of house and tho building Of new o'l
lar. or removal Of III, poison generating soil
- much for yellow fever Trust that shall never
have occasion 20 speak Of il ag,ia. We believe that We
hay. seen the worst of il this year lac epidemic th''
Fall has not bscD a. fatal in many former years. Ia
1871 over 900 died In New Orleans alone; one ont 81
every four attacked. At that tine tao eiiy was IN
worse sanitary condition than usual aud 'here h'd
beon much disturbance Of the original SOL.
Tie cool north wind, arc blowing now and
tho general health Ut tie city is impros
ing MOTHER is word OF peculiar ssn'h
canco OH tbe Gull COa.t 10 means something more
than a mere shifting Of the direction Of the wind II
means ,be death Of Yellow Jack and dysentrT!. IL