The sun., 1870-10-21
YEJLOW JACR's YISIr.


The uenutcs OF GrccnDuck Di-iDfection a.
Lnnrartino-Wbcre did the Prvrr Or,yt.
Lrtet- Docs yellow Jack LUrs IN a..
FILTHY Recessos Of Fort Columbuse
To the idaof Of me SHs.
Sra: Tho recent occurrence Of yellow Cov.,
on Governors Island is ,tributcd I, ntoGuc,on
By vcstcls that e'c pc tie vigilnce Of the Qu1r.n
tine authorities OF tris city by dschargnr ther CIR
goes ut Perth Ambcy, and sdbsequot on uriira,
in our harbcr msrB roruge at the whirves q,
Broo<lyn. Thls event T. readily taken sovanta,e Of
by the Heath ohccr 20 point cut tie cetIor .ie n.
sults Of an, other han tie established Quaiantn,
route to New York. and the terrible Consequence,
TO DO artl ipated snoull the merchants avail thsn
selves OF auy means to escape the eAtortion and
loss Imposed by the prcsent system Of "uoenback"
dlsinfection: OF all known dlsinfecuny agents.
"sreenbscks" bsvins been found tie most po.en,
at the Quarantine hero, and before their maIIo in
fncnce tbs germs Of disease become harmless. a,
was illustrated in tho recent oiss OF tls bus
Wavelet.
With all due respect 10 the superior wisdom and
accom- pills iments OF the Health Oalcer, IL may be
well to inquire whether the vessels In question fur
nisned toe source Of this disease, or whether 1t may
not possibly be accounted 'or IN some other way
Iu the first place II tne vessels came from infected
ports, IA IL known that cases OF yellow fever 90
curred on board OF them either On their passage to
tue case, they wou.d not probably have been admit
ted to praiique by tde Health Onicer at Perth Am.
boy or allowed 10 discharge their clrgOo3 there. In
tie second place. has any case Of lever boen known
to have occurred on board VI them among those
employed In dischar<ng or teloljinz them, or
anon. those living in the vicinity OF or doing busi-
ness On the wharvcs at which they have lain None
sueh have been reported bat la II not fair to pre-
sume that lad these vessels been injected repre-
sented those subjected to the Immediate influence
OF that injection would have besh nrst attacked,
rather than ttose living at the remote distance ol
Governors Island, to whieh the Jftites Of Tie
disease is presumed TO have been carried By ths
lide; or It's malaria waited by the ~indf
That IL disease may have been OF local origin on
Governors Island Ia neither Impossible nor improb.
able as all the elements net essary 20 its develop
mont existed there al the tune of its appearances.
Heat. moisture. docaying orgsbic matter, crowded,
dirty, and til-ventilated apnrtments-a the eondi
tons requisite TO generate fever-weve tJere and
a. doubt long existed In tie minds Of those ysL
clan, who saw the a. 10 the exact nature VI
the disease II IL probable that at nrst AZ. ca cd In
nOdined form. and gradually assumed the specific
character Of yellow iever Had II worn the features
OF tis fever db tnki0 those at all theoretically or
Irlcticllly convorsant with the disease could not
hsVe riftaken u. Agan, II the disease through
was yellow fever, and had not local origin. u may
have leen introduced there by some ut sol
der WHO im0ibcd its sscd elsewhere. and was not
stacked mill aitor arrival upon the Island. whore,
With this spar$ 10 kindie IT, IL spread as II only can
spread, In congeniii atmosphere. As Governors
Island has been used as depot Tor recruits, and
have been received there rom all quarters witb
tier uTevloLs histo les unknown IL Il not at all i'm
PROBABLE that some ono may have gone there with
TIE disease tr suOatinr Ia his system. contracted
either In some Southern city or wnile pas iengsr
bDard ectod vessel and unde eyolOped until
ro Ichng that pest. That tuch cases rot VI all
Rnirtquent. II familiar to All acquainted with cpl
denies vi yellow lever, as the writer uas been.
These views are advanced to show how the pras-
enCr OF yellow iever may be accounted for In other
Ways than the ltg,d violation OF Quarantine laws,
tnd TO reiuto the arrogance Of tie presumption that
but for ths We shoul huNc hCCu spared the
vi 40 unNeicomo visitor. ATkOS.