, 1873-10-02
ApprcIlcnsiye Feeling Throughout The
SONlhs
A Description OF the Disease and
Its Treatment.
Prevalence Of the )" Brol1cn-Isono
Fever" Mt New Orleans.

ahu Aeart III 1tH dombre vapDr: md tloro III ren-
son to foar tint, boloro tho blacIs frost lo torn
Of tho restilenco), 1t mny descend upon many Of
our towns aud Villages, md, dropping death upo,,
Its wings, cauBo tho citioB OF tho 1ivinr to bo
loss populouH tllan tlloso of tho dead. pco,,-
1iarly-mallgnaut md fatal typo Of yellow
feyor made It's appearance \ fow weeks ago Mt
Shreveport, On tho Rod Rivor,-a thriving town
OH the western odgo Of our State. It is salt1 ia
l1ave been imported from Moxico by MI tinorant
| clrGus-comrAny.
| It Is strange how this poisonous infection
| TRAVELS AND IS pnorAGATED.
Some ycara ago, wlllo tho pcst,lenco was pro-
Willing i'll this city. balo Of blankets was ship
pod honco to Trenton, n Town OH tho Ounchi-
ta River. Tho young men w1,o opened
1t wcrc soon Heizcd by Tho yellow fovor
1t spread faat md far, and, Gro long,
had doubly dcoimated tito population OF tho
town. At nnothor timc, hogsheal Of bacon
was the fatal gift from this city TO another iutc-
rior community.
! Tho strolliug players brought paudora's box
this summer to the unsl,speo!ing town Of sLroyo-
port, aud have cost 1t many rrccioua lfo. Uu-
| fortunately, tho physicians, not accustomed to
| doal with "Yollow JHcs," hayo boon unequal to
tho crisis Of his advent; indced they hardly
&@AAo" @AAAA BEAtG-
ments wore to the eircct that the disoaso was
'porniclous observation-disclosures TINT may moan.
Making ts appearance first in sporadic cusos, tho
sickness quickly became epidemic, and
HORROR OF DARKNESS
fell upon the town. Every ono who could get
away, lied, while terror went before and followed
hard upon their heolB. It il Hail tint II train
filed with fugitives was making Its way to Dallas,
Tex; but whom tho citizens of that place
hoard Of thoir intended coming, thoy dispatched
Vigilance Committee Of able-Iodicd mon to
prevent, at my hazard, tho Intended immgra-
ton. The ViSllRntos proceeded at haste
somo miles along the track, and, ut (, convenient
place. got together log-heap OIL each s,do of
tile road-bed, SGT it cn fire, nnd sat them down
in desperation to awnit tho coming of tho train,
At such III, 1lwonted Bignal tho engineer ahrilly
whistled "Dow1l brakoa," and hove to,--in what
fright you may imagine whom lie Raw tho shining
barrels Of scoro of nayy-royolyors pointed at
his head. Dallas informed linn that ho should
hnyo lead for bra1s if llo attempted to ,noyo Ills
train q rod farther west; hcaling which, tie
masculine representatives Of Shreveport in tho
cars tu1 nod out to man, toyotycr in hand aud
assured Tho eng:nec: that lie should
SUI WITH rLuTo
II he lid not 60 on. The matter wng Mt length
compromised. mid tic tlan alownd 10 proceed,
when tho delegatos from Dalins learned that
thoro wcro no yelow-fc patieuts aboartl.
have heard aEother story, Of I, Shreveport
gentleman OIL his way from Mexico 10
Liz, his home, quito ignorantt TINT Tho plague
rssa Hss took sSHsnS lin '9S trou fir asg t2wn la1s s
tho excitement Of the l,eorlo Ind rcacl,cd fever
heat. Registering himself from Shreveport ut
tho principal hotel, lle asked for roon Tie
csorl, without mulfi.g nnB" er Dyed him curious
ly, aid thcn, in ailelsce mn, with npecd, lett tic
Office. returning n nj
dozon stout follows, who led tho unfortunate
man from Sroveport into tho street, gavo lin a
tremendous whipping, md then turned him
from tho city of tho plague.
1t has heou stated i'll the public prints TINT
porBonB have been Hoizel by tAo peBtiouco in
tho streot and died within fow; minutes, /
thlpk there is not tho slightest Foundation for
s,lre mo that, whom these cases OF sudden death
III tho street have occurred, tho victims nro
supposed conyalcsceuts. 10 mako you nntler-
stand tn, let mo glvo you sonlo account Ct tho
YELLOW FEVER AND IT'S TREATMENT.
Tho typo of tlo disease yarics from year to
year, aud every grent epidemic has trnits of,tp
OVID but tho mnin foaturcs arc tho san1e, and
an experienced and competent physician ,nfalli-
p ny recognizes these 1n twenty-fonr hours. True,
g1!sh bosween these symptoms, aud those Of tho
Denguo or broken-bouo FOYER" for tho first
night aud day., A man III tho enjoyment OF I'M
common health and strength (for tho ddlusiyo
disease scons to delight iii sna1ing its victim
una'ares, to lnafo tho sacrifice fat for its dark
a!tar) finds rieor, Or slight chill creeping over
him, followed by pains in the head and bac1, and
fevor, Which rises rapidly, The paius become
violent, oxcluciatng, mud tho pulse ranges from
1os to leo. The tongue il not coated Of furrcd r
but assumes q rod, glassy Appearance, and often
Bwe}ls to fur beyond its natural size !; tlo runs
begin to o1lla:Eo, aud black deposit settles Oh
tho teoth. lilo Bcerotions or tho body nro
UGrNuECI Tim l,
fail to perform tl,cir function. Woo 10 Ito M
9at won sneh Is ia the for TIC urinary acid
auene tho siI wost DO 1on o3 to The Is bra
relieved, totnsng in speedy and terrible toatii,
Tho stomach iB tlisordorcd, mud frequently tIuro
~ diapo5ltt1n to lotch; tho nerves become
G'xs'e nn tho reatlossneEs
h1tlse TO light and tho enrs to sound III soma
c"5os to lips, tho whole facc, grow rod AZ crin,-
6o1l; uauasly, tho full, corded pulse throbs with
fiyugo-Go a.rooMto other symphonic una
oechnes,-the pulse still remaining quick, but
this tiIhc thc patient in 30 reduced tint ho chi
scarcely lift his head, or indeed ruiho NJ, eyej
This is '''' - o'4a'
THE CRITICAL PETroD,
and. in fact, forward from this limo until slso
lutte, not apparent, conraloEceuco takes place.
Yoll0W feycr In sometimes thought to bo T.
greater 1nistakc, for countless autopsiey iu this
city llaya Ghowou tho liver to DO in good coudi-
ton int1cod, I lave not hoard Of n caBo whore
It na:s seriously implicated. Tho diseaao is sui
gomcGis, having little or no linnhip with ot.er
,nalarolss affections. mud III tliatnGtya poison
uf tho bloud. 1lonco the constant tendency to
exlrayaeation of tho b|ootl Into tho gnms eyes,
oars, stomach FOR, ih Bun,o soycro 0ahes, blood
is thrown ont from every opening Of lilo 1ioily
II 10 oIen fUwcd in larEe qunlliiticn Into Tic
stomach, aud, Wlion tliA Is ttirtswn oil,
THE nLACk yO.rtV
occurs. 1tia MI o!rur to kuppo.o that tlliB H, of
c.ahlty, fttal for I ha1o known mnry nos-
eons tu recoycr aflcr it.. Tho vomt s aitadpiy
Nuturo's effort to FREQ Ito stomach from this OK
trayaBalod blood anil, Wien denlh enst,ey, it
results from tho ox!ien.o norvouI actou eouuo-
quol,t upon Tho rotchillg III the cnteob,etl H.
valid. fu serioua oaHon, lcmorrl,ago from tic
openings Of tho body oftcn atIortls rolief.
an soon 10 tho l!atlont il.1B tho rigor creeping
oyor him, 10 should 60 to bed, md p,.lnnlou al
experienced nurse, wllo Is far moro important
tllau tho plysician; take n Int mustard foot