The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-27


Mss Willlan Daknasd. sshrsnsrly .,
| tGucanuasl. and n0w lfaoogsr Of tue
| Wssssro Unioa Telegraph Company'l
l0elces in Now Orlcans, came % thin
slty ysssrday, direct from Shssvsposs,
"a. He vss thess Asring the wAc,s
sfthe spidsmic. and givss 10 the Her
odd the following accoant of the sufFer-
iags In that pestilent ridden city:
Hhrevepost lies north and south
ssoag tho Red River. and, hefosD the
days- of ths psstilsn0s. sumbsrsd II 900
inhAbitsnts. The ssysr broke out on
Aasast .. Il became m spldemlc
aboslt 6sptsinbsr 4. asd s,O00. Of The
population 1t oncs len the city. since
that time Shreveport has hssn quar-
rantined ia every direction. Msils for
Texas are lying there. which should
have gene forward two uonths aeo.
The lowest mortality on any day Of
twenty-fo hours was three. and the
higl,est thirty-sIx. Up to October Is
there had been 30 deaths.
: The cause of the yellow fever epi-
demic b not attributed to the Red
river nan. Not single case of fever
or any other sickness occurred among
the lao men employed BY the United
STATS government 10 removing this
obstruction to the upper Red river
navigation. This fact in itself puts .
quietns on the theory Of several scien-
rststs. The causss of the fearful cpl.
dsmio, after the appearance OF the dis
ease, are 10 Be found In the filthy con.
dition Of the city aud IN the drying up
Of tho swsmps end morassss in the
suburbs, produciag the nAlsria. The
vlrulence Of the contagion vas owing
70 tbs .kinaing Of two hundred oar
cases Of eiead cattle aud their subss-
qusnt p0trifi cation on the river banks,
a6Out two Ailss below the city. A
steamer loaded with cattle sunk II
that place. and the negroes towsd the
dead anima;s ashore. where, after be-
Ing skiunsA, their cArcasses were left
to decomposs. A southwest wind,
which prevails during much Of that
season Of tho yesr. carried the stencil
which the burning sun created into
the city. This prepared the cir for
taking the Injection. The first case Of
the fever, however, was brought from
New Orleans; but, under the influence
mentioned, IL resolved itself into the
most viruient type Of Mexican black
vomit. The percentage Of deaths At
the nost violent period Of the pesti- |
lsnce WAS 50 out Of every 100. Sixty
per cent was about the average, but
there were never less than forty deaths
tn every one hundred persons attacked
The symptoms began with violent
peih il the head and shoulders. Heavy
aches and numbness then attacked the
homes and limbs. The fever then set |
in and the pulse rose to 100 to l40 per
minute. Tho cribs of the disease ar-
rived ii aboat three days, whom the
isver isft the patient; then, II the KID
neys could Be kept right, the csse was
. hopeful one All of the deaths oc-
CURED either from black vomit, which
h the complete putrefaction or the
stomach, or from the entire sequestra-
tion of the urinary organs. There was
hardly case of the disease where the
did not have 10 be resorted to.
The period of the disease was in each |
case owing 10 the constitution Of the |
strongest did mot survive |
, week. 6# as94 ast.
The treatment was simply q hot
mustard hath. with castor oil ~ ca
CalOn,el. the old specific In
this disease, was enslsely discardsd.--j
Fear ktiledaA great many. Recovery
10 the best cases was matter Of cool,
se4s, substitution aud good luck. The
,hortness OF the supply Of nurses
prompted the organisation Of the How
srd association in shreveport, Mr.. J..
B. simmons being chosen Presidsnt.
The President OF the Association in
New Orleans, Mr.. T.. E. Smith, came
It once to Shreveport with nurses and
The deaths among the
nurses did not exceed five. The great.
ut mortality among any one sect Was
10 nsthe ranks Of the Catholic clergy.
fbey were very faithful In their min
strations on the sick and the dying.
rhe Protestant ministers we're equally
lserless of death and just as indefsti-
ysble In the discharge OF their sacred
sufy The Telegraph operators were
he next heaviest sufiersrs In propor-
ion . numbers, four out Of six falling
sictims TO the terrible dissase. >
There was no sach thing - funeral
'ervioes at the churches or ct the
graves. Every place of business was
closed except tas drug stores and
liquor ssloops. The churches were
,losed, The faFmslities were very few.
rhe deaths were reported to the How.
ard Association, which 1t onos detailed
workmsn to dig the graves. The
,ofin was taken to the sidewalk in
'front.' OF the house. The corpse was
brought from the house. put into the
box, and after being closed up, the cas-
ret was placed IN . wagon aud driven
It gallop to the cemetery. There it
was deposited beside the undag or
'niy partially oompletsd grave. The
srAye.digses WAS ieh alone with the