The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-24
The Yellow Fever.

In the Medicai Investigator for October
". II. UolcOmbe. NJ. D., of New Orleans,
say, Of this malady:
This scourgc OF the tropics j, peculiar,
well-markcd disease generally epidemic
ana contagious. rarely occurring twice IN
the same system. II has rlyagcd all our
..s,board cities and towns from New York
10 GalyestOn. ami la, penetrated several
hundred miles up the Savannah. Alabama
ANA Mississippi rivers. New corners and
ulacelmated persons suffer most severely.
n i especially fatal 10 drunkarCls, prcg-
ulit WOmen. and young children. II i
very mild when occurring I'm the negro
rlc.. in Spaniarls, Frcnchmcn. Italian 3.
aul ntiv, born ~Outhcrncr- IL is more
...verc in \orthcrner- in Englishmen still
more 80: and II j. most fatal To- Irish and
1rrnans. IL i Il ali Selsc of the hot months
81 summer and autumn. IL, average duiu-
ton i about u week. and the death, gen
ertlly occur between the third and sixth
DAYS. The c0nyalcsccncc is sometimes very
slow.
yellow fever generally begins with
sudden chill. oitentimes in the middle OF
the night, followed rapidly by intense fe-
yer. burning skin. great thirst. cXcruclat-
ins headache. backachc. and pains i'm the
bnrning. as ii they had been exposed 10
the pungent smoke arising from green
wood. The tongue seems thickencd. the
tn pointed. and the edges red. while a
thick white or yellow fur loads its center.
There !, sometimes a good deal of mucus
or biliou. vomiting. The nausea. sense
of oppression. restlessnes>. and the depreS-
sion of spirits sometimes expressed in the
countenancc are remarkable.
These symptoms can scarcely be dl-tin-
puished from those which occur in the first
stage of severe bilious fever. typhoid fever.
smallpox. dengue. or any other violent
iebrie disorder. The red. smoky appear
amce of the eyes. and the dark. sufiuscd.
and sad or stern expression of countc-
nance, are to the experienced observer the
most suspicious symptoms. At the be-
ginning of IN epidemic few physicians
would ri.k their reputation By declaring
case 70 be yellow fever in thi, first stage.
Aftrr the disease has become fully deycl-
oped all ether forms of fever disappear. or
t.ke the yellow fever type. The first stage
last. from twcnty-four 10 iorty-eight or
sixty hours. after which the fever subsidies.
tit skin becomes moist. and the patient
sleeps. A great many mild cases OF yell
low fever end here. and. with good nurs-
ing. the patient has ar.pid recovery.
The second stage j. one of abatement or
e0rtion-somctimes awiully dcccp-
tive. In some cases the fever entirely dis
appears. tongue becomes perfectly natural.
the patient feels hungry. and wants "a yet
up and drss. while in reality the most
terrible changes are impending. This
stage calls for the stricic,t nursing and
dieting. The symptoms which should /
make you double Your diligence and APP
preherd the third stage. or that OF collapse. I
are the following: Noracious hunger. /
wiiha painful giawing sensation IN the
stomach. continued wakcillnes-. frequent I
hawking OF phlegm from the throat. and I
ri~imgilto the mouth. flatulence and RUM I
bling ia the bowels. a strange feeling OF /
de.Itiness and weight about tie abdomen. 4
and The appearance OF a light lemon tint 4
ia The white Of the EYES. 4 very slow /
pulse. a little flightinc-~ OF mind. pro-
found apathy OF manner. AMI a cOunte-
nance expressive of anxiety and gloom.
afe also bad symptoms of this period of
the disease.
Third Stage.-Sometimes this second
stage j. but family marked. oris very brief
and The symptoms of the third are rapidly
developed. The prominent feature. of
tits alarming condition are the following:
Burning IN the pit Of the stomach. fire.
quently ascending into the throat; pain.
sometimes violent in both stomach and
bowels; diarrhca OF brown or black
color: very yellow urine. sometimes
brown. like porter: Increasing vcllownesS
81 the skin: crttctation- and hiccough
olZing of blood from the gums or throat:
constant tossing about without sleep:
pulse weak. rapid and fluttering. or else
Slow and soft. with cold cNtrcmtics: de-
rum. sometimes mild aad muitcring.
furious; frequent vomiting.
without nau-cl. Of "a ytllowi-h-
brown liquid. or OF a elarct-cOlOred water.
W of mucu~ or phlcgm mixed here and ;
there with many little dark brown >peck-.
n-embling the wings or legs OF flies. or
'tlc pieces of cubweb. or sometimes pi
Ai@pI. either pure or more or less mixed !
with the above elements. III the disease !
/ not now arrested You may expect the
black yomit--which j. Vita
ic blood. looking like coffee ground, or
Particles of SCOT or snuff suspended in ]
" iier 20 the cOnsiStencc OF thin moa--c~. I
total suppression of urine. profound {
'lupor. and commissions often prcccdc !
eatn. The yellownc>s OF the skin j. not !
..u-ed by q suppression OF the bile. nor
1 the black vomit the product OF dcpravcd :
-,crti0ns in the liver or stomach. but al I
%" symptoms of the third stage are due
" a poisoning of the blood--a terrible oc- l
cult physical and chemical alteration Of it, |
PROPERTIES, rendering it unfit 10 maintain
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