The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-06


died OF black yomit and probably contracted the
disease In the course OF his missionary laDors
On the 18Th OF tue same month was called In oy
Dr. Il. N. Blount 70 see a suspicious case at the
Marine Hospital This man, 0tel Anderson, had
entered the hospital on the l4th. 1 found him
with constant hiccough. which Dr. Blount In
formed me ne had had for the three days previous,
and though naturally OF fair complexion his whole
person was yellow. These symptoms were ac-
companied by quite frequent splitting. or rather
election, OF blood from tue mouth. pronounced
this case OF yellow lever and recommended that
the cot together with Its occupant, should be
Immediately removed 70 separate WaF Tcn ana
and resulted in the suJ1gation of the
patient. This man was tue frst case treated at
the Marine HOSPITAL; though three days after the
tered the buidng-viz., on The afternoon OF the
17th-and had died during the following night 1
ola not see hlm as tns copn nad Seen eosea PIE pie
date until the night OF the 27th there were from
one TO three cases day In the city and vicinity.
On that night fire occurred on the northeast
corner OF Palafox street., opposite the Custom
House, by which several stores were destroyed.
The majority OF citizens were drawn at midnight
from their homes by this exciting event, and as
was generally predicted the spread OF the disease
was from mat period rapid and extensive.
The first yellow fever death was reported in
Pensacola on the 14th OF August and The last on
the lYsn OF November. The list numbers sixty
one, but lt Is highly probable that eight nine
other deaths imputed to various causes including
those oil the seaman on the Golden Dream. August
s, and Mrs. Nasite, August IA, were due 70 yellow
fever.
In Montgomery, Ala. the first cases were re-
ported on the l7th OF August, the first death on
the 27tn or that month and the last on the 10Th or
November. The total number OF yellow fever
deaths given in the Board OF Health report is
eighty; but DR.. Michel thinks there were at least
100 deaths, and gives the names OF twenty-five
others mo were, he considers, its victims, and
he estimates the total number OF cases at 500. AT
the junction there are said TO have been twenty
two cases, almost the whole settlement, and the
mortality was fourteen.
NJ huu
dred Inhabitants, there were nine Deaths and
at Oakhela, OF seven cases, six had professional
had no medical attendance. The above Is mere
history OF the epidemic as II occurred. 1t may
now be Interesting TO consider other facts con-
nected herewith. Immediately on the breaking
cut OF the lever IN Pensacola riGid quar- tine
ties OF Fort Barrancas, the Navy Yard and the vii
lagos Of Warrington and Woosey. similar
one was also maintained by the civil authorl-
ties or M1llville, village eight miles distany =,
built at the terminus OF the Perdido Railroad.
Win the exception OF Barrancas, where the fever
manifested itself on the 23d OF September, all
OF the above mentioned places escaped. The troops
OF Barrancas were, with the exception OF
about dozen, instantly removed to Fort Pickens s,
santa Rosa Island, ana not a case occurred
among them. This corroborates the testimony of
the medical officer at the Navy YARD during the
epidemic OF 1867, in which he says
While the fever raging at the Navy Yard and In
1 tSe the ve @ o @
occurred there.
In THIS connection IL Will De well to mention
some facts which appear to prove the infectious
nature of the disease and that 1t can De commune
Gated or introduced by clothing. On the 18th OF
November was called in TO see young ladV
suffering from O violent attack OF yellow lever.
She had come In from the country about week
previous TO that date and two quite heavy frosts
had occurred seven or eight days before she came
TO town. Alter reaching here she had assisted
at the opening OF trunk containing the clio thing
OF a man VINO had died OF q very malignant attack
OF lever at an early period OF the epidemic. Hers
was the last death; II occurred during cold
has been related to me by Mrs. q. l. LIE Baron, OF
this city, concerning the epidemic OF 1922. Her
father, Mr.. FltZsimmons, OF Claiborne Ala, hear
ing OF the death OF his brother at Pensacola came
here by private conveyance-at that time the
only mode OF trausportatien-and proceeded to
administer on his estate. Among the ELECTS was
trunk OF clothes, saa not TO have been worn
but upon opening it some articles the de-
ceased had had on when the fatal illness
seized him were found In It, and although two
heavy i-osts had occurred before Mr.. Fltzsimmons,
arrival he contracted the lever ana died after an
Illness Of four days, and from him the disease
broke out airesh. A still mere remarkable In
stance OF the length OF time the disease may lie
Or. John ]. Hulse. 1t is that during the yellow
lever epidemic OF 1858 young man died In the
that Two years later his trunk, when in
the meantime mad been in q warehouse
aea om win oa 20 Bso SACKS
place forty -1ve miles distant, and was opened In
house there. Soon after five or six or the Inmates
slokened, and some OF them died OF black vonit
l told this TO DR.. Harvey Brown United State:
Army, as vouched FOR by DIR. Hulse, and he has
mentioned lt in ais work on quarantine. Fol
further evidence as TO the infectious nature oil
clothing, bedding DC, used by yellow fever cases
see report OF Surgeon J. F. Hammond, United
States Army, to tue surgeon General In 1854 sn the
yellow lever at Barrancas in the summer or 1858
and the circumstance OF tne mattress thrown over
board from the United States steamer Vixen and
picked up ana used by negro man, who shortly
aiterward died OF black vomit and the subsequent
spreading OF the disease from the negro quarters
IN which it took place.
refer 20 the above mentioned facts in conse
quence OF their having been demonstrated in this
vicinage. From the FIRST yellow fever epidemic al
this place TO that OF 1873 We have, each occa.
sion, direct evidence OF its Introduction by an In
fected ship. From the time the United states oo-
tanned possession or Florida TO the present date
yellow lever appears i've times 10 have assumed an
epidemic form in ynis port, and during that period
il has also several times been brought mere, bur
JAILED to spread. | shall nrst enumerate the
former cases. In 1922 1t was brought here by a
schooner sailing from the north OF Cuba and from
there TO Pensacola with load of spoiled codnsn,
which was discharged at the wharf. hauled through
IL In' was introduced by the UnItea States les
s,VTes6, n 1885, the Tn,ss
ship Fair Wind aud the schooner Texana, the for
mer rom Jamaica and the latter from New Orleans,
and finally, IN 1873, by the British ship Colleen
Dream. rom Havana. | was in the last two cpl
denies as a practitioner, and in the one at the
Navy Yard, IN $685. as boy. With regard TO the
instances when IL was introduced here, but did
not become epidemic, the most marked appears
TO be that OF the French steam frlgatesGomer, in
the summer OF 1s43. Surgeon s. P. Moore. United
SIdLes ARMY, WtltihB HoiH fOII bEOWH, leANs, III
1858, to the Surgeon General, says:-
THE QUESTION or CONTRACTION
Is a very important one and has occupied the at
tention OF physicians aud phlanthropists lor a
long period without definitely settling 1t. There
can be no hesitation IN giving DECIDED opinion
that IL is not. The disease Is OF domestic origin.
The arguments for contagion are opposed by
facts. These are wei known ana need not be
stated. Ii may mention an instance, In 1872 1s43
while stationed at Barrancas, Fla, the French
steam frigate Conner arrived In the harbor OF
Pensacola, from West India cruise, vita the yell
low fever board. Permission was granted to
the surgeon or she ship TO occupy one cad OF the
naval hospital ALI the sick and convAescent
were transferred To the hospital, and the other
cases as they occurred on snlpeoard. The disease
went through the ships crew, yet not single
case appeared GA land, although the hospital con-
tanned many patients from The homo squadron.
Our troops were enc4mped within 100 yards or
these sick, and the inhabitants OF the Barraneas
living WITHIN striking distance. No effort W as
made TO establish system Of quarantine with the
SICK on the snip. Frequent communication took
place between the sailors ana the landsmenr
l have given this extract because IL relates TO
this port and also in order to correct some errors
which, from the lapse OF time Dr. Moore has fallen
into In the first place he Is undecided as to date
The Conner here with the m