The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-01
QUARANTINE.
What the Physicians Of our City
Think of 1t.

The suggestions in the memorial appended
are well worthy the consideration of the
Board Of Health, to whom it is addressed.
1t is signed by large number Of Physi-
clans Of our city, and the suggestions are the
result Of long experience and practice.
Quarantine has long been tax on our
commerce, and the question as to whether
or not it was effective in keeping yellow
fever from the city has been agitated and
argued, but never before SO decisively
answered.
It will be observed that the memorial
simply bears on the effective uses of quaran-
tine and does not compromise its signers fol
or against the opinion that yellow fever
originates in New Orleans, for or against its
contagious nature, nor for OF against the use
of disinfectants.
The gentlemen in charge of the matter did
not have time to call upon all the physicians
of our city, but those who have not signed
and are DESTROYS Of SO doing will find a copy
at Frederickson & Harte's, 139 Canal street.
The memorial is as follows:
New ORLEANS, April 26, 1875.
To the Pres dent and members Of the Board Of
Health:
Gentemen-T undersigned practicing ply
sicians OF the city of New Orleans beg leave to
submit
l. That after many years of experiment il
has been clearly proven that quarantine does
not protect this city from yellow fever.
q That the commerce of this city, upon
which her prosperity and the livelihood Of
more than half of her population directly OF
indirectly depend, must continue to be most
seriously damaged by the repetition of said
quarantine.
In view of these facts, we pray your honor.
able body not to recommend in future the
imposition Of any greater restriction upon
vessels arrived from infected ports than to re-
quire them to be disinfected at the Quarantine
Station, and to remove to hospital at the same
point any cases Of yellow fever which may ex-
list on board: the detention for this purpose
not to exceed twenty four hours, and the un-
affected passengers allowed in the meantime
to proceed to the city.
F. Alpuente, d. NJ. P; A. Foster Arson,
NJ. D.; Z. D. Beach, NJ. r.. c. Beard. n. 7.
S. NJ. Bemiss. NJ D.; H. Bezou, NJ D.; c. J.
Bickham, NJ. D.; J. Borde, D. NJ: P; W. P.
Brewer, NJ D.; D. W. Prickoll, =. 2;
A.
d.; S. L. Chaille, Nj. d.; J. j. Cas-.
tellanos, NJ. D.; Alcee Chastant. NJ. D..
H. G. d'Aquin, D. NJ. F.; Jno. Deli Orto, d.
M. p; E. DeBlanc, NJ. D.; J. P. Davidson,
NJ. D.; F. Fl. Dennis, NJ. D.. C. FACET, D. NJ.
P; J. A. G. Fisher, N. D.; J. n. Folwell, NJ.
D.; Edw. Harrison, NJ. D.; Alexander Hart,
NJ. D.: +. Hawthorn, NJ. D.: D. C. Holiday,
NJ. d.. A. C. Holt, NJ. D. !; o. Huard, d. NJ. P.
". E. Kennedy, NJ. D T. NJ. Kennedy, M. D.
P A. Lambert, D. NJ. P; Thos. Layton, D..
NJ. P; J. Hampden Lewis, D. NJ. p; Ernest
S. Lewis, NJ. D.; f. L~ber. N: D.; Samuel
Logan, NJ. D.: J. J. Lyons, NJ. D.; Sabin
Martin, D. NJ. p: Armand MERCER, ID. NJ. P.
W. s. Mitchell, NJ. D.; J. L. Moreau, NJ. D.
7. G. Richardson, NJ. D.; H. D. Schmidt, NJ.
d.: II. Schuppert, NJ. D.; G. Scratchley. D.
NJ. Psi. F. Seguin, M. D.. E. Shepard M. D.
Howard Smith, NJ. D.; E. Souchon, NJ. D.
J. c. Stickaey, NJ. D.: Benz. Stille, N. D.;
F. L. fancy, NJ. D.; c. H. Tebault, M. D.
J. Tonatrc, D. NJ. r.; J. Trudean. NJ. D.; D.
Tureaud, NJ. D.; Chas. Turpin. D. NJ. P. w.
H. Watkins, NJ. D.. J. H. Wiendahl, NJ. D
W. B. Wood, NJ. D.; S. S. Wood, NJ. D.; P.
Yeiser, NJ. d.