New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
THE REPORT.
POPULAR PgAR OF RPIDnMics

Inc year 1873 was characterized In the United States
ny ,e cooht occurrence OF Two Diseases which are III
eo-py 'rad'oh' ny a certain mystery which sur
rouhds then aud by the fuiy OF medical skill IN their
prcscnce-wlth Significance out Of all proportion the
actual mortality which they occnson From the 9th day
80 80 i 'o' o'''n 'i' '''o '" ""'
" io'o' uht'i the Zst Oh No'cfhTr oi 'hc Saho
year. the dates OF the first and last OF the disease
there occurred 100 dc,ths fr,m IN oman, r end,ic
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o""cI"' Durihs the Same period e"ch year thcro oc
Cured In round numbers II 900 deaths from diarrhea
dvsentcry. and choera nfanm. From tho dato OF the
st case May 23 TO the date OF the last case Nov 90
1915 There occurred 33i9 deaths from specific or ep!
utic yclioW ever during tne same PcriM each year.
y.;e of = sn, d,at" % ~ s'"Po' '''"' 'o'o''' "k5'o
Tho last preceding endemic OF yellow fever WAS in
1867 and from its subsistence MP 10 the close Of 1872
rause hnt dnripn " th ;o, ~. ~ ,h h,d U h @ m
aggregate OF over 10000 deaths from maaria fcvers
M r1 ni peen no rpnir,ni, cholera IN tho country Tor
f Diseases most rcsrmhlng n carried or NOT rss tb,n
10000 persons And year by year such more or loss
pv u'seass" s sni poE. s,atiel ieyei, Vpnus
torraby constant ayerayc of over 100 ooo deaths rr
annum.
YELLOW FEVER DEFfiSG EXPLANATION
But such a comparison tO point aud emphasize
the only lesson ta,,ht nv the b.torv of tc ,to e,dcic
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VI ''o" io''r' "ps"'"''y n"'"hs III" oce" '''iheo o
the cause Of tho disease Tho question OF IA autochthon
origin, Of hs importation into tine Gulf states
fran, ari.ce,, cou,,ri. Il, th. ann. t,,,,o od ,dr
~ s"' 'i'nV a"n ""'ao'
'no S"'no c'"'c eo"diuo"' II SUN unsecured; Spc'he
modes Of prevention and of limitation remain vague
and nep; medical opinion is as confused aud conflict
ing ana medical skill as ba'cd IA before The questions
propounied by the Supervising Surgeon in his annual
report are vet unanswered 70 none OF thcsc hayo sat
Isflctory answers been returned In deia. thereof
ere iou !" tnh 10 tie sam. a,sile,es iot no pioYr
to greater or less extent in the control and limitation
OF tec4nSeS o that other Immensely gest'r loss OF ife
aoNe Si"G sum as,nnms uiu suian Iih up u, W.
tborn,,c canniimess rniccut d,snfcriinu nurc ar nm
polluted water whoica,nc food aud ind yidha y ,dcne.
HISTORY Op IuE lpIpImlC Ar NFw-YORk IN 1873.
In The follow uu bref history of tho cpdenic the dis
ease is followed step by step from first appearance
tho United STATES until s Close preserving the chrono-
logical rather than the geograhical order for tho pur
pose showing il possible the spread oi the disease
To this howe, er tho port OF NcwIork may be made
bocause altbeugh the disrase wa, repcatody
ntodc,J hot ino tina hn,bor and the city fortunately
If GAINED u, foo,boId This mart may therefore, bo d-
ro.,I ri, ,t t,. .n.sct
Po" VI at " ~
Ihcrc wrro IN al D. case ~ quarantine roho'oh Ho"
vessels arriving. Tho ffst occurred Slay % seven
other casc. t)c last refugee from Memphis who died
=, ,t ,,,,n o his ,,,y m ,te boa,i,,l o, ,o ann
III 'h' 'i''""''"'' V" ''' way W ',''
Conccruing Tie cases which reached York. de-
spite thc thorough and eniIgtenrd sanitary aamisrs s
pal service remarks that ~ long ~ quarantine Is
matter controlled 10y state caprce or ear there !, moth
ease into comnunfy matter how rigid or perfect
the quarantine el such community may bc ,deann llT
low fever .i!od to become epidemic in Newfork the
season, it every season. IL dlc
probably. first TO the Want Of Invoing conditions in tn.
season isef aud second, the efficiency OF its Board Of
fo,nitcs furnished by land from other ports
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On tho lon Of Juno 1873. the British merchantohip
c,J Dream arrived at the port OF Pensacola from a-
'onc" DIc''" al " WV ' " ,,
Nan'' "nn WIS P'"c'" III q"'i"n'"o '' ' W
lost ~ men while in tho port OF Havana 'hree ~ """
.ifu from thence hthcr her entire said to
have been shipped from yellow fever hospital She
AL az
rived here; but no ca'' Is report" az oc'uinS ","s
she rcltiheu III 'i""' '"''i"' ~ W. ~ =.
con,nd,,ciast st wharf and discharged some COAL and
I' 80 hor r.,'a,ir, h,,,,s, ya
II Is also s''''u 'Na' 9''"J u, ., ,' ,aI Tn ,r.t re
no,,.d ease o yellow fever in the city was that OF Mrs
rstr w, died Of black yomt on tho iIth OF August.
iN."i wa" W =, :. -. 1T, =, ,,o Haror
and whose case was That evening reported 10 'e "|o
w the attending physician Mrs f.hef.s residence wa,
I'LL, ,9 G,rn Dr, an, had landed her cosi and left
part of cr ballast. ia house w" bMH. horthi's o
tho one oc.nli'H ny niS, I "ess af sevcn day,
I ao " wa w,. r"r,trd IA "ptnicious fever" Mrs
N,,tc mad removed from New-t,.ieans to ponsacol Oh
tho 20 o. Juy, ana snc Az" 'hs th hv" os W. on
" !. ~ ,,s, " sailor died ON the tiol len Dream
ON lsIh o August. tho socohd acSn"w'Husrh ease
oteui. III @ h1 i'.ro rorihe,s, norfion OF the
city On ihe doy mentioned he died OF bIck voDt and
probably contracted thc disease ~ inc cao VI & ..' =, @ %
sionary labor among tie 80 ,cn IN ne wrr p p " 'o no
city on the oth O the raine hoth "as ,uisi III Wy
r B@unt 70 Sc, mi"ps u' n,d d ,nteI tie
hospital on the lin. iouad h.n wan coh',.ht
ccolgh, when Dr. Bouht i'crncd me nc na' n.' ~ fi 10,
the tiec Gsfs PREVIOUS. ana though n'''tny ~ & ,.
conf icXiOn, his whole person VS. yr""' ~
toms nccomuauea ~ iilto hrluch, sp''n, sp,',n,d ~
rather election OI blood from the h"r" Jt 49,
ths Il Ot yellow fever Hild rr'pn, recon- '''.u ,
cot together with ia occupant, shoui o' lhho"ho,
tr,yrd Ia tto war aud certain cOdIae % treat
ment adopted. tbs aiVicc vas I"h',F "$,ou $So'nt 't
and Resulted IN mo Su"iusi,l"' ~, ~ 'o ~ ~ I ' sn,m
hlccoigh aud the recovery of thc paurht ihs 'niiL
wa. thu tg,t treated ~ the MARINE hp,pn',
three days after no adiit,alce oi oa' s,u', 81
son nai entered !Hc ,ihne, ~ i,1n', IT, % MI, d
tic '',, .i'a % , IL can I,,,d sr,,re cni. rod
Ike hospital on iho 18TH - - ~
From THIS datc ul'ii tn nH ~ ~ t cd and y,rinty