The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12


familiar with the facts of the
earlier stages of the fever which
was accelerated by the attempt
to repair the main sewer leading
through the town. The whole
number of deaths up to Saturday
night is about 193-over rather
than under, as several deaths were
not estimated owing 70 confu-
sion and distress.
Sept. 9th.-The new cases re-
ported are Mrs. DR.. Ringgold,
widow of DR.. Ringgold Miss
Mary Russell, sister Of E. P. Rus
sell, of Senatobia, Miss r. A.
Armistead, express agent, and
five colored women. The death
list is DR.. Ringgold, Mrs. Me
Donald, Q. b. Rollins, Henry
Crockett. A number Of patients
in the Chamberlain House are
convalescing rapidly. We are al
most without communication
otherwise than telegraphic. The
mails are irregular. The post
master is dead and the Mayor
died two weeks ago.
NEW ORLEANS.
Fever broke out July q, 1878.
Number of cases up to yesterday
1926 b of Deaths 1,6l1.
Among the little girls Of the Or
phans Home, 50 are very i'll. On
Sunday there were IA new cases
and 81 deaths. On Tuesday $50
new cases, and so deaths. A cor
respondent writes:
The fever is spreading with
fearful rapidity, some physicians
estimating its progress since Sep
TENDER 1st, at 1000 a day. No
one feels safe. On every side
one hears Of old citizens, who
had the yellow fever III child
hood and were thought to be in
vulnerable, being taken down
with a most malignant type OF
the disease. The mortality
among children is now frightful,
and all past theories regarding
acclimation are being utterly dis
proved.
The tendency of the disease to
assume the typhoid type on the
third day is fast increasing, as,
also, is the curious form in which
the coagulated blood from stoma-
torrhagia, hat ordinarily is dis
charged as black vomit, passes
off through the intestines. 1t APP.
pears that with every meteorolo-
gical change the malady exhibits
some new popularity.
The original discovery of bac-
terra in the blood of fever patients
made by the eminent microsco-
pist and physician, DR.. Joseph
Jones, a few days ago, is regard
ed by the medicel fraternity as
of the greatest Importance to sci
ence. Ii confirms the sporadic
theory Of propagation, and the
efficiency of antiseptics. 1t also
strongly supports the opinion that
quinine is prophylactic, as that
alkalord is certain death to all
monogamic organisms. The treat
ment with ice in extreme cases is
now popular, and the results are
often surprisinglysuccessful, par
ticularly in congestive compiled
tions.
Your correspondent, in return
ipg from one of them, met seven-
teen funeral professions, nine of
which were burying the bodies
of children.
During the present sickness
instances are related where the
sick, dying and dead were all
found lying in one room, in
some cases without a sheet to
cover them and not a single at
tendant about the house. In
one room eight We're found, in
another a little child was dis
discoved dying lying between
its father and mother, who were
fast asleep. Poor, weak exhaust
ed humanity had utterly broken
down here, despite all paterna1
affection. Save these three, there
was not another soul about the
house.
CANTON, MISS.
First case August 1. Tota.
cases 24S. About 40 deaths. sc
, new cases on Tuesday and in.
c%reaSinr daily.