The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

few that skulked ont almost on the
first sign"
Can You Civ. me the names II any
OF the medical gentlemen who desert
cd
Yes thore were Drs. Malcolm. He
witt. Herming and Morrison. pr.
MORRISON was the jail physician, and
when the fever broke out there Ii. ran
away, and DR.. A~bercromble was APP
pointed IN has place. In Io13 the worst
infected district was in the n~-iyhbor,
hood OF the Jail, but there was nc fever
among the prisoners. Tins time, when
lt made It's appearance there. the pri>o-
nerS confined for slight offences were
discharged. and all the other well ones
We're taken TO Presidents Island, about
four miles down the river. The clergy
men OF all denominations STAYED at
their posts. and. as they have no con
gregatonS, they have nothing 10 do
but attend the sick.
Il tell YOU there are some awful
sights in Memphis now. There are
only about thirty-fve hundred people
there now, and something like thirteen
hundred of them are down. You know
the societies have so much to do that
they can hunt out every case. People
who want assistance have to apply TO
some one of the agencies for it. and
there IS 50 much ground to be covered
that very often the patient is dead be
fore the doctor can get there. Last
week, when DR.. Abercromble was
taken. made an application at 10
O'Clock III Ia morning, and couldn't
get physician until 6 in the afternoon.
A doctor VIII 90 out in the morning
with enough cases on his list to keep
HIM busy ali day, 50 he has to refus
all appeals. | have seen a doctor with
women and children on their knees,
begging him to come to their husbands
and fathers and mothers-some of
them trying to drag him in. When
you go into some of the houses YOU see
horrible sights. III eve forget one
place on Jefferson street. The whole
tamlly-father, mother and seven chill
dren-all were in one room. The
father was dead, and his body hung
across the bed with his head hanging
down and the black vomit spattered all
over the bed and the room. The mo-
Their was dying, and that horrible black
vOmit-it looks like coffee grounds
was running out of her mouth into the
face and breast of one of the children
that lay OF the floor by the bed. Ugh
it makes me sick to think of it. All
the children but one were down with
the fever, and they rolled around on
the floor and screamed and groaned
SO, it seemed as if hell had been moved
up on earth.
There is no telling the amount of
suffering there is there. Many a man
has been taken while away from home.
Inc the poor fellow has crawled into
some hole, where his body has been
found days after, twisted out of all
shape, and found only by the horrible
smell of the decaying flesh. A number
of houses have been broken into, and
whole families have been found with
the bodies falling to pieces. One of the
most horrible things hat occurred
there was at the death of Mrs. Zonane.
She lived on Jefferson street. The
doctor who attended her didn't let her
family know that it was the yellow
fever until just before she died. Then
he told them, and the five children
ranging from ten to twenty years old
came to say good-by. She had the
black vOmit, and they were told they
had better not kiss her, but they did,
and as they came up one after the
other and gave her the last kiss on
earth, their lips were stained with that
horrible stream of death. And, what
is almost miraculous, none of them
have caught the fever yet.
"Now, put them along side of John
Donovan. His name will 60 down to
future generations with Judas Iscariot.
He ran away, leaving his wife and
children there to die, while he tele-
graphed to DR.. Mitchell from away
off in Brownsville to take care of
them. 1t wouldn't be safe for him to
go back to Memphis just now. | be
lieve they would tar and feather him.