The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-08-16
Among the Doctors.
n. 0. Times.

/ Speclal ana SOlelllI ColsultHtlo
i, of eminent physicians:
! 1St Doct0y-"I hold that tn
prevalence of yellow fever in on
midst is due to certain climacteri'
combinations of heat, moisture, cold
~,nbsence OF dampucss, etc. Thu
disease being,imported-"
I'd Doctor-'sI beg to differ
There is proof positive that there
never has been Il cast of yellow
fever imported. The sporndic--'
sd Doctor-"TherP gOU are You
see the fact tirat'it is clearly due t,
the fruit dealers, and not to the ic,
manufacturers, is distinctly show
in that unripe bananas, taken il
conjunction with miasmatiC tenden
cics, will spontaneously evolve
homeogastric pcstilcnce per sc, 10
this fact I think we may trace the
origin to the Sender"
4h Doctor" But in 1865"
9Th D0ct0y-"M My deat sir, this IL
not '53. The diagnosis OF this pc.
culiar disease will prove that some
are dying now that were not born in
in '53. In my opinion the local
! causes are sufficient TO cngender the
cfyptogamic germ Of mephitic bac-
| ts"iR, which, self-eyOlnte. induce by
counCnr-icrltation the prophylac-
tcrie entGzoa, with superyention Of
Undergraduates eastritis. Niggers
don't get it,"
9TH Doctor-" | be, pardon! MY
clientele embraces the ha,'.gItleSt
and most exclusive of oLtOr2on
circles, and | have seen four tbs,
tinct cases of congenitaI orchitiS
within tie past six days. The more
perfectly acclimatGd--'
7H D0ctOy.- There's where mn
peculiar view comes in. / hold
that standardization, properly mar
cotized with umbolic acid and
thorough inoculation or previous
death, will exempt anyone not eX.
posed directly to contagiOn. The
filthy condition of the cutters, and
the draining Of the ce-chai1 pond
has much to do with this.
18th D0ctor-' | am a homGopath,
and in my .SacchWinr treatment |
have noticed that the fOdi Of radia-
ton are parallel to the perimeterS
OF infection, which clearly demon.
Stratrs the wisdom of the board OF
health in carbolizing healthy dis,
tricts."
9M Doctor-" Wrong, sir, wrong!
| haven't II case of yellow fever, and
haven't seen amy, 5ut l will ven.
ture to,say that the malady is either
indigenous, sporadic, endemic OF OF
foreign origin"
l0M Uoctor-" BUt the board Of
health"
lin U0ct0r-" Excuse me, sir, !
Oh the board of health. ] hold
that if the disease is not local it
must be Imported. / base my
on the fact that in u there
was not Il single case in the city,
and hence the calamity of an cpl.
was avcr'cd. Phagedenic
congestion Of the mNb0nian glands
jorJoined with paraphymosis Of the
is often mistaken for
Infectious eCzcma0t malarial origin.
the Mobile quarantine.
Now, claim that yellow fever is
never indigenous here except when
'p]ontdnCouS, and | challenge cita-
ion OF Il single case to the cen-
rary."
l2h Doctor-" But does not the
sporadic tendency Of yellow fever
o peter out when it has run it's
curse, tend to show that it would
rot have become epidemic had ii ,
rot existed ,
1871 Ooctor-" BIT, my dear sir,
lAlaTlal remittGnt fever, danguc, !
.poclyphal regeneration OF the =
hyperion ventricie with suHusion OF ]
'nerpcral rabies, can be contOunded 3
nth sporadic miaslna, particularly =
'hen black vOmit sets i'm and the ~
dies. l think many cases Il
'hlch are not Simon pure yellow d
ever are reported under different "
ames.'
llM Doct0r-"But the cremccau. 1,
lsot monogamicspores ossimilatcd =
y endmosis is Independently :
loplyllacteric and tllerrG0re-' q
Here our reporter withdrew to 81
ct ~ dictionary. When he returned ii
ne nights were ont, and there was =
very evidence That a severe low /,
taken place. However, from t,
ie above, ii clear idea may be
fawn OF the nature of the maladv d
ew existing a resolution declar-
9 that there Is no yellow fever at =
1 had a strong support, but the
ahSled remains of many advo-
'teS OF that theory seemed to in. d,
cate that it had been voted down y,
ter a hard struggled al