Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-07
YELLOW FEVER.
AT NEW ORLEANS.

YELLOW FEVER.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
A New Orleans dispatch under date
Of July 31st says the board of health re-
port to noon gives the number OF new
cases during the past "a hours as "a;
only one death occurred. t
& A' AT CINCINNATI. Az
The Enquirer of July 31st has the de-
tails of a case Of yellow fever in that
city, the victim being VIM. Hines, a
wealthy. cotton broker Of New Orleans.
Mr.. Hines arrived on Saturday, accom-
panied by his wife, having left New Or
leans to escape the disease. He
was complaining of indisposition on
arrival, and took rooms at lead
ing hotel here. During the day his wife
became convinced that his disease
was yellow fever, and so told his
attending physician, DR.. Reamy, Of
this city. He was not, however, con-
WINGED until on Monday, when he
called in DIR. Minor, the health officer,
and then decided that it was genuine
case Of yellow fever and that the patient
to insure safety to the many people
living at the hotel, must be removed
to the hospital. DR.. Minor noti-
fed the authorities hut they became
panic-stricken, and refused to
receive the patient. The doc
tor, however, insisted, and on
their further refusal told them that il
they declined he would order out his
sanitary police and take possession OF
the hospital. This brought the panic
stricken officials to their senses, and
they finally consented to receive the
patient. They then returned to the
hotel and informed Mrs. Hines of their
intention, when q touching scene en-.
sued. 1t seems that in New Orleans,
where yellow fever is better known than
here, it is considered extremely dam
gerous, if not surely fatal, to remove
patient who is suffering from
it. This the wife knew, and
she had been as the result suffering,
ever since her. husbands illness, from
fine fear that his removal would be de-
handed. When their intention was an
nounced she became very much agitat-
ed and burst into tears, and begged
them not to remove him, saying that
it would surely cost him his life, and
Diet filing the experience and belief of
those conversant with the epidemic in
regard to removal. DR.. Minor was,
however, memorable, and decided
that the safety of the many
must be regarded, and as q result
preparations for the removal we're
begun at midnight. When they were
ready, however, the panic had spread
to the servants in the hotel, and they
refused to touch the sick man. One
colored man was at last found who
consented to act, and the physicians
with his help carried the patient down
to the ambulance and he WAS taken to
the hospital, where he lies ina very
critical condition. His wife is unceasing
in ner attention to him, and her heroism
and labor in his behalf are touching in
the extreme. The city authorities are pre-
pairing to establish quarantine regula-
tons, OBTAINING all travel from the south
before it reaches here, and disinfecting
all boats now lying at the landing.
Physicians say that, while there is some
danger Of the spread of the disease
from tnlS case, the mOSC comes rom
those that, like this one, may come in
from the south with it.
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
A Springfield, ILL.,, dispatch Of the
31st says, DR.. Ranch, president Of the
state board of health, says in letter to
Governor Cullom, that having been ad-
vised of the appearance of yellow
fever at several points on the
Mississippi river, he is appre-
hensive that it may possibly reach this
state, especially rs it appears so early
in the season. He has corresponded
with the health authorities at St. Louis
in regard to the matter, and has also
suggested to DIR. Wardner, of
Cairo, the propriety of CO.
operating with the authorities
there, and also that he enter into cor
resp. .ndence with the health authorities
at Memphis and other points below
Cairo. DR.. Rauch directs that if any
cases appear they be promptly reported,
that a meeting of the state board OF
nea may be called, if necessary.
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