Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-03
~. Louis.

with his eyes. The victims of the fever are
not as numerous as they have been in past
vIsltatiOns; but the plague is spreading and
increasing IN vTulence day by day, and 1t is
still six weeks before the usual time of frost.
1t is "a property of human suffering to de-
| yelop human heroism, and we cannot con-
| template this terrible visitation on our breth-
rem at the south without being filed with adj
| miration for the better parts of cur nature
| which 1t brings into play-the generous SYM
pathy Of the people of the north, the almost
reckless courage and devotion of the resident
| physicians, the unhagging and disciplined
! labors of the Howard association,
| and the gentle ministrations of the sisters of
| charity and christian clergyman-to say moth
ing Of the cases ofindividual sacrifice and de-
| Votlon that the world will never hear Of.
| After ALL there is Something in us stronger
than party spirit, personal hate, or the greed
| of money. Faith, friendship, affection and
| the sense of duty, though too often lost sight
| of, are grand factors in human life. The
human heart, like the rose, yields its greatest
sweetness only when crushed
| Hero.
| Cincinnati Enquirer: The man who stern
| ly faces death in a shower of grape and can
! lister may be nerved by the excitement of
patriotic rage aGd ambition. In the thrill of
| the moment he may be obliviod9 Of the dan
| ger. What shall we say of DR.. Carr, the
| Cincinnati physician, who, when all on board
the John Porter have deserted the two sur
viving yelowfe fever patients, calmly, firmly,
| rigldly stands by them? In the name of hu-
mainly he voluntarily breathes an infectious
atmosphere and administers to those smltten
| by the plague. DR.. Carr is hero.
The Terror In Houston, Texas.
New Orleans Times, August Doth: The fol-
| lowing extract from a private letter to the
| husband of the writer in this city shows how
| thoroughly terror-stricken the authorities of
Houston are on the subject OF yellow fever,
The fugitive spoken Of is Mr.. A. j. Jourde,
who is a guest Of our townsman Mr.. J. j.
Martin, and with whom he has been residing
for the past two months:
at is as much as | can do to write, being
IN such a tremble. For the last two days we
have been harrassed by the health officials
and others, who persisted, Notwithstanding
my solemn assurances to the contrary, that
you were concealed on the premises.
yesterday the storm eliminated, search
warrant was obtained, and after a desultory
consultation at Bsll's store, as to the propriety
of lynching You, II caught, they surrounded
the house. This va, about eleven O'Clock at
night. We had all returned for the night,
and you may imagine how terrified we were
to awake and find the house surrounded by
band of brave y officers and vigilant citi-
zens, numbering about fifteen, armed with
deadly weapons and with the majesty (?) Of
the law.
"On the door being opened by my mother,
the officers pushed rudely past and COM
menced rigorous search. We gave them
full permission to explore everywhere, and
although | knew that you were safe in New
Orleans, yet l could not suppress a thrill of
horror when thought what might have been
the result had you really been here, and had
fallen into the hands of these crazy and cow
ardly Philistines Brother Austin came near
L Al
that the house was infested with thieves and
seized his gun, but before he could load it
two of the wretches had their pistols leveled
at him, and, as they themselves stated, would
have fred had they not happened to have
recognized him. The people are thoroughly
demoralized. Like Macbeth, they see dag
gers IN the air. y
Report of an English Commission on
The Origin and Causes of yellow
Fever.
The following report by one of the most
eminent British medical commissioners given
to the readers of the APPEAL as conclusive
testimony from very high, the highest,
source as to the origin and causes of epl-
demic yellow-fever. 1t very significantly lays
stress IN filth and dirt as the means by which
the fever takes hold and is prolonged in
places like Memphis, and ought to convey
warning to our citizens of what is necessary
and what must be done in the future if we
are to avoid a recurrence of the epidemic
which has mnde a charnel-house of Memphis
for the fourth time:
First-That yeIlOW-fever epdemics break out
simultaneously in different and distant towns and
in different and distant parts of the same town,
often under circumstances in which communication
with infected persons is impossible.
Secondhand yelloH-fever epidemics are usually
preceded by the occurrence of individual or sporadic
cases of the disease which sporadic cases are like
wise common in seasons when no epidemic pre-
Third-That the yellow-fever epidemIcs, though
occasionally extending large tracts Of country,
are more frequently limited as to the space over
which they spread often not involving the whole of
a town. and sometimes not even any considerable
FouTth-That yelloW-fever epidemics do not
spread from district to district by any rule grad
ual progression, but often ravage certain localities,
while they spare entirely or visit ligy others
in the Immediate neighborhood with viii }. in
ha itants are i'll constant intercommunicduIn.
Fifth-That yellow-fever epidemiCs, when they in
wade district do not spread from houses first in
fected to the next and thence to the adjoining and
thus extend as from center, but on the contrary,
one side of street to particular rooms in the same
house, and often even to particular rooms in the
sixth~That in general, when yellow-feVer breaks
out in family, only one or two individuals are at
tackled; commonly the attendants on the sick eS-
cape; and when several members of family are
suffer- either the epidemic general in the local
tfict. TIC 'uO'-D1' HN S' li-'' Oil -''''0 us
locality the most rigid seclusion in that locality
fords no protection from the disease.
Eighth-That on the other hand, so great is the
success attending the removal from an infected To-
cality, and the dispersion of the sick in healthy
trct this alone the further prOgreSs
of an epidemic is often arrested at once.
Ninth-That such dispersion of the sick Is fol-
lowed by no transmission of the disease, not even
when the sick placed In the wards of a hospital
among patients labOring under other maladles.
Tenth-That no one of the preceding facts can be
reconcled with any other conclusion than that
whatever may be the exciting of oellow-fever
it is local epidemic in its ORIGIN and the evidence
of this conclusion is therefore cumulative.
Eleventh-That the conditions which influence tie
ffzatIn nF vail lyDOu afir,ffa
and to great extent. removable, and are substan-
TALLY the the localizing causes of cholera
and all other epidemic diseases.
Twelfth-That as in the case of all other cpl
demic diseases, in proportion as these locallzing
causes are removed or diminished, yelloW-fever
ceases to appear or recurs at more distant intervals
and in milder forms.
localizng causes there is constitutional pTedis
posing cause of paramount importance, namely:
non-acclimatiOn-i e, the state of the system pro-
duced by residence in cold climate; in other words
European blooI exposed to the action of tropical
should be taken to prevent individuals or bodies of
men recently arrives rom the yelowfeyer zone from
exists or has recently been present.
Fourteenth-Tbat there is no evidence to prove
that yelOW-fever has ever been imported.
Flfteenth-That consequently the means of pro-
lection from yellow fever are not quarantine restre
lions and sanitary cOrdons, but sanitary works and
operations, having for their object the removal and
prevention of the several lOeallzng conditions and
when such permanent works are impraetfcable, the
temporary removal, as far as may be possible, of
the population from the infected localities.
We deem IL our duty to state, in conclusion that
from the most careful examination which we have
been able to make of the mass of evidence submit
ted to u.s. from which the foregoing conclusions
have been deduced, We have not found single fact
observation clearly aScertained or automatically
recorded opposed to the general tenor of such ey-
dence We have met with no exceptional cases. " |
have, indeed. found the opinions of some authOr-
ties whom entertain great respect not in ac
cordance some points, but these have reference
for the most part. to matters of purely profession
al and scientific nature On the great practical Ques
ton, whether whatever may be the nature |
and mode of propagation of yellOW-feYeT, quaran-
cOrdOnS real
lection against its Introduction and spread, we be-
lieve there is very general unanimity of opin-
ion. In accordance with the evidence we have sub
mltted that they cannot We believe that there Is
the like general agreement In this practical concu-
sion that the substitution of sanitary and hygenic
measures for quarantine isolation and restriction
would afford more certain and effectual protection
All of which we humbly certify to your majesty.
SHAFTESBURY.
EDWIN CHADWICK.
n SOITTHWOOD SMITH