The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-15
ID THE COLD SNAP.
AIS EFFECTs ON THE FEvEls-WRAF
THOSE WHO OUGHT no KNOW
THINK ABOUT IT.

Opinions and opinions have been expressed
as to the effect OF the "cold snap on the fever
and those suffering from 1t. A majority OF
the wise men who knew all about it predicted
All increase In deaths and diminutfon in the
number Of new cases, but the record shows
that they made mistake.
THE question Ia one of considerable interest
and the views obtained by DEMOCRAT re-
s,orter and presented below will no doubt be
carefully read:
DIR. LAMBERT,
one Of the best known and most successful
practitioners Of oden times, who has retired
from business, has this to say on the subject:
II believe that, rs the change Was sudden, it
may have an injurious effect on those already
sick since three or four days, but 1t ls emf
nantly favorable TO those who may be at
tackled with yellow fever. provided the tenn
perataire continue equable and provided the
weather maintains itself cool end dry
Reporter.-Can you account, doctor. for the
marked decrease Of deaths from 30 on We'd
needay to 81 on Thursday and 5s Oh Friday
this week?
Well. it would he difficult to base any sup
position Or draw any Inference by taking
these numbers to make an average, rs the
intervening time Is not long enough to war
rant o direct conclusion.
Rep.-Is the present weather favorable
Decidedly. It's effect will be to dimin-
number Of deaths.
Ren-Suppose q change again comes?
Ali the weather changes again and IL
we have southerly winds accompanied by
rain and then warm weather alternately, with
the sun pouring It's torrid rays on the earth
as It has done lately. then we may expect q
recrudeseenoe Of the epidemic far more dam
rerous than II the weather had maintained
itself warm without change to cool winds.
Rep.-What is the sanitary consequence of
the nraapyt strong WlnlSf
The effect will be TO purge the atmosphere
of miasmatic and deleterous eiIluvia: wind,
you know, La only air in motion. and this cool
dry. steady and strong breeze will surely
purify the atmosphere by driving away the
Foul and impure afr enveIoping the city.
A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN,
who objected to tho use of bis name. stated
to our reporter that In his opinion, the max
imtam has been reached; that from this out
there would be decrease In the number OF
desths and the number of new cases. He said
that the weather WIS favorable not only to
the well, but to the sick: that it was bracing,
and that there was more ozone In the atlnos-
phere now than there had been at any pre-
pious time during the summer
Our reporter saw
THE SIGNAL OFFICER
Mt this place, and from him obtained the fol-
No such weather as that OF July and Au-
gust can be found among the numerous rec
Ords OF this office. II this had been noticed in
time, early atmospheric disturbances might
have been predicted for September; for the
climate Of any given place remains the same
from age TO age. and therefore each year and
each season brings with 1t about the same
number Of phenomena of the same nature: II
but little wind Ia stirring In any two months.
storms are to be expected very soon TO make
up the average for the year or for the season.
Accordingly, although the average OF the
lowest temperatures recorded In September
mad nIt tbnGn
peratures usually come near the end of the
month. yet 6to has already been recorded this
year in the first few days OF the month might
Of the thirteenth and fourteenth, and every
one knows how hard and steadily the wind
has blown for several days.
Nothing like such cold and windy spell OF
weather as the present one occurring 50 early
can be found, though | have searched back,
among the records, many years.
The following table may be Of interest, 1t
Is comparative statement Of the month Of
July for the year 1873 and the present year,