The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-30
BOARD OF HEALTH.
HOW THE FEVER OEszGsrNATEsHp--sTATE
HaENT or DR. CHOPPHN.

MENT or Dfg. CHOPPHN.
Tho board was called to order at about 7:45
O'Clock. Present: DIR. Chopin In the chair, Drs.
Tanney, Loeber. ALBRIGHT and MIR. Mott
After tho opening preliminaries the follow
inc resolution was offered by Mr.. Mott and
unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED. That this board haye i learned with
GER 's atoneys o e the beard = o
Resolued. That d personal friend of nearly
every individual member OF this board. en-.
aeal. bis genial temper md manners. bis truth 1tl
and high honor his eminent Qualities as q citi-
zs and he saantfy 81 soldier e 70 ea45e
share ofsorroW for the private and the public
loss
his family, aud lender to his bereaved wife and
10 his father, DR.. w. q. Austin, an honorsd
member Of this board. our sincerest sympathy
and coincidence, and that copy OF these reso-
iutions be transmitted 70 each by the secretary
oil The board.
MT. Mott offered resolution. which, as
amended BY him and finally passed by the
board; read as follows:
7sesplyea, That the president be directed to re-
Of tho fifteenth Of May last establishing q
quarantine ut the Rigolets and Atchafalaya SO
as to take effect Immediately.
Tho resolution In Its original state simply re-
auested the revoking of the quarantine proc.
aadaation,p without specifying places, and pro-
viaed that the money saved be devoted to the
eare Of tho destltute sick.
III was suggested that 1t would be more def
mite To name the places. and also that all money
saved should be applied to tho payment of the
debts Of the association. The suggestions were
accepted by Mr. Mott and hence the amend
gsnts.
phe following was submitted by DR.. Chopin:
CUSTOM. HousE. New ORLEANS, La.
Collectors Office. August 90. 1875
Hr. SanaI Chopin, President Board of Health:
Doeor--I have the honor to acknowledges the
receipt Of your Endorsement OF twenty eighth
physician ut quarantine. do not thoroughly
understand the case, as tho report Is not com
essgs Of some sort between the doctor and an
officer have ordered the transfer Of Che officer
i'm the interest of harmony. We desire to CO.
resident physician should DO Informed that our
officers have certain rights and duties under
aAe United States laws, and t Z. some eonces-
sion should also come from him. l trust there
viii be no further cause for complaint
Very respectfully. THOs, Q. ANDERSON.
Special Deputy Collector.
1T 6t1op 5::z essaned that he had received o
Estter from DR.. Darlington. resident physician
complaining that one of the Custom House Off
Gsra refused to recognize his authority and de-
nlined To obey bis orders, and he tDr. o. had
simply forwarded the letter to the Collector
with his Endorsement. and the above was the re-
Dr. Chopin said that he thought the board
should take some action looking to the inforce-
ment Of ordinance No. 2s, recurring doctors to
During some Iittls discussion which followed. |
Dr. Chopin stated that he did not refer to ply
sssrians who were compelled. through press of |
business, to delay reporting. but to those who |
did not recognize the authority Of the board. |
1T was necessary to have the reports for the |
pt ab q
Ing the president to enforce the ordinance. 1t |
nr, I,oeber was called to the chair. and DR..
Chopin took The floor. He said in substance,
THAT as the members Of the board well knew. we
sba sass a Been - be
had not been able TO connect the links, he was
sassd II Il vas mpq}aated a. be na he dd
SOL after killing frost. such as We had in 1876
Hi reopaned the souder question and on this
che fact that full inquiry had beer. made OF
khe Quaran Inc station into the condition and
was decided he had neuralgia Of the bowels,
and after the vessel Ind been thoroughly fumi-
gated and disinfeeted, she was allowed TO come
took cab anil proceeded to his room on Olaf
borne street. between Bienylle and Cont, The
reaha MS room Thnsdbh W shh
Friday night or early Saturday morning. It
came to the knowledge Of the board on the fol- |
doubtful case stu tie premises andl surrounding
square We're disintected
named Elliott second engineer Of the Souder, |
who was taken to the Hotel Dieu. where he died. |
a post mortem examination was held by him
and the gen eral appearance Of the body. he was
satisfied that it was case of fever. His death
no doubtful cases reported or heard Of.
Then the he next ease vas reported a.. by Dr.
Or. T.. visited the patient, and they both
agreed that he SYMPTOMS on, NV We're UNNECESSARILY
feFsed to the hos pital from Gasq 'e street, near
Marnis. on straight line with Clarks place of
Ths noNt doubtful case was on Annunciation
street. between Robin and Terpsichore, and
shortly afe there was another on Constance
at 11s Constance street and yet another at No;
MS same street. The neighborhood where al
o. bs bs q gbn bs to
zneInbered about the Introduction and progress
Gf the fever.
ia sell, limited diseases like all specific dis
eases nothing can stop Its course; he knew of
nothing which coul Id: 1t would go on as long
as the poison was in the system. NO one knew
gf any specific to check its course. The symp-
spnlB, the progress and the result were known
yet nll were al loss to know exactly what to
would therefore urge on all the members of the
hoard the encouragement Of experiments
Based, of course. on common sense and physi-
illogical and pathological science. No treat
ment had been adopted whereof it could be
ahe duty of every physician, in his, practice. to
Try and discover some remedy to depart from \
nfsa failed to check the course of the disease.
Upon this theory he acted in his Charity Hos
pital experiment.
Tic said: Believing that high temperature
was bound To destroy life. and that the reduce
aion Of the Temperature was the only thing
SsTmined to undertake to reduce It,. | went to
ahe hosp tai and selected a case which thought
was doomed to die In, a few hours. The tom
ing that peculiar web-like matter which we all
know precedes black vomit, and there was a
amining fifteen or twenty patients [ selected
tnis one, had him placed on cot specially spec
and after that ordinary water WAS used"