The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-20
CAMP 10 WILLIAMS,
Four and a half miles south,

FOuTanu u MIL lillics soutHs
Sep. |, IL midnight.
Messrs. Cornwall & Bro: | have
yours of the 31st, with check for S25,
which will be used for milk for the
little ones of this camp. You were
exceedingly thoughtful.
We have had u trying and dcsper-
ate fight with the fever OF this camp,
but begin 10 feel we have conquer
ed. You can form some idea of the
distress. Women in childbirth, sur
rounded by little ones, quartcrcd in
tents, see one by one pass from their
sight on to the hospital, thence TO
the grave. Soon the babe is born,
yellow as gold the mother fingers n
few days, and then she, the last OF
the household, is put under the
ground. We save no women who
are attacked. Such as are pregnant,
miscarry; others, when attacked,
have premature hemorrhage before
the regular monthly period, and there
is no cure for such. Yesterday q
woman and two pretty daughters of
IL and l6 years walked from the
train to my tent, and reported for
assignment to quarters. From my
familiarity with the disease, | at
once remarked: "Why, woman,
your two girls have the fever" The
eldest one said: "No, sir, indeed l
never felt better in my life. l had a
chill yesterday, but am well now"
Her pulse showed 1876, temperature
1O4 9, eyes CLASSY, skin pulled, and
| the whole counfenancc o beautiful
pink. In order to quiet and crafty
| the mother, put up a tent near me
for the night. Next morning had
them examined, and both were sent
to the hospital. | was down there
this noon. The mother is PROSTATE
with nervous prostration, and the
children lie in the potter's field.
Gust now ] toted fellow TO tent
near the hospital, i have had men
hunting him all day. lie has been
lodging us. He swcars nothing is
the matter with him. His pulse is
1856 and temperature 1885, He is lit
orally burning up. He will be dead
by noon tomorrow.
The disease is yellow fever, or Is,
in fact the Imalarisl fever Of this
coast, intensified by the introduction
of the germs of ship or Asiatic te-
yer. IL is the most subtle scourge
the world has experienced, and baf-
flies all medical experience. A per-
son of intelligence. when first attack
cd with the malarial symptoms, If he
be administered 10 ut once with the
usual treatment, wrapped up in
blanks and nursod carefully, may
pull through. None but the rich can,
in times like the present, command
special attention. The masses are
treated by the Wholesale, and all
alSke; few recover.
The first symptoms arc hcaviness
and a slightcbild, then suppression of
the urine, pulled face, CLASSY eye,
beautiful flushed skin, pink cye-ljds,
pulse ie0, Temperatures I03 10 LOG.
Soon vomito begins, which is simply
a slight hawking sound and splitting
of coflce-ground substance from
the stomach, which sinks to the bot
tom of the vessel. The patient, after
each emission, feels well, and would
get up if allowed. No pain, no evil
dence of concern, either by look or
action. The pulse begins 10 run
down TO 80, so, 20, 80, 40; then comes
the pinched nostril and mechanical
breathing. They sit up. want to
get up; are induced to lie down and
quietly pass away. ~ i sa 1896
Thursday night, as | was making
the rounds, saw woman return
ing from the infirmary with vial OF
medicine. Ii WIS sprinkling a little.
She want In har font IN "A saOIla