The New York herald., 1878-09-10
AT QUARANTINE.
NO NEW CASES, BUT OF d oNEs coNvALf SCENT
TREATMENT OF PATIENTS

NO NEW CASES, BUT Oh d ONES coNvALfscENT--
TREATMENT OF PATIENTS.
No new cases Of yellow fever were reported at
Quarantine yesterday. James N. Williams John
Lane and Peter Vance, who have been before mon
toned as having been taken from the steamer
Hutchinson from Louisiana and placed In tho hospital
convalcscen'. The steamer bas yet arrived In
the Uppor Bay Dr. vanderpoe consdoring IL necessary
that the utmost precauion should be tsscn in order
to prevent thc mniady from reaching tho city through
any infected vessel Some curiosity having becn
manifested In regard to the modus opcrsudi Of the
business Of receiving aud taxing OF yellow fever
patients as thoy arrived Ia this hirbor HERALD re-
porter yesterday on inquiry, ascertaned the following
particulars from competent authority -
The arrival OF a vessel here with he fever board
s ssccrtained from the Lower Quarantine station off
the hospital ship Illinois, about twoive miles from
the city. Tho fact rs at once communicated TO DR..
Vanderpoe at tho Health OGcer's station near Fort
wadswortb, by DR.. McCortney. the physician In i'm
mediate charge OF tho Lower Bay station The sick
ordered to 10 taken OF ana landed at the hospi.
tai When this is done the clothing Of tho patient Is
Immediately changed aud the man put to bed II tho
clothing s worth preserving II taken tho disniec-
ng room be iumigatcd and cleaned aud II the m man
RECEIVERS II Is restored TO hun. II unworthy OF preser.
vaton II s destroyed.
now surpgnrns ARE CARED poR
There - NO specific treatment. Tho cases differ so
OF the patient that no fixed method OF treatment
be adhcrou To OF course, IN all cases the prin cipa
point Is 10 promote the discharge OF the poisonous
germs and material OF the disease through the orot-
Dary channels tho bowels. kidneys and pores Of tue
skip. These are kept IN proiusely active condition,
the PATIENTS strength meanwhile being sustained
best II may be- through tho administration OF fluid
food, such as mix and beet tea. stimulants
times gwen IN the shape Of champagne. But no solid
food is allowed TO be taken; nothing but such
be roadiiy absorbed ana dircstcd.
The diseose reaches It's crisis from twenty four TO
forty oignt hours, when there 10 usually remission
OF all us symptoms, aud the patent seems better. lie
may remain TOR so from twelve TO twenty-four hours
longer, whcn, II the case DO md, hc usually RECEIVERS
In more severe cases AZ tho OF tho time
toned thcro Is usually recurrence OF all tho symp-
TOMS such as great fever pains In che head and back
principally Tbon come nausea nnd vomiting De.
irium snsues tho patient passes INTO an unconscious
state and death follows Wnnt may be regarded as
the only specific rem cdies used will relieve
tho nausea and bring the vomiting under control.
1his Is donc IN various ways all tending TO assist tho
patent 10 csstns on cficic ina eriaL
Tue sanitary regulations Quarantine are regarded
ms beng as nearly perfect as anything OF the KIND
can be- Out OF some forty cases there have been but
four or vc fatal once Ths location OF the hospital
Is remarkab bly, ssubrous, the best In tho bsrbor and
the whole esiabI Ishs-.-' AZ adtni--s> - 10 It's
purposes.