The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21
FACTS ABOUT YELLOW FEVER.
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ing from >""," Point "I.';" ti.c .r"l'.,>. 81
'iayo:> steadily onward irpm poiul /"
point IL Ion. Il, il ,lu,- hot NICE, Ire, 4!M-
weather; and ii lrayrl~ n"tlhward 10y
rcirrcmcc-c"Hpaga, seldom 10 Tho
>"ulIwa:d OF the Z 'ar from wl:c!i !, -c'-
out. Thu, Eraxii la- >ultr,. cpmrara-
tivcly little from il ,pi'.omi:, yi>'ati"ns.
though ~ We shatl >er. III" disease
planted il Germs long ago in I'iu Il"
.Ianciro, on the Extreme southern limit
of the tropics. Eu, i;s iryori," rui'i-c !
toward thr month - p"n our Atlantic
COASTS :.,y> ilr. !. c. Mott, Il careful
-ii,dcn, AMI observer Of ii, phcnomcna.
'';l- on the coast cf ihr Mediterranean. j:
comes from time 10 time in "'" "f ii.n-n
immense waves thai fnuw 40 %onnl> AMI
stop al no imrc'limcn'<. rh" 'l,trurr
lr wlirh ,h" di,"A." ".i"ulS -rymS .D
dcren% rucl n,a;i ihc strength Of the
wave: II first strikes the Cult, and "cme-
rally goc, no farther. Occasionally i,
will break ovcr the peninsula Of l',"rid''
and reach Savannah aud Charleston. IL.
l>ii. after maur years of immunity. il
/ struck Norfolk with full force. AMI only
few rippic>. a> in l>.J:";. l>jG $50. have
for halt century reached the Delaware
River and the BAY of New York. And
The same observer. writing eight years
a.o, adds some words which have Il grave
Significance to-day: "Iclinw fever, after
Il long absence, never makes i;S reap
pcarancr in oar Northern ciir- without
q warming from the Gulf nl McXi"u. II
i, seen Lot "rl Y fnr months, but often for
wears, in vigorous action in il> native
habitat before ii leaps over it> ;iccuS-
toned bounds: but when once on The
tramp. il may travel from Eucno> .\yrc-
10 Quebec, leaving more graves in ia
track than A>ialic cholera. There is
reason tc fear thai one of these crHp;on>
is now mar>lalling il forces.
Let Us glance at the course Of one of
these typical cpidrmic--nt The one. for
instance, which started - lar away ~
Rio dc .lanciro. twrnty-cight years ago,
aud travelled in six years all the way To
New iork-.a journey Of nearly four
thousand mi!c>-in Il great circle. y
great nlany years before. :" many that
| The inhabitants of Rim has! lest all re-
yriInw rrycr haJ visited rbcir ci,y. Lm
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I i;,,."iu' CIV ,r' "v"', " ,.io"r i'r % IN" n", nm
break, says DR.. Mott, commenced in
Rio in January, $50, and travelled hi .lt
and day lnr >iX years, making IL cXri-
rim" cil1rl in New York Bay in l>j;;. !
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nilr. fr,m III, ,nyr 81 i.rr Tho disease
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hi-HEMlNAIi"N OF fELI."" 'ENLE.
How i The ,i>ca>" Disseminated: In
Two ways in Il given town or city. hy Il
slow and regular rr"@rc,> ion from h"n>c
10 !l"">c; between distant places, 10y io.'
lowing ihc lines "i trIEc! ana commerce.
II l. carried with especial frequency hy
sailing ships, and generally makes IL
first appearance III 81 previously healthy
place near The ducks and wharrr>.
Whether the part OF the town nearest the
water happen, 10 bc Il clean ar 81 dirty
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