Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-30
Yellow Fever.

York Herald says 1.-The moribund yellow
fever patient treated by DR.. Choppn' Iuasiay'
with ice water spray passed g very eon!nrta
bic night and is in fair say to recover: me
headache and dclirum have disappeared. lis
temperature is down to 100 3, and pulse cV'
but he still has traces OF slAIucn.
The president oil the board OF health 9talea
yesterday that the epidemic has not Ecf reach
cd the climax. Dr.. Chopin says the feStE
EXISTS more or less in ali sections OF the ti',
but yery slightly out at Carroton aud the Sri
district. At Agcrs, across the water, it haa
not yet appeared.
"There was CD increase both in iha hnnlhrt
of patients and in the deaths yesterday. iva
hundred end 20 new cases have Teen irI'n'tsi
by the board Of health. Deaths fifty seven. OF
eight more than on Wednesday. A,aOus
the dead Yesterday was Quo llcyn, s ~"&
known member Of tho Cotton EyclanGc. l."
died in forty eight hours alter CONTRACTING la
disease.
A reporter, last from New Orleans. say
that when he left there the streets wrEc al
most deserted. People confined themselves t.
their houses, seldom leaving them except when
absolutely necessary. Whole fannie" W,;a
swept down by the scourgc. Said hr, III.
worst ravag15 OF the fever arc confined IL t!'"-o
portions OF the city where the lower llsssos i":'
The higher classes have DOT suffered 20 much.
Tie city undoubtly brought the lever uptH
itself through not taking sufficient sanit''y
precautions. The Impression prevalent. ~
pareutly all over The North ard even IN New
Orleans, that the disease aid not originals IL
that CITY, is erroneous. /! is cotDmoaIy bH:.
poscd that the germ Of ihc fever Was bituHh!
80 III oitu l,,a shin fro., Havana
THAT tho fever originated in New ORLEANS
| have no doubt, and most ct the mcmu;lS q
the medical fraternity with whom have CON.
vcrscd are OF the same option. 1T the tIn''
! the fever began the lower portions .. tir c'i,
| were rcckiug With filth. There was iaant;i3!"a,
sewerage and vegetable a;.l animal matter wa
permitted to accumulate ia the streets, whm!.
raridIy purified under The burning rays OF .iH
sun. Gaugs Of men were lire; by tins rt!y !"
clear the streets and worked for 4 lew uion!hs.
but as The dirt was sera.ed III III piles AMI ''u!
removed all their labor went Tor ngush; Ia
| tresccuce everywhere. The sir was laden WI
| peslilential smells. The cti"ona oucn com
planned, but the municipal authorities refused
| to heed them.
1.-The endemic was lI>ras1cn Is & great ni.;.>
people. A physician predicted that ;"''
would be yellow fever il proper sanitary pr"c'"
| tons were n)t taken 1t least three Mon'""
| before toe first case Vas reported. New o.
| leans, you know, Is not noted Tor c!'"n'l2"'..
| but at the commencement OF the present eye
dcrlic it was in the worst condition cVe7 "!@
! II. The lower classca Of !'rcuch ani itali.i@
and Tic darocS never :sit"nrj to kcTI' ;ii"..
dwellings cleau ami ~ Me Gij' others d. 80
attend 10 it garbage W.:s .!infrd ~ IT,, ~ ST.
| back yards cutters aud streets for We X, at
| the sun or rain dlaiutccratcl CT ruirr!i*,' -
When 40 epidemic had been ,taIIarcd iiy ii
| board OF health men we've At once i,ht {" W'HU
cleaning the fifth from the city. Huge I'.i"s g..
it were dumped in Iiyoii Circle sid other ''Ia'"..
and burned.
"Carbolic acid, linc aud other llsiulcct"nlr
were scattered 10 proiusion over the CITY, ia:
it was too late. Tie scaurge could not b. kept
within Bounds. The authorities had fcihr,H.
| to listen TO the advice q persons who "rI'
competent to Judge nut!l the city waa IIi:,i
with the groaus Of tbs dying. No Two playa.
! clans have agreed upon the causes OF the III
| cas.. 1t is known that ii ~ IN The atmosphere
that is all. As the mclica fraternity
| divided upon the question Of the cnu9., isca,
ment is empirical. Some prosctlb' ohr rn';
Iy, some aOothcr, Zone coHlitcnt ttih' IT,,
prescription will do AZ much good AZ tlac't.
| THE physicians have been merely cy?,:'
monting. The only point upon which ali an!,
! is that careful nuroing is the best po>a!hi. T..
means to take. The Howard Assocl.!Ioa l.
doing everything in lis power /" alleviate e..
suffering, bat as It's funds are nr.II" 'Hht:tI..t
| it oauuut 10 mu;h more without on4:i' 49,.
lance. Nurses Commanded very hlsli wa.
some earning from - 10 so p'r dta.L i'v
iasssional nuracs are very Scaic'. a"i :. "'oii
many wealthy ladies' anil rcEtr!.irt ',a,1 =.
untcered their services.
MEMPHIS. Aug - --Ita carnival Of Itas'.
continues without Abatement. IRON SIX \. II.
Yesterday to noon to day the intcrments Gun
bcr GItv. Father Wal5h, Of St. RrAlct", aOi
| Father McGaryey, Ct St. Peters. are d1Ad.
also II. Harden, merchant. W. G. Wo@din"
il reported in dyiag clndti0n, Sixty nrH
cases were reported between sig p. III. a g
terlay and noou to day. The Towards lioH..
on Market street, will he open for the rr'.;
ton of the sick this evening. two Ht''
members Of the Howard Assoratien 81
taken down to day. At Is meeting tEiI Gc!rj.
of tbs board OF health DR.. Lawrence rtp'rt,"
fearful condition Of affairs among the c'"I'
neopla in somo Localities. They ARE crowiI
topether in narrow, filthy quarters. and az >"
easv prev to disease and death. tlnnircia g
them have been sicI, !or days without mr'!"'-t
attention.
| New ORLEANS, Aug. " lh1 weather =
warm and showery. There ~ TO news ''.=
morning from other points. lhc situation hr'@
ia unchanged. A local cIrgraphcr, reri
committee was organized here last Sunday, ~
object being the relief of telegraph cmpI"'.''
suffering from yellow fever in tlis cl'y. ~ a.
suggestion of General SsperInt'ri"nt "
Horne the committee to day determine L,
extend its field of operation TO all injected pom
| sonth of Canton, Miss. This includes VIrh'
burg and Port Gibson. 50 far o"rt'"" ,; ;|,.
graphcrs hero havo taken tho fever 81 ti'"s,
one has died, three have rec@ycro1: ana "'|T.
are in hopeful condition. Tho ON sof" o. u
relief committee sro Charles L. Chai". rh"t:
man man A. b. Rabbit secretary, and ,ls;nss
Aleyn treasurer rswI ''% ws,o ' t%E"a M "
'ns M tsys Aug 23--Tho nutabor 81 "c"
today are sid Is d"A tnm ,%,%
| fai1irr and continued up TO O'clock. l"@
dash' roll to-day exceeds that Of any d"y GU.