Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07
YELLOW FEVER.
AT NEW ORLEANS.

AT NEW ORLEANS.
A New Orleans dispatch under date
Of July 31st says the board of health re-
port to noon gives the number OF new
cases during the past "a hours as "a;
only one death occurred. IJ@' II
- ,-sS.-~ AT CINCINNATI. au iI.a.
The Enquirer of July 31st has the de-
tails of case of yellow fever in that
city, the victim being VIM. Hines,Ia
wealthy cotton broker of New Orleans.
Mr.. Hines arrived on Saturday, accom-
panied by hisywife, having left New Or
leans to escape the disease. ow5 He
was complaining. of indisposition on
arrival, and took rooms at a lead
ing hotel here. During the day his wife.
became convinced that his disease
was yellow fever, and so told his
attending physician, DR.. Reamy, of
thus city. He was not, however, con-,
WINGED until on Monday, when he
called in Dr.. Minor, the health officer,
and then decided that it was genuine
case ofyellow fever and that the patient
to insure safety to the many people
living at the hotel, must be- removed
to the hospital. DR.. y Minor, motif
fed the authorities but they became
panic-stricken, and refused to
receive the patient. . The ndcc-
tor, however, insisted, and on
their further refusal told them that il
they declined he would order out his
sanitary police and take. possession of
the hospital. This brought the panic
stricken officials, to their senses, and
they finally Consented to receive the
patient. They then returned to the
hotel and informed Mrs. Hines of their
Intention, when a touching scene en-
sued. 1t seems that in New Orleans,
where yellow fever is better known than
here, it is considered extremely DAD
gel Gus, if not surely fatal, to remove
a patient who is suffering from
it,. This I'd the wife knew, and
ever since her husbands illness, from
the fear that his removal would be de-
manded. When their intention was an
notlnced she became very much agitat-
ed and burst into tears, and begged
them not to remove him, saving that
it would surely cost him his life, and
Diet ling the experience and belief of
those conversant with the epidemic III
regard to removal. DR.. Minor was,
however, memorable, and decided
that the safety of the many
must be regarded, and as result
preparations for the removal were
begun at midnight. When they We're
ready, however, the panic had spread
to the servants in the hotel, and they
refused to touch the sick man. One
colored man was at last found who
consented to act, and the physicians
with his help carried the patient down
to the ambulance and he was taken to
the hospital, where he lies in d very
critical condition. His wife is unceasing
in ner attention to him, and her heroism
and labor IN his behalf are touching In
the extreme. The city authorities are pre-
pairing to establish quarantine regula-
tons, OBTAINING all travel from the south
before it reaches here, and disinfecting
all boats now lying at the landing.
Physicians say that, while there is some
danger of the spread of the disease
from this case, the most comes from
those that, like this one, may come In
from the south with it. +"
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
A Springfield, ILL.,, dispatch of the
31st says, DR.. Ranch, president of the
state board of health, says in letter to
Governor Cullom, that having been adj
vised of the appearance of yellow
fever at several points on the
Mississippi river, he is appre-
hensive that it may possibly reach this
state, especially as it appears 50 early
in the season. He has correspondent
with the health authorities at St. Louis
ia regard to the, matter, and has also
suggested to DR., Wardner,o of
Cairo, -o the propriety of CO.
operating ola with the authorizes
there, and also that he enter into cor
resprndence with the health authorities
at Memphis and other points below
Cairo. Dr. Rauch directs that if any
eases appear they be promptly reported,
that a meeting of the state board Of
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