The Morning herald., 1878-08-29
Especial to N. Y. Herald.l

Especial to N. Y. Herald.]
NEW ORLEANS. August ~.
At the Charity Society to-day DR.. Samuel
Cteppid tried an exceedingly interesting ex-
which, if successful, will revolu-
tionize the treatment of yellow fever, and
Justly be regarded as one of the most i'm
portant medical discoveries Of the age. The|
patient was in moribund condition, having
been sick with yellow fever twenty-four
hours without attention, his only medicine
being seidlitz powder. The temperature
OF his body Indicated 1O5 2-5 degrees. His
pulse beat 100 q minute and he presented
the appearance of one who would die in a
very few minutes. The patient was striped
naked, placed upon one OF DR.. Kdbes' fever
cots, which has network cover and india
rubber recepticle beneath, and sprinkled
with ice water from q sprinkling can two
hours and quarter At the expirationsof
that time the temperature of the body was
reduced to IS degrees and the pulse to 80.
.a. MARVELLOUS RESULTS.
When the sprinkling ceased the tempera-
ture Of the body returned to the normal heat
in health, the fever disappeared and the pa
tient fell into gentle sleep, which still con-
tinues. At present writing this first expert
ment in cold water treatment is attracting
widespread attention among physicians, and
should the patient recover 1t is predicted
that the disease will be mastered. After the
sprinkling the patient was covered with
sheet.
VIcKsBURe, Miss, August ~.
To-day is almost repetition of yesterday
The number of new cases for the last twen-
ty-four hours is 11S. The sexton reports
twenty four deaths, among them some of
our Oldest and best citizens. Acting Mayor
Joseph Doll was struck down this morning
worn out, but not with fever. A. A. Burs-
ley, prominen: merchant went down to-
day with the fever. ... ,5as
STATEMENT OF A LADY WHO HAS JUST LEFT
GRENADA. ........
ST. LOUIS, August 27'
Mr.. Hart daughter of prominent st..
Louis merchant, arrived here this morning
from Grenada, having left there yesterday
morning. Her husband died a week ago
from the terrible disease. During an inter
view with reporter this afternoon she said:
Grenada, up to the present time, was all
ways considered very healthy city. In fact
in 1878, when fever was raging in Memphis,
it was made the retreat of all who desired
to avoid the scourge. 1t is very pleasant
little place, and was until two weeks ago a
thriving, populoas and gay town. No one
ever dreamt of the fever coming there, and
when an old lady on Main street died with
black vomit there was no surprise exhibited
or alarm felt. Grenada then had popula-
ton of 2,5OOO persons.
ONLY SEVEN HEALTHY PEOPLE IN GRENADA
"And how many of these are left now %
asked the reporter.
Swell" said Mrs. Hart, "when I left
them Sunday morning there were two
preachers she marked them off or
her fingers -''one Odd Fellow"-anothe
finger was added to the first two-"twt
minister's
"That's five," suggested the reporter
Sand two members of the Howard Asso
citation, making seven In ALL"
"Ald these are the only ones left in Gre
nadap'
"These are the only ones who are we'll II
Grenada who were there four weeks ago
They took the dead dying away from tn
town at first Few were to be seen on th
streets, and only the delirious cries of tn
stricken and the low whispers of the nurse
and physicians were heard on the street
at was sad thing to think Of" said Mri
Hart, "that Grenada which had alway
held it's doors open to refugees from Mem
phis and New Orleans, should thus clos
them against the poor sufferers.
"And 1t was awful to sec The trains whic
we used to see stop every day at our dool
hurrying through the town at the rate
thirty or forty miles an hour with close
windows and barred doors as If Grenad
were q veritable blsckhole and the slighte
breath of its atmosphere was reeking wit
death. But so 1t was. The trains woul
not stop at all in the town, but rush throug
1t.