Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-09
YELL0W-JACK.
What the New Orleans Press Says-In.
structiOns Given by DIR. Chopin,
Ofthe New Orleans Board OF
Health-The Fever at
Galveston.
The superintendent OF the Postal serv-
ice and the Surgeon General Heard
from -COvingtOn, Tenn. Asks
for Inf0rmatiOn-Our Own
Board OF Health.

vailing disease Is a pronounced form of vel
low-fever, while others contend that the feve
is simply miasmatlc, and Is attributable +
filthy streets, extreme heat and periodical
moisture. In furtherance of this latter vIev
it is urged that yellow-fever does not attacl
children born here, nor colored people
whether born here or not; whereas the ex
isting fever Is indiscriminate In its attacks
and is specially severe on children and col
ored people. There may be some genuine
cases of yellow-fever here, but according Il
the pros and cons in the argument the pre-
vaillrg sickness is of a malarial type
and being local it laughs at quarantine
The opinion of the majority lnclines tt
the theory of a local origin of the fever,
caused by the disturbance of deposits of filth
and the humidity of the atmosphere. Care
full observations of the atmospherical condi.
tons here and at Havana are recommended
in aid of the discovery of the germ, which
as yet, has de6ed the skill of the medica
fraternity. The fever has attained such ar
area that carbolc-acid Is almost Intellectual
in checking its spread, for the reason that il
is not carefully used around infected premi-
ses. DR.. Chopin will not allow reporters to
take new cases of yellow-fever hereafter, the
publication having, it is alleged, an Injuri-
Gus effect upon the immunity"
The st. Louis Post says: "New Orleans
seems to have done all that lay in her power
W AHNlOC INC gOAlOW-lONCI. IIlt OUly WOu-
der about the present visitation Is that it is
not more severe. The negligence of the au-
thorities in allowing the deadly filth to accu-
mulate In the streets is something inexpli-
cable. The city has already lost by the dI-
version of her trade ten times as much as il
would have cost her to keep clean, and the
payment IN other ways has been correspond
iDgly heavy"
NEW ORLEANS BOARD OF HEALTH.
The New Orleans board of health has is
sued the following re 7pecting the incipient
treatment of yelOwfever "The onset Is
more apt to be sudden and violent than that
of the other fevers which prevail here, and
apt to occur at night. Frequently, but not
invariably, chill precedes the fever. There
is violent pain In the forehead at the begin
ming, soon followed by severe pains in TIE
lower part of the back. The eyes are red and
gistening. Any individual affected as above
described should Immediately go home, go to
bed, and send for physician without delay
Without waiting for his arrival hot foot
bath should be taken, and perspiration en-
couraged by warm drinks and moderate
cover in bed. IF there should be any delay
in the arrival of the physician, simple pur-
gatlve should be taken; and if the attack
comes on soon after eating, an emetic of lpe-
cac or mustard would be advisable. Prompt
treatment is of the utmost Importance In
this disease, and it should be understood
that persons ought not to walk about
after falling sick, nor get up at all after
once going 20 bed, until the attack is over
Those who have not had the fever should
avoid the localities known to be infected, and
should stay In their houses as much as posi-
BILE during the night. Preventive medicines
are useless, and free alcoholic potatlons are
the worst preparation for encountering the
fever. Regular habits, tranquility of mind,
and moderation in all things should be ob-
served. If any have determined to leave the
city, they should do so before they have rem
dered themselves liable to contract the fever,
for it would be much safer to go through it
here at home than away among strangers.
1t is recommended that all articles of cloth
ing taken from patients person be put in a
FIVE per cent. solution of Calvert No. ) car
bolic acid. All discharges from a patient
body should also be treated with carboliC
acid, together with any articles soiled by the
same. As a further precaution and to aid the
board of health in their efforts for prevention,
it is recommended to all householders, as far
as they are able to do so attheir own expense,
whether there be cases of yellow fever on the
premises or not, to disinfect frequently their
privy vaults and drains, and also
the street cutters. A suitable agent
for this purpose, being both efficient and eco.
nomical is solution of copperas and car
DOllC dClu III WdlCIs III lAlC pLODOIIlOu VI GDT6S
pounds of copperas and one-half pint of CAL
vert's No. carbolic acid to a bucket of wa
ter. In case Calvert's No. cannot be
obtained, Pages crude acid may be used
one and half pints in bucket of water,
and thoroughly stirred up. 1t is further rec
commended that the collins of Individuals who
have died of yeliow-fever should be closed at
the earliest possible moment, and in the room
where death occurred. The public generally
are earnestly dissuaded from attending the
funerals of yellow-fever patients, unless Cir
Cumstances imperatively demand. These
measures of domestic disinfection are consid-
cred of great importance, and the board of
health urge their general observance upon
the public. SAM L chopin, NJ D.,
President Board of Health.
YELLow-FEvER SYMPTOMS AT GALVESTON.
The Austin CTexas) Gazette, of the third,
gives the particulars of an interview had with
DIR. Heard, of Galveston, Texas, as to the
yellow-fever: CDR. Burns called DIR. Heard g
attention to the daily presence of a reddish
yellow canopy IN the shape of cloud floating
above the city. DR.. Heard had noticed this
phenomenon on approaching the city, but
had ascribed it to natural causes. He was
informed, however, that this cloud had pre-
coded the epidemic, and had steadily re-
manned above the city since the prevalence of
yellow Jack. The symptoms of the disease
are most unusual, the fever period being
much shorter than heretofore, and unac.
companied by many of the accepted charac-
teristics Of the disease. Yellow-fever here
tofore has usually manifested great pains In
the head, back and legs of the afflicted.
These pains do not accompany the present
type, but every patient whom DR. Heard had
an opportunity of questioning complained of
violent pains IN the stomach and nOiUhere
else There is also an absence of the usual
flush; the fever ranges extremely low; rapid
sinking sets in quickly, and hemorrhage and
black vomit follow In very short space of
time The most infallible test of the disease
is an extraordinary deposit of albumen in the
urine. DIR. Heard gives it as his opinion that
the disease cannot be controlled in New Or
leans; that it must break through the cordons
in that city, and must eventually spread, IN
it is the most malignant type Of yellow-fever
he ever saw"
UNITED STATES OFFICIALS.
A special to the New York Herald, from
Washington, dated August 4th, says: "The
superintendent of the postal service, in reply
to inquiries, said that If the yellow-fever
should continue to be epidemic at New Or
leans he would adopt the same mode OF
transferring the mails that was carried out in
Florida last year during the prevalence of
the fever at st. Augustine and other points.
ne mails dJ UQdG llUle were TAKEN 10 q Sc
lected place, few miles beyond the infected
district, and there unloaded and left; then
placed in wagons and conveyed to the train,
thus avoiding all possibility of contact with
persons who might possibly spread the dis
ease The opinion of the superintendent,
however, is that there will probably be a
modification of the existing regulations gov
erning quarantine at New Orleans, in which
event the necessity Of carrying out this tedi-
Gus plan will be obviated." Dr. Woodward,
encouragement of the United States marine
hospital service, on being interviewed, said
in response to the following inquiries:
what do you think of the land quaran-
tines established against New Orleans?"
Quarantine by land, beyond disinfecting
the clothing or effects of passengers, is, in my
opinion, impracticable, if not useless. In this
opinion l do not take into account the harm
done to commerce. The sick of yellow-fever
do not communicate the disease. The yellow
fever poison may be transported in the cloth
ing or effects of passengers, especially If con-
fined in trunks or boxes; but its favorite
lurking place is in the damp, filthy holds and
bllge-water of ships, where, if confined, 1t
multiplies and increases In vlrulence to such
an extent as not only to affect those on board,
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