The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-21
TALKS ABOUT YELLOW JACK.
Opinions of Doctors, and Doctors
Without Opinions.
What is Thought Of the Yellow Fever
Prospects and Our Sanitary
Condition.

STAR reporters were detailed this morning to
talk with number OF our leading medical men
on the yellow fever prospects. On account OF the
hour al which our emissaries called a number of
the gentlemen sought were making their morning
rounds or seeing patients, and were therefore not
lat home" to reporters. Talks with number,
however, resulted as follows:
The first physician approached was Dr. Minor
Health Officer OF this city, with the following
| nsult:
Question---what are the yellow fever prospects
| in the South?
Answer-The prospects are very threatening, OH
account of the early breaking ont of the fever this
| summer. Last year it broke out on the Sd of Au-
gust and was not declared ep demic until the 18th
| of August This year 1t has developed month
earlier. Last year it made It's appearance in all
| the small WINS and made its way up the Ohio
| Valley toward this city, developing cases both
above and below, and from all facts ascertaned in
regard to its present progress there are reasons to
| eNpecta wide spread OF the disease.
QueStiOn-Do you consider yellow fever con-
| tageouS?
| Answer-I think It an infectious disease, but not
altogether con agiouS.
Questiun-What is the sanitary condition OF our
| city?
Answer-It is very good; all the streets are
| cleaned once day and as soon as the City COnn-
ell make an appropriation OF the $40 900 asked for,
the clennl ness oi the city Will be more thoroughly
looked fter and every possible step taken 10 guaru
against the intruduc ionin our midst OF This dread
ed disease. Quarantine has been established here us
| Il precautionary measure and Will b" made COM
plcte as soon puSSible Cases may be dcveloI ed
among Memphis refugees in this city the same MS
last year, but such eases will he isolated ,nes.
| There is a network Of qua antines between here
and New Orleans in our Iayor, which We did not
| have last year
| DIR. WILLIAM OWENS.
DR.. Owens, the eminent homeopathic physician
| of seventh anu John stress, says he has pro-
! feSSiOnally gone through three yellow fever cpl
denies & convinced VnlDw
| is not contagious III the ordinary sense uf the
term, is not killed by the frost, and is not
| Necessarily imported. He says no locality need
| BE- affected with yellow fever If proper sanitary
| regulations be observed, and no pursLns even
during an epidemic, will have the fever who
takes proper care to avoid moist air exposures, to
regulate the diet and dress and to take such pr
tons to picserre the health as ought to be within
| the knowledge ol every intelligent person.
| DIR. NJ. NJ EATON.
| DR.. Eaton was next visited and found seated in
his cosy office on Seventh street Alter very
| cord al" reception, and the usual questions be-
| lis opinion that the South was IN great
danger OF having yellow fever pretty Sc
yerely this summer; lie said during
his visit to New Orleans last February he expert
enccd peculiar odnr in the atmosphere. The
general opinion prevails among the people of the
South that there viii be another epidemic this
year n lnlder form than last Year He firmly
believes that yellow fever is contagious, but is not
able to say whether or not il is i'll the atmosphere.
DR.. T. FREEMAN.
| Question-Doctor what do you think of the vel
low fever prospects in the South this summer?
Answcr-It has localized itself at Memphis The
surrounding atmosphere and conditions are such
as not to favor its Development there being no
epidemic surroundings
Queslon-Do you consider yellow fever con-
tagous disease?
| Answer-I am satisfied ii is contagious but if
there is a healthy atmosphere it becomes more
benign and svlulent.
| Question-What is the sanitary condition of our
city?
Amswor-Comparativel good, but could be
made better by stricter attention to cutters
vaults, catch basins, &c.
He also thinks the sanitary OF the city very bad
worse than New Oieans-and more care should
be expended in collecting the garbage and keep
ing the streets and cutters clean.