The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-25
sOUrasEas FEvERs.
How 40 siapp~n. rbat =" wa
a-nas.. A a.. ,.r-o Made =

How az ssapu.m. rbat SsHanl
ssEssakPs are Made.
Re. A. White, M. d. in New VEiesn
rimes.l
Please iuSi>' upon the yellostsve
commission. before they 90 into ex
,rrme IN assures with regard "a qaarsn
line. TO hesl -earch up the history an
ind out tie ,aIhology Of rcc9gnizr
fryer that j. domestic with us, wnicl
i generally porsdic il many iooaiitle
af he United States. especially 70 tn
-nufh aud southeastern portioI, bear
ing q separate name or synonynln 2
many ioca ities-as r3alarial hzsHstu
ria-ysilos disease-blsck jeuanlee
cane brake yellow fever, and sssh
S1urhern journals known IS Ai
fever The st,ention Of pa,h NJ
has only b=en called TO IL a a
disease tor the last ten or 6ftees
and only through Southern
for tew years past hss any
lure or treatment been sugs
il "bloody murrsin, or f
ieArfnp " ia,As, ending Eot 4
| Is with black vomit, and
gays with suppression p
fever stage or eXciteY<nt rum,
same scale 90 gamyC which l. a.
wo hour. foiI0~ed by calm aud
presssn. viii urenic poisoning = I
sape wy a. is observed by sun
18th regard TO yelIow fever A. sp'
of the minority here during last yeM
experience. who looked upon the epi
demic as domestic. and nowise import
ed. bu, only vi-iiatiou Of splenic ie,
YER 10 an epidemic form, We have, a.
nearly a. We could. estimared The deaths
accom- panied with black vomit 20 b,
one third deaths with haematuria
oue>third; the remainder dying on the
third day With co evidence of blacs
vomit or haematuria. but with pure
aud undi-puted evidences of conges
ton oLly Under rhe auspices of the
Board of Health Of Alabama. I be.
Iieve in the year 1872 commit,e,
was detailed to dissect the dead wbc
died OF the spienio fever. The FIRST
post s,O-tspr made Of those who died oi
'his disease. aud their report was pub
li-hed, which was unlike yellow fever,
or any other tever ever put upon rec
ord. and how stra re that lsst year as
topsies we're uade with our dead. aud
the published report vas the same. viz
extreme congestion of all the vital or
gans admitting of no functional activi,
ty-the patients dying before any evil
dsnce OF Inclination had set in with
any organ involved They died with
fever, oRly with this differ
ence. the vibices or purple -pnts. a.
>een sploohinG the cndsva of those Who
die of pure cunResiive fever, the effect
Of exudation oi blood TO the surface
vas inlHid with exudatiun also of bill
veudine or coloring matter Of bile, give
ing 10 the surface dusty, dirty and
dark and uowiss n shining or lemon
appearance whatever. the same sppear
lnce Of the dead who die Of black jauE-
iiee or splenic fever. when there wa
no epidemic | was in Memphis dur
z-sEa-s -LSsz- LGS7 alesS1
md 1873 | prac,icei medicine 10
The Arkansss bottom in l849 and |
have seen many pt'iaats who had and
died with the p enic fever when there
vas no thoughr of yellow fever. and,
10 relieving the past. cannot see 10
iitierentia disgu0si- between the ,So
Diseases. only in the -poTatic form OF
spleuic fever the patient. ~ rule has
had iew ehil!s prior tc the tune Ne is
seized with the paroxysms acconpani
ed With The phenomenon OF haematu
ria. But as with all spidemics Of
other diseases every one Is not saee,
ID alike, and their modes of death are
not the same. am sorry to believe.
as ! do. that what is known as yelow
'eyer 10 our country Is tho Same IS
'plsuic fever 10 IA epidemic form
That is a domestic disease, and the
sooner scientists 20 to work snd inves
igste ifs nature and pathology, by
'acts beyond conjecture. whether cou
sgious or infectious. the better IL will
De Tor Us Let imported "lomitios"
Ilone. and study and trace up cur
,ome diseases. for Europeu committees
ent out to the West TudieS by roy-
'rnmeuts interested ( (Eugland. France.
spain aud Portugal have exhausted
heir researches aud ssri~fsd the world !
With Dothiug individuals blame 9th
'rs or their misiortunes. so 60 commu
,ities aud cities Ii tho Mis>,s~ipni
an east and west from Cuba, the cities |
II Memphis aud New Orleans would |
lot accuse Havana OF being the mother
# the germ Of yellow fever. The peo
lie of Havana will probably tell that
he fever was imported from Caracas.
nd those people will lag il oa some
hip which brought the fomites fronr
Africa in package of ivory" aud So
% Now let 10 investigate aud see
he mote is not in our own eye MatX
detectives. after watching for 'he 4! Z #
rom the outside Of the store.
ound that the thief was within.
sers s.sparadic case. Of deaths.
'sTfcd wish black vomit, IN this
Iuno. 1873. The 6rst case vas 1
who died at 4 O'clock
he morning of the 9'h; he had ne
cen our of town lic fever ran d
sual course of yellow iever-thrt
ays high fever. and on the fourth a
aim. with black vomit and suppress
inu OF urine; his csd,va was lemon
here were other Gases during July
nd August. bu; gold "scspe.goat"
as o ftered by the accidental landing
The steamer Bee in September. when
no disease was eliminating. The
foamsr Porter landed !as. season n,
failipolis. above Cincinnati, and wa
reused Of injecting the town-bui
ou was i, IN 1896 at GalipoIi-? A
declared that che fever there
"a "homebred" (con-ult the third
olune of the Medical Repository,
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