The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-04
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT SATURDAY, JANUARY d 1879

lion is the highest and best test OF the causes OIL
deaths, but It is not q positive one
conditions OF the atmosphere to develop the
Eerns.1,1.long continued heat moisture. and
last year was patient Of DR.. Arson. ! tried to
trace the case to some other. but could not. The
man was housekeeper and had not been out
OF the house for some weeks.
The committee took q recess until D. m.
Evening Session.
The committee reassembled at about o'clock
all the members present.
DIR. Jos. JONES
was placed on the stand andtesti6ed as follows
for about ten years. KY investieations Ia refer
ence 70 yellow fever were. directed as to fits
causes making microscopical examinations.
teenth OF july was called to see a child who
bad been taken sick on the thirteenth instant.
hs 81 e ysom m2t o s B1a Sea ea
and advised the necessary protective measures.
| was At the same time called to attend q child
state Id this connection that the child had never
been out OF the house: iss father was native
OF Louisiana. The child had the fever. but re-
The doctor then read notes on several other
cases, which he had attended Mt the commence
ment q the epidemic. He also stated the re-
suit OF his Inquiries as to the effects OF the
fever on the Polish emigfants which was that
fourteen, out OF twenty eight who were In the
city during the prevalence OF the fever. had
TO Mr.. .Eustis--Nfr. Elliott. one Of the ilrst
cases. died at the Hotel Dieu. had very lew
cases in In that Psiseh9rhood and those cannot
epidemic. a case IN the locality where Mr.. Clark
died. I have no theory connecting any Of the
s' tGe T e FEVER q i these
70 trace the recent epidemic, 70, an
matter think The atmospheric Condition lon
demic believe such an epidemic as we had
being Imported. The best minds have been
a,rrayed On TIE side q local S origin; Dr.. par,
physicians on the subject, and this division has
existed ever .since New Orleans has suffered
S% ssas lie whsS.ry q q no ss e
disease To- imported, except by a trial of the
most rlgid quarantine q fiOid quarantine. not
tine was enforced at this port. and the quaran-
not think that It would be protection; there
have seen cases which have originated with
out any connection with shipping or any other
fss s Is Wch e Of u
PRODUCING itself. ".''- : ''''''' y 70
10 MI. Biackburn-I believe imported cases
always. gets the benefit Of having introduced It.
There haye been epidemics which could not be
Se 70 ssE save tbo arenoe IN ,ba
appearance OF the organs Of one who died with
yellow fever and one who died Of malarial or
To 10 MI. E1stis-I proceeded in this way In my
Investigations regarding organisms in the at.
mosphere: got q pair Of bellows and placed
r g. ar IN t
ice until It melted and then forced the air
through the water. and on investigation,
fected them, but did not xiii any Of them. Blood
q ys patients s eth has p tdvs will XIII az
believe the disease Is traDsmissible from one
person to another, As regards the last epidemic.
me e sg 81 0 oeer sesm
II there were two cases OF small pox imported
into the city. and afterwards q number Of cases
attribute them to the frsttwo but there Is q dif-
In the frst PLACE. smafl-ppT thriyss fig cold
then we can take the smallpox poison on the
end of our LANCET and | do not know that we
en attribute the Epidemic at
Memphis and other places TO importation, COM
bined with atmospheric influences. 1t is my
asease in Whehsr Or nos the eSe
could be stamped out BY an efficient quarantine
depends On the CLIMATIC condition.
Ranisms discovered are characteristic OF yell
low fever. In all cases of the fever have ex-
amined this season have found these organ
isms. / think the fever can be imported by
persons. exclusive of their clothing. think the
excreta. the black vomit can impart 1t. Our
Centuries oid-barning sulphur. etc. think
sulphurc acid the best disiufectant. think
1t is necessary to remove the. cargo to
tion ct Ship Island would be good measure,
provided all the bayous and inlets were
TO DR.. Chaille-The organisms / found in
yellow fever post mortems were not peculiar to
the disease; they are found in other fevers.
Yellow fever blood rapidly undergoes deeom-
position, and becomes poisoned quicker than
blood drawn from healthy animals.
DR.. B. r. TAYLOR
was the next witness. / am secretary and
treasurer Of the Board OF Health. I have also
The Governors proclamation, prociaimine
quarantine went into effect on the fifteenth of
May. Yellow fever was prevailing in Havana
ut the date the proclamation was issued an
1t was included In the Infected ports specified.
The detention OF the Souder at quarantine
at shs discretion q the S; phys
Underth operation of the law. when the time of
detention is left In the discretion OF auaran-
ton Of the disease. The law is defective. The
The, souder for i've hours or Ave days It was
proclamation, It was the duty Of DR.. Darlington
to have detained the Souder ten days. The Board
OF Health must have known that she was only
detained five hours. I beieye that the
last epidemic was traceable to the
two imported cases. Ii the Souder had
been detained In accordance with the procla-
nation OF the Governor the two cases would
have developed themselves at the station. II the
two eases had not been imported think there
would have been no epidemic, that is IL there
had been no later Importation. The Quaran-
tine did not keep the fever ont, as the evidence
shows. / think rigid national quarantine
law impartialiy Administered. would prevent
the importation of the fever.
At the conclusion of the examination OF Dr.
Taylor the committee adjourned until 10 O'Clock
to-day.
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