The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY. JANUARY s. 1879

ass tie s o he. ssse s,R z.
cause great r0any people think that you can
GO and make an autopsy and tell all about 9
think " 10 blood poison. when kills too quick
70 admit On. o. any destruction Of the organs and
TO DR.. Green-Until within few years past
did not think 80. but / believe now. that 1t can
pc communicated Independently OF the cloth
think Il IS carred by the e wnd sas
fled that the germ will lay dormant for years
| hope to live long enough to see quarantine
and when see this will never see another
The committee took recess until $3.50 D. m.
Evening session.
The committee re-assembled at about Q
O'Clock, all the members present except Sena-
tor Paddock. who had left By the evening train
for Washington.
Mr.. >. M MARTIN,
OF the parish Of st. Landry. was first placed on
Washington and about fifteen miles from Ope-
1ousas. There was fever 10 Washington. It
first made its appearance in the latter part OF
November. just previous to the first FROST |
was informed by DR.. Cook. one of our most
prominent physicians. that there were about
twenty cases. We have had the fever In Wash-'
We traced the origin OF the feve r last summer
to man leaving Washington for New. Orleans
W aoe 40 AuL5os VIII bSut W Luo uOWu b DHTTHl Oh
grtts. In which was stored some flannel. which
was worn BY members OF his family. The mans
family was the first to have the fever. and the
other cases were In the locality where they
lived. L. was two or three days after the arrival
81 the grts that the fever, appeared. Boats
IF and below the but
steamboats, and the town. There were shot
guns at the different stations. and there was
lations at Opelousas were much more rigid
than at WA hington. and there was no fever
there. Within my recollection there has been
kept strict quarantine. do not think there
were more than four or five of the cases in
Washington fatal; The quarantine station.
Wnlcn permitted the passage OF the barrel Of
Rrfts was about fourteen or fifteen miles
from WASHINGTON. A certain class Of goods
included. Goods subject to inspection were
fumigated and kept at the station for a number
OF days.
DR. s. s. HERnIcK
was next sworn: have been praoticing in this
city since 1855. In 1870. 1871. 1874 End 1875 was
sanitary Inspector IN different districts In 1869
was member of the Board OF Health, Dur
ing the time was inspector 1T vas my duty to
Investigate the first cases. Some years found
evidence that they were introduced from
abroad ta and 10 Others there was no evidence to
dueed. and there were only two other cases. Ia
1871, 1873 and 1875 cases were intrc duced.
e soaaer i tSat ef Eo % vi
body saw at the Hotel Dieu. The POSTING
examination had been made l was Of the opin-
fever. I am not fully convinced that the cpl
demic OF last summer can be fully traced to
those cases. for SINCE the Investigation began
certain information has come to my knowledge
regarding the passage of vessels at quarantine
which leads me to believe that It may have been
introduced by some other vessels arriving In
There were some infected vessels which had !
come from Rio land had fatal cases board on |
their passage. do not think the disinfection |
they were subjected to killed the fever and it is
possible that the disease may have been intro |
duced In the coffee which made. up the cargoes |
have known anything ri the subject whether |
the disease was imported or not. A system OF |
rigid quarantine would be the best method Of |
To Mr.. Lamar-The arst yellow fever case |
bad last su 9, mer was In July. could not trace
and there Was mo- others the
hood It must have been contracted from home.
10 1870 there was local epidemic confined to
% any imported cases. aud my impression is
that there were no. cases here previous 10 the
outbreak. I am fully i'm pressed with the belief
think that once introduced. 1t will live through
70 ordinary winter. A Geld winter will destroy
;hs Infection. think that an epidemic may be
Ing year. unless an exceedingly cold winter In
.ervenes. do not remember single general
Epidemic which was not preceded BY imported
Think that In the year 1879. we will have more
% fear from imported cases than from surviv-
ng germs / am Of the opinion that the dis
Ease Is not air borne; 1t travels sometimes
against the wind. The preponderance of evil
ience is that the disease is not communicated
oy the naked person.
To DR.. Woodworth-I do not recall any in.
stance where Rio was accused OF being The
source OF the fever in this city It Is most fire.
luently introduced from Havana. None but the
captain and the Durser OF the Soudsr were al
owed to go ashore at Havana. Clark was the
ourser. / do not think it possible to thoroughly
1isinfect a vessel unless the cargo, IL 1t Is an |
ordinary cargo, is removed. Coffee and hides
ire the articles exported from tropical ports
which are most dangerous to us here,
Senator Eustis stated that he had received a
'eQuest from two classes Of merchants who have
business with foreign ports. who desire to be
examined. and also merchants who desire to be
as to the losses occasioned by an epi-
1emic, and he had told these gentlemen that the
would be pleased to hear them but
o-fore going into this subject he would ike an
expression OF opinion as regards the testimony
importation which had already been
akeD. |
DR.. Beniss, In response said he thought that
ADDITIONAL evidence on that point would not
brow any more light on the question He
bought that the only evidence against the the
Try OF mportatiOn was negative
Mr.. Lamar moved the postponement OF de-
hould change the line OF Investigation until
donday, and that the committee adjourn until
2 on that day.
The motion prevailed.
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