Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-25
REPORTS ABOUT YELLGW-FEVER
-BRENHEEG WATER


1t seems as if the flesh and the devils Of
the whole world haVa G9ahiaed sec4iqIpt I4Aaae'ts
noble stag pursued by furious bloodhounds.
She will pass through the ordeal of adversely
and rise TO new efforts and new triumphs,
thus demonstrating the brilliant future that
awaits her when she IS free from SANDER and
the many difficulties she Is now encountering.
The exactions of remorseless creditors have
forced the people of Memphis to resort to an
alternative which has concentrated upon our
city public opinion and elected much un-
favorable comment. The man whose family
has been made captives by Indian savages
Is never scrupulous as to the means by which
ne rescues his wife and children from i'm
pending massacre, and the people of Mem
phis care nothing for this defamation, since
the course they have adopted was the only
one left by which to save themselves and their
children from beggary and want While our |
citizens care nothing for the abuse that has |
been heaped upon them, because |
they have freed themselves from
taxation which was fastening
them to ruin, they do complain at the effort
to inJure Memphis by continually report
ing that the yellow-fever is still in this
city. a New York paper has a long
editorial showing that the germs Of the dis
ease IS still smoulderng in our midst like the
fires OF volcano, and so great Is the poison
that we have sporadic cases every week.
Letters daily received in this city show that
the atmosphere of the surrounding country Is
injected with this SANDER. The exhumation
OF the bodies of those who died with yellow
fever originated this report, as it is believed
that decayed animal matter pollutes the at ,
mosphere, AMI that the elimination of these :
bodies has made the malady again conta- :
gious The mOrtuary reports published q
every Sunday morning in the APPEAL, bv A p
sworn Official show that there is no Yellow y
fever IN Memphis, and that our city is as =
healthy as at the same season during mast I
years. 1t may be silly to deny these false. Il
moods, but we shall continue to do so, and ~
refer the public to the mortuary reports for 81
the facts. While there is no yellow-feyer in 7,
Memphis, we shall continue to urge r.
that every precaution should be taken r.
to prevent a revival of the terrible .,
plague next summer. Physicians may disa-
gree as to the origin and propagating quail
ty Of yellow-fever; but all agree that clean o.
Illness, proper drainage, and the removal Of -"
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matter will prevent or check the rayaoes Of IL
any disease. This, then, is the first THING al
tor the people Of Memphis to do before the Ue
warm weather sets in. Everything that is - ~
to cause miasmatie vapors, pois- - -
nous exhalatons, from pools, the bayuo. '--'
garbage, decaying matters and nastinsss On
generally, should be removed. There is no "a s@n
Ime to spare. Many scientific linen believe y yLI
hat most Of the diseases Of the country are W.
ttributable to the quality of our drinIina, Uii
'ater. If this be SO Memphis has much to O..
ear, as the privvy vaults are in terrible ~
ondiuon, and many Of them are in close 20
ontact with clsterns. In the last PoDula, -
eieHee Monthly, Mr.. J A. Judson, member - -
the American society Of civil engineers. s'e'
Iscusses the diseases generated by impure lDJC
alter. He states two propositions that are al"
7riectly sustained by proof:
First-Any organic matter VIII poison water and |
99t enjoyable except By boiling dstilation tells
'ngerous organic substance likely to be eoHaIB Ss cpa
ey increased b21 ana It's yrgleRee for
eehtlous matter Of cholera and fever pstents absC
linus lt would appear that for most of the in
seases generated by the introdpct;o, Of dan
bison INTO the human system there is no the
ore universal or prolific cause than that 70 read
found IN the pollution Of our drinkin,, Mao
lter by sewage from lands used as a denog;t Pei
ound for city filth. Some writer's. admit NH,
Z 'lll1 'nis sewage Is mighty poisonous and lady