, 1879-03-21
CONTAGIOUS COFFEE.SACKS.
4 Now Theory of tho Trnnsr,1sstou Of tho
Yoti0sy-F Fever Germ,
f1,tfrkff0n fYrt Hh,ry

Now Theory of tho Trnnsn,tsstou Of tho
iotlow-Favcr Germ.
ost'retton t7tt.l Sers.
ID. Jacob s. West hAs published In tho Doerne
tfcx.l A<yser a,t nbly written letter on this sub
1ect Of yellow-1eycr. In this letter thu Doctor
makes statements which uro Of rather au alarm
lug Eature, because Of teIr showing that the
yello"-fovcr gcrm finds faVoritc a.,tl favorable
incans Ut transmission In tle cotTee imported
Into our country. As fnur-aftils Of the rotrce
consumed In The United Slatcs comes from tic
very hot-heds of the yellow-lsvcr lcstilcncc,
hc following extracts will bo read with Interest:
In 1867 ti,s Town Of Liberty Ind DECLARED anu
vas eniutrl'E quarantine against Galveston,
Where yellow-fcyer wns prevailing, alld, It ir-
NJ small towll. anl everybody Oh the alert,
stranger could mt liaye cunle nor gtous
ll'e steamboat lsuthyen came froIn tjnI.
'eston. nal, wien within 4 milo or two
u Town. was ordered tn stop, and the Captain
nattd that II he was allowed to land ot, the
soasa lor Mr.. Kicker, lle wnn &aku llis stealncr
.oHn uoHn the river. This permission was granted,
,he saek OF colfeu WIS p!acetl On thu baiIi, md
is, 1ae ,oat immediately Lett. The cotfea was
by by, store. and In fuw days le was taken sick
wItt yellow fcycr Anl died; bis wtfo and scry-
ants wcra the next ca.es, a then It sprcatl nlI
9scr tsa. ttIn town. In this instance tllo yellow.
'HiGEklUlI hH8 EllAEI3 lt4tcMQ14
~ sark Of colEea Tho accond instance Is Us
iollows: III 1870, tp passlng through Galvestuu
p y '9y WY to Corpus Christi, met tbs Hon.
:; y. Pickett. who gavs mo ltAt Of ,lauIcs
y families who had moved from I.tberty
sc,.'a9y ~ssnty somo yca7s before, mud hnd
Gofeus odsst "a resens ] cospas ss cI,rIsti %Haf
hssteu te sett|ements 'ncntlonea. md Harmed
mat nearly all tllc families wrra .Ieal: had died
M!ellow fcYor. Tie story u related to mo IN
!eIson by several parties living III te immediate
sa,s'gnoorhosNl, nnl BY few nlu,nbers OF tu
i ns,eksn ns families Who had survived thu acourge,
During tIv cu!.leme Of 1867, cofrcs gaze out
H. ~ a's mclgt!forAual, u,nl man wE.t, Ind had
~ ~ Yellow fever was selcctei tu 70 to Corpus
snF sFatt, atseen nIllos distant, to buy sack af
E E:"e' wy uFisn tu certain ncs1ult trce In thu
stiit' tiuieees Valley, near a place known as Mcans-
.a AMI thure tu divide thu COLES intu separate
vh, |rcsiously donoslted In tnis trse.tup MD
H." ~ tWeuty.fauT hours after the coffee was
s"ua divided md suspended III thu tree,top lEc
rla PARTIES interested went slrTeab got their
.sspectlst portions 1T cotftr, uul futu every
an''ty ~ which this coflcu was lntroiured,
VII VII NV days yellow fuyer bfuka mt AMI ragged
,h n"" fearful falaltty. te1t deep Interest tu
a"I Ilalsses anl was very particular III my In.
SI,ies, AMI tho testimony Ut all partlcs inter.
s,'i. Ga proved beyond u doubt that II vas ltle
W eot!eo t!at conveyed the t1sease, fur not
urt thIio family cstapel Wl.o used the coffee,
e.t ~ otiler Mt''!llcs did escapr whu Ind nu Tutor
IL. ~ NY eblee md received none, uinl frunl
tact.i t.aft,er tuet tiat all Tho families we're IT.
NJ naio1n!satoa with Curpus Christ! u oll,er piacu
hi. .uleSton was had. 1t will hu observed tl4G
rrn,".N saeN " e0llea Has transported In wagon
u.n W. N tlie oprn atr !t'r !teen n'lIps, and
sark. sn oi,eled, dtvtle.L lhtn PLACED Ii, sluail
' WI" ssala Exposed III llt 0pen uts lor