The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-17

the Emily Souder brought the late
epidemic here, | replied, go. First,
because the case of Purscr Clark
never had been proved to be yellow
fever; second, because, while the
probabilities were very strong that
Elliott did have yellow fever, new
ertbeless the fact that his ease was
never so pronounced by his .ttcnd.
ing physicians while he lived, to-
gether with the fact that Inc official.
ly recorded certificate exhibits 10
different cause of death, strongly
initiated against the opositioiis
/ But l was reminded that compe.
tent medical men had examined the
body OF Elliott and had pronounced
the pathological phenomena oh.
served to be positively those of
yellow fever; and was asked it |
did not recognize such phenoma An
being positively Indicative.
| replied that the great weight
of professional Opiniol was against
me on the subject of the pathology
of yellow fever, and it was with
great dlildence that | announced
that | did not consider this point ~
settled One-that men died at all
dates in yellow fever 0rom six or
twelve hours to ten. days., and
could not, therefore, present the
same pathological phenomena; and
that it was not, in my opinion, "a
settled fact that the phenomena
claimed were peculiar to yellow fe.
yer. | also said that my own per.
sonal observations did not satisfy
me that the appearances claimed
were always TO be found.
gave another reason, which |
consider strong, why did not be.
liere the Souder brought yellow fe-
yer here, viz: That il was Ave or
six weeks after Clark and Elliott
died before the disease appeared
among our people, and then it ap.
peared remote from tine points
where these men died.
8. Being asked what relation
filth bears TO the spread of yellow
tevcr, | said that my opinion is.that
there is n0 reason TO believe that
filth produces tie disease, but that,
as III epidelnicS of other diseases,
most probably cleanliness is ad.
10. Mobile being cited as proba.
bly, being community that had
escaped an epidemic (although hav.
ing yellow fever) because of being
cut Oft from New Orleans, denied
the proposition, and pointed to the
facts of yellow fever often existing
to a limited extent in many com.
and especially TO this
fact in the case OF the large city of
New Orleans of late years.
IL. | denied the proposition that
so-called 4" imported eases" of vel.
Ow fever are any more likely to
iroduce epidelnics, or that epldem-
IS following Importation axe any
more severe.
respectfully beg to say that the
although not in positive
rords, is IN substance the express.
ion of MY views before the CON.
mission. or course, during my ex.
there WAS much more
aid than is here embodied, but
othing that would at all change
lie sense or meaning OF what /
ere lay down.
Most respectfully y'r Ob't ser't
d. WARREN BRICKELL, MI
New Orleans, January 9, 1878.
n. When asked if | did not
eGeve that Natchez had escaped
e1low fever in 1878, and this as
ssult,of quarantine, | replied that
OSt hoe did not always mean prop.
y hoe, il Natchez did escape but
did not know that she did escape.
Iobile did not officially advise the
orld that she had yellow iecer
uring the very time she qutran.
ned against us. aud NatcheZ may
ave pursued the same course.
From information received since
V examination, | am decidedly
clined to believe that Natchez did
ave yellow fever-a few cases.
ID. W. b.