Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1880-02-28

that same Fort Bliss from which
he had marched with fell purpose
four months before. The valley OF
the Rio Grande would know him
no more, aud he doubtless sought
his accustomed consolation in the
flowing bowl.-[Augustus A. Hayes
in International Review for Febru-
ary, 1880.
Chastant's Observatlons ON Veil
low Fever.
DIR. Alcee Chastant, Of New Or
leans, takes strong ground against
the germ theory Of the origin of yel-
low fever. All Investigations to
discover the manner of it's introduce
ton into the large cities of Europe
and the United States have failed,
lie says, with all the experience SO
far had, to establish definitely the
real origin of the disease. Unless
the microscope shall ultimately
prove the contrary his opinion is
that while the conditions which pro.
duced yellow fever can be known,
tho essential nature of it's direct
cause will ever remain u mystery.
From q study of its geographical
limits and its more or less irregular
irruptions he thinks that its out.
breaks must be some combination
of meteorological and tulIuric con.
ditions especially favorable to the
development of the disease, such as
high temperature with dampness,
conjointly with certain emanations
from the earth.
Touching the character Of the
disease, DR.. Chastant's long expe.
rience warrants, he thinks, the opin-
ion that each epidemic of yellow fe-
yer is of its own peculiar and special
tyne, varying according to the To-
cality and the influences which have
been instrumental in bringing it
about. The immediate cause OF the
disease is the introduction into the
human organism of specific inor-
gonic poison, which has never been
chemically or microscopically de.
monstrated, poison which devel.
ops under the influence Of heat,
moisture, and other favorable cir
cumstances.
"Yellow fever is not imported,
but is most certainly endemic.
When, however, climatic and tellu-
ric conditions concur, and foreign
cases are existing, it then spreads
and becomes epidemic" Such epi.
idemics cannot be prevented, but
can be mitigated by general sani-
tary measures and precautions. He
agrees with the late DR.. Warren
Stone, in regarding the disease to
be non-contagious, but taken from
the atmosphere poisoned by telluric
emanations. The germ theory he
regards as not only improved, but
highly improbable. Qn several oc'
casions DIR. Chervin swallowed the
matter of black vomit and suffered
no harm. Neither did DR.. Guyon
at Martinique, from similar expert
ments. DR.. Firth inoculated dogs
with the fresh matter, and subject
ed himself to the same operation
He applied the fluid to the surface
of cut made Oh his arm, and Sc
cured it there for two days by
means of sticking plaster, and re-
peated the experiment above TWEEN
ty times in various parts of his
body. He inserted the matter ii
his eyes, and swallowed a large
quantity of black vomit, pure ant
dilute, and no injurious effects Ell
sued. Cats, dogs, and fowls wer'
fed with it without sensible effects
and the fumes obtained by evapor
ating black vomit did not harm
those who inhaled them. Sucf
heroic experiments may not dis
prove the germ theory, but they Ger
tainly tell very strongly against it
Sporadic cases of yellow fever
DR.. Chastant holds to be produced
by natural causes, arising exclusive
ly from the eremacausis WHICH take
place in the filth of cutters, as vel
as on the immediate surface of tn
earth in certain localities, and thes
cases do not extend beyond tn
sphere of these causes. Althoug'
these natural causes, whenever the.
exist, help to Increase the yellow
fever, yet its epidemic feature arise
from a more general law of the soil
the effect of which is produced by
geological repsrcussire action. Spo
radio cases may precede al epidem
ic, but he doubts if they can pro
duce an epidemic, unless there is
concurrence of both causes.
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poker, because it does not requlr
the presence of their antes.-
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seven-up they can play the" deuc
and catch Jack.
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