The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
DR.. Alfred IIOlt.

I
In a recent number of the Times
Democrat we find a sketch from
which we extract the following;
"IIe was native Of Mississippi,
born and reared in the county of
Wilkinson, of that State. When
quite young and just entering upon
the practice of medicine, the com-
ty IN which he lived was visited by |
yellow fever, and DR.. Holt, for the
first time, met this great Southern
enemy, and, though he was unable |
to fathom the disease in all of its !
mysteries, yet the close Obserya- /
ton he made of it, and the expert
ence Of an attack himself in the
same epidemic, led him to conclu-
sions with regard to it which
became highly valuable in the treat
ment of the disease in the deyas-
tating epidemics which have east
their shadows over this city since
the war. AS an illustration Of the
frmness and certainty of his con-
clusions with regardto one feature
of yellow fever, it is related that
when, a few years after the cpl
demic referred TO above in his ma
} tive county, the strange fever
again made its appearance, young
! DIR. Holt pronounced it yellow
, fever and commenced an active
, battle against it upon that plat
form. A commission of learned
! doctors was sent from New Or
leans to examine into the matter
! and report the nature of the fever
o prevailing. The committee Of doc
tors found young DIR. Holt pros
q trate with the fever, and told him
G he had marked case Of yellow
I fever. lie replied they were mis-.
taken; he was accllmated, and that
/ it was dengue with which he was
. suffering, and that he would not
. abandon his patients and remain
in bed upon the theory that he
could have yellow fever twice
g Acting gupon this assertion he left
!. his bed and although SO much de-
= bilited that in his services he
a would stagger into the rooms OF
q the sick and dying, he rendered
' that professional aid which savec
# many valuable lives. And this II
a but a specimen Of the heroism o
~ the great soul which has left us
!, and which endeared him to TIN
N people of Mississippi and caused
- his fame to oyersted the bounda
- ries ofhis native State, and insured
n him warm welcome into tn
= homes and hearts of the people o
~ New Orleans. His professiona
Is services were given to the SoutI
70 in the great war which deyas
90 tated our land. Aud in fOllowin
N the fortunes of the Mississippian
90 he was enabled to contribute hi
a. skill and vast medical services i
~ the amelioration Of the suffering
of his comrades. The unbounde
-, confidence the Mississippians fel
for Alfred g. Holt, can only b
~ compared to the devotien of tn
bo Confederate army for Robert
~ Lee. lie was in the place Of fail
,s err, friend and medical adviser.o
I'm 1t is pleasure to join in I'll
W foregoing tribute to one SO mob
he and worthy as the subject Of II
ed above.
ill At the beginning Of the war Il
90 President proposed to appoint ID
'th Holt surgeon Of the 10th Miss
ter sippi regiment. He declined;
yet he proposed deyoting his service
nd to the whole body of Mississippi
of contingent in the armies OF Il
ith Confederacy. And throughout Il
ON war he passed from the hospita
ac- and battle fields in Virginia
those in the West; whenever
en-, battle occurred in which Missi
The sippi troops were engaged the
ON he appeared. As the Times-Dei
re- ocrat says, inspiring hope in t
'ho failing, ,bestowing consolation up'
the the dying, and with his very pre-
md ence driving away desponden
ON and gloom. All who ever saw |
re- towering figure moving among +
bill tables and stretchers of the fe
the and hospitals, directing and ASST
fat ing.the oyer-worked surgeons, "
,rn. ever remember the benign inf
ure ence that he shed over all.
.,, a-a=
The Facts Exaggerated.
Dty. Philadelphia Times.
aw. It isa fact no doubt true I'll