The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-09-28

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DIR. Shann0u's letter, and if amy
sensible man cin discover anything
TO prove or confirm DIR. Shann0n's
theory of yellow fever, he must lie
stocked with a very large amount
of credulity. DIR. Jones did not
say it was yellow fever. DIR. Shan.
non has furnished me a full copy
of DIR. Jones letter which says
"lf We bad sent him portions OF
the liver, heart, kidneys aad a
specimen OF nriue,7 then he could
have come 10 some more salistac
tory conclusions, hut rs it was, he
conld only advise the exercise ot
all proper precautions, which un.
fortunately for DIR. Shannon, he
had not done up TO this time, and
it was lack Of precautioDs-lack of
isolation-lack of every thought OF
care Tor the living, which brought
down upon the head OF Dr.Shannon
the Just condemnation OF the whole
community. DIR. Shannon pre-.
tends to believe that all the "un.
kind things said OF him. grew out
of my interview with DIR. Carson
There WAS but one word in that IN.
terview of which any objection is
made, that report makes me say
81 found n dark greeniSl fluid in tn,
stomach am Incorrectly reported
iu this one word. | said Il dark
grumous fluid. 4. W. Ellis, says
| said "emphaticalIy it was yellow
fever.n | now say emphatically
that | did not say any such a thing
| admit however that when | tirs
saw the case, | said it looked lik,
yellow fever but that after | hat
made the post.mortem examination
/ then expressed serious doubl
OF its being yellow ieyer aud MIR
Ellis now admits that then mad,
this qualification as above. Ii
ploof of this | Informed Mr.. Eli,
then that | did not regard the Cast
OF sufficient Importance to exercis,
any precautions, and acting upon
this opinion, Mr.. Ellis sent fol
his son to come to assist at th,
burial. From that day to THU
| have maintained that Frank Sny
der did not die OF yellow fever
When | assisted DR.. Shannon il
sending those specimens to DIR
Jones, Tor chemical aud microSco
pical examination, it WAS under
stood that we were to wait tl,
result of that examination. Ii wds
also understood that if it was reall,
yellow fever there would most Ger
talnly be more OF it, therefore ",
were To wait for future develop
ments. Now maintain that neither
DR.. Jones letter, nor future devel.
opments OF any kind, has establish
ed the fact nor produced the
shadow OF proof that il was yellow
fever. And AS a carollary to this,
ii it was yellow fever, then yellow
fever is not contagious, not even
infectious III any degree whatever.
Fortunate it is for the credit aud
character of this country that
truth and history has vindicated US
and established the fact beyond
controversy that we have not had
a case of yellow fever IN this coun.
try this year, aud that indigenous
yellow tever is both improbable
and impossible, in this healthy
piney woods country. In c0nclu-
sion, | desire to say to DR.. Shan
lou that the "criticisms aud IN.
kind things" which has been made
and said of hlm did not grow out
OF DIR. Carson's report of his inter
view with me; on the contrary, 1t
was the spontaneous and indignant
. revolt of this whole community
that he should report "A suspicious
ease OF yellow fever and then per-
nit that dead body in an advanced
state of decomposition to be
brought down six miles through
The country and into our town into
the church, then through the town
followed by Il large concourse OF
our people to the grave yard, aud
he at the same time sending tele
grams to New Orleans and to the
Mississippi State board of health
that Frank Snyiers death was "a
suspicious case of yellow fever.
Very respectfully,
ID. q. CASE, M. D.