Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-05
WAS NOT YELLOW FEVER.
What Paul Gregory, Regular Graduate Says About the Disease That Ragged tn sonora During the iast
 season.
HEEMosILLo, SONORA, MEXICO,

hEEMOsILLO, SONORA, MEXICO, December 29th. 1883. EDITOR CITIZEN: 50 much scare and stress Is even pet laid on every little at
 tack of bilious ieyor in this country,
 that t leads ne as s regular graduated
 physician, having yr4cticei my profess
 sion closely for 25 years, 5C make a
 statement on honor, upou tie authority
 O. every author, and upon actual expe-
 rience aud close observation. T.. w4s
 hemorrbs sgic pernicroUs bilious r.mit-
 tent lever. Natol- S. 4r-.n p - other
 fever, raJ1er .es, l.ti--,lt. -.r .tare B
 a similarity il eii billions i.-sls. a.peci-
 ally when preceded b.. a c-Ill. Read
 any a1tLor and i. e-.-c.a >. cautions
 the doctor 41. 2, ,la. 'as l.s..s, and
 call thi- yri,1T i-E-.; .-.lu- -lu: If
 you dc. you make iatal mistake"
 Wood especially lays greut stress on
 tl.s subject, and ol al the many hors
 there are few who stand higher.
 The old p5acticioaers of tAe New Or
 leans Medical School do the same thing.
 Perhaps there arc uoas better posted in yellow fever and hemorrhaeic pernicious
 bilious remiJtent fever.
 The always attendant congestion,
 that follows thls fever is never or rarely seen in yellow fever. The pure llahCg- any color, bright shining in appearance, always present iu tIe yelioa fever, has never been seen .- tais; jlund.ce aI- ways in this but yields readily to mer- cury; quiuiue aaj iron wu do little 70 relieve the yellow fever. In fact the 1 treatment is very different Lastly, IS | proof of what 1 write, give my practice | as for instance out ot I60 cases I lost | only two, who died ID c1ngestive chiils l after being dismissed as cured, and who | hal only debility to contend with. In | the practice of others all died.
 My treatment Was simply a course of | mercury with quinine once in three hours | using freely mustard to equaiizs tha fluids, and guard ag inst congestion | and after the thiTd day give freely of ] qCiLiEe and citrate ot fern, keeping the | patient quiet; should partial suppress sion If urine De prcseu. [ use only fluid | extracts Of coca and U-va uris, equal | parts, giving 3) drops or half of a tea spoonful m syrup, once in two or three hours. As sn arodyne use extract of vilerian 5 grams, for opium iE any form IS death tO the patient
 1 consider this one of the easiest dis eases cured We have t. contend with; only be careful in the diagnosis and r.a.r s1r C ! the rest.
 As to there being danger of any one coming here from a colder climate, it IS al Dosn; there is no danger. Not even while in its worst form, unless one re- maiued in the maiarious districts sub iected to tbe poison arising from the de- cayed vegetable and animal matter dry Ing mp, and being acted upon by the hot suH thereby rendering the air impure, may poison, and this being taken into the system through the medium of the | laugs. Nature iu her endeayors to | throw of the oaUse, and not being able, | a prolonged chill was the result, then a fever, etc. It k hence Gn infectious dis 1 ease, and not, as some believed, @ con- I tagious s0Ee. sA tman should keep , his stomach full, dO not mean to eat to l excess, but have his meals at regular hOure, and not drink the internal stuff called mescal, and not be greatly fright ! ened at every death, thereby rendering ' the system more susceptible to disease. c being more relaxed while alarmed Z
 h every country where irrigation has ' tO be resOrted to much, ia liable to these I bilious troubles, and when we take into | the fact that a ditch or C HCeqUis, as It is here called. passes | through every yard almost, and that ali the ii.th OLe can think of is thrown into saiG ditch, and there not being sufficient ' current to wash it away, but the current q being rather sluggish, very naturally d when the sun comes out very hot. as iJ \ does here, even Dow in December, from f To o'clock a. m. until , D. n., yge must ex- 4 pee. to breathe much filth. The authOr- a tics, be 1t said to their credit, have been 8 loIng much tO clean out and stop the q dirty habits Of many, and there IS no reason to believe there will be a return 1f the epidemic ir Sonora.
 l swear to you SIT there is not a sign, V not a symptom m any form or shape { whatever, of any disease in ihIs cIiy. One may eat too much m any V country. Come here and eat all the { oranges and chili you can, and run lrOunu n the heat Ct the day drinking T nescal and water freely, aud you would . naturally feel heavy. and in several days ]f such living become billions: but be . 7rudent aud remember you are in au- I other climate, the best in the world That the diet, tba air, all is different, lni you always feel good and strong, - and ready to eat Lt proper hours.
 The men who first cried out against yellow fever did not mean anything but money, the history of which is well known to yOur many readers, and the of such Ia future to diaC- losticate q disease wlll long be remem- Dered by this people Many Of them lied. some went of, and not one remains in HermOsillO to-day to cry yellow fever. tell you these things upon honor, not 'aring who differs with me. I know J an right, and ] have TO interest, God knows, to misstate one word, Oaly that Inc plain truth may be known.
 I am truly yours,
 PAUL GREGORY, A. ID.
 r. $. One word more Not half died who have been reported. r. G.