Daily Republican., 1885-08-21
The Yellow Fever,
a SAILOR FROM THE INFMgED
gHIP GIBSON N--HE wANDEKs
THROUGH PHILADELPHIA.
ONE DEATH IN NEW YORK.

ara Wednesday in crowded seamen
= boarding. house on South Front stree
Philadelphia. The man is 4. Nj.
Weahuizen, one o. the crew Of II
British yellow fever infected sh
John Gibson, which arrived in Ne
York from Cientuegos, Cuba, or A
tgust y, aud which was onaran:i tine
funtil last Saturday. The caetatn
the stap died of yellow fever on ti
trip and was buried at saa. On u
! way to New York the vessel stopped ;
the Delaware Breakwater, where 4
steward was put on shore, as neslin
medical treatment and Seing in toe, ba
condition to proceed any further.
Men Uenhui iseD IL tho second men
Der OF tbs crew suffering from the di,
ease vino has been allowed to roar
about as freely as if yellow fever wer
complaint in general demand anon
the healthy end unaffected. Raar
Eyners, another sailor, was found rar
dering over New Your City seeing III
signts on Wednesday 80 sick that h
could barely walk, and 60 zigzag 10 hi
actions that he was followed By q crow,
OF children who had never seen yel!o,
iever patent before. Ryners was &c sur
ed and placed uDder restraint. and tLel
the health officers in New York City
got up metaphysical discussion aoou
whether the boat ohn Gibson hld eeel
sufhciently rantincd.
TEa SICK SAILORS VISITS.
ieEweihuizen is native of aol
iand and 23 years old. he came t,
Phliadelphia because he bad friend,
mere ID was anxious TO see them
Ihey were anxious to see him. zoo, and
treated him well when he first go: iers
out yesterday they were Iogrettlng the
warmth OF their reception, aud those
who had associated with him most in.
tlmateiy were snubbed on the street By
their acuuaintances. The in fectsd Gallo,
puS up at Magee's boarding establish.
ment, on Front street, just below Pine.
On tuesday he feiI unwoll and fevsrish.
Ihe next day he was worse, and
those around advised him 10 cal. upon
captain Clipperton, the British consul,
iog assistance. He managed yesterday
TO crawl lp TO South Fourth street and
show the Consul his discharge. The
latter guessed what the unfortunate
sailor was suffering from AS soon as he
saw the name OF his ship and heard
the horrible details Of the trip
from tie mans lips When he came
into the Office Nienwen hui3en looked
the pict0re of death. His eyes were
sunken and his cheeks discolore5. 1t
required painful effort for him to sup
port himself.
" That man has yellow fever" ex
claimed Captain Clipperton, invoiun-
tarily, few nom ents after he had en-.
tered She room.
simultaneously with the observation
welI.dressed and newly arrived cock.
ney, who had just presented paper
Tor inspection, boltei cut g the ofi 80.
An hour later he sent dissrics messsp-
ger ooy for his documents. The British
Consul hastily wrote note TO the Penn
sylvAnia Hospital, and, telling the
sailor where IL was, asked him if be
thought he could walk there. The
latter said he would try and started of
lie hoSbled down Fourth street to
Spruce very fee5ly, hslting every Few
minutes to take rest. There were a
good many people passing at thai time,
and a fair proportion of them turned
round to watch the mans labored gait
Al Fifth and Spruce streets police
man came up, and, supposing the
sailor had been drinking, grufiiy asked
him what was the matter. "Yellow
fever, the man replied, indicating by
a gesture that he was talking about
something he possessed.
Well, old man, guess II! risk it
ior square" said the policeman, and
he helped the victim as far as sixth
street. From there he walk ed 70 the
hospital without further assistance, but
he sank down exhausted in the court
yard, and, in reply to questions, could
only produce the note from the British
Consul. He was carried up to one of
the wards in the main building, not il
the infectious department, and there
put to bed
DR.. G. A. Woodnut, one of the resi-
dent physicians, questioned the man
closely. He said that he had been suf-
ing from vomiting. Other symptoms
indicated yellow fever. The blood had
collected in The legs and the tempera-
ture was high. BY the afternoon he
was in raging fever.
THE PHYSICIAN NON CoMMIrTAL.
When seen at O'Clock il ,he after
noon, DIR. Woodnut said !.
l haven't the slightes, !ouGt, from
every thing the man has told me. that
IL is yellow fever. But 4 does not do
to declare that il is such Unit, I have
positive proof. | dou'. want 70 make
any mistake that may brighten paople.
Cali again at o O'Clock, ny whicl! I.me
think that some symptom wln have
come out which vii! pace rhe case be
youd ali question. | hesitate about
the maL 70 the Nun .cipal
Hospital until am certain, though |
think that by tine time you return he
will be safely housed .nere and that
all lis clothing will have beeu burn.
ed.
At5 o'clock, however, DR. Woodnut
was still unwilling TO CON mit himself
to yellow fever. He saI'i
don't think 1 shal! be able 10 tell
you before morning, ou: | have my
own opinion. tlink il If a mild cast
of yellow fever. THE man is sufficiently
isolated. He is placed a. the end of a !
ward near two Windows, and ths air
can blow on him ali tue time. There is
no risk Of in nfection il the hospital, nor |
do l think that 5y mercy moving abont |
as he has done he could have COM |
the disease. We shall have !
a watch put on that boarding house !,
~here he stopped, SO tha; II any Gases |
develop they eau bs looked after.
Some of the sailors down at Siehwen- J
boarding house were horribly !
scared when they heard what had hap |
pened, although most OF them pooh /!
poohed ths idea tEas i" Yellow Jack "
bad been among them. TIE Board of !;
Health viii bs notified 10 day If the !
,ase turns on: as DR.. Woodaat sup |
poses No responsibility, iy is said, can !
attach TO the Port Physiciau's Depart !,
nent, as Nienwenhuizen did not land |
within his jurisdiction. physician, |
expert in such matters and who has !,
seen service in the South when yellow |
fever was prevalent, sai3 last night:
There Is no need Ior any alarm in |,
philad elphia because of this case The :