New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
THE FEVER IN PHlLADEArhiA'
,npp,Nes OF AN INFECTED SAILOR
,,xo EXHAUSTED THROUGH THE SIhsn'
Wa s,-vp,xa IN A sEAMEN's BOARDING ho.1N'
w. .. 80, ro THE rR1BChEJ

,,.uerpD THROUGH THE bihSSi
'kA .r,,va IN sEAMEN's BOARDING hooHN
fpy TELEGRAPH TO THE rHrBcsGl
,nv,pu1A. Aug. 2O.-A sailor who' !. 10
IA ha. yellow fever, passed moha"s' .,nsn,s
a. and wednesday In cfo"u1" uan Z,
q, tns british yellow fever iniecteo SUPP
ene " n",sor which arrived In New-York iron w.
49,. Cuha. on August IL. ana "h''n
r'aran,,,ed until last Saturday Inc ELL .~a
:, the ship died Of yellow fever on 'no @ v.ssel
nursa at sea. On the way 10 Ne"-io 49,. s,o,vard
.,onped az the Delaware Breaswater' wheio -. and
80 nm, an shore ss requiring medical 'trea'o
% =, go naa condition to proceed any fur'ncr
~w.snonbu,,en is the sailor's name ana no 10 o ~
- .a,ohsr q, tho crew suffering from the ui7e"''
Ia. besu allowed to roam aooa' :" -o, d.mand
v.uov fever we're o complaint ia ee u, "a a
among the healthy and unafhicted. Nien". ua came
80 Of Holland and twcntythree years oiu' no M.
a,s,,s.,oni. b.cause he had friends here. ine.
o.,ea him well when he first got here, out 'ou"y W.
oro rsgrettug the warmth OF their reccpuon'anu 49,
,ohad associated with him most ih.im"'o' r.o
.nnhbsd on the street by their aequa'h'ae,o''. ,'..,
,n,ac,ed sailor went to Mages's boarding es'ao.on n
a., pro,,.st On Tuesday he felt unwel anu 'o -
'' - ~ ,ro. worse and those around advseo
s,ro to call upon Captain Cipperon, the Btltisn Oon
t,a.s.,auce lie managed to-day to crawl up 70 oou."
ponrth-st ana show the Consul his 'S
us,a latter gnessed what the unIortunato o"
suner,ug from as as he saw tne nssuo ~.
s,a .b,n and heard the horrbia ae'a,s
a. rho trim from the mans lips When he came no VIZ
oo,ce Nenwenhuiscn looked the picture Oh uo''" n
xes vere sunken and his cheeks discoored 'req"i0"
q paipful effort for him to support himseu' c,,-
"That man has yellow fever" exclaimed Cap'aiu '"P
merton fnyOluntarily a few minutes atter no Hau ~
tered the ROOM The Consul hastily wrote noee W 'D
Peunsylvauia Hospital and telling the sailor W.
was asked him II he thought he could walk therc'
try
,ohh,ea down Fourthst. to Spruce slowly hating
every few minutes to take rest. Ihefe "ei'
a govd many people passing a' .h'''
time and fair proportion OF them turned rouno % mo ,o
wes WA aunnosns e The sailor had been drinking, gruy
asked him what was the matter;
well Old man guess IN rex it for sqnSrsi sias sIe he
the noceman and he helped the victim Aiter ,st @ no
walked to has the hSspAi Ss was s''H' exn aasted
IN reply to questions he could only produce the n mott o
fro from ,ns xsrds ss'Sa 10 tae main building not the
infectious department. ana 'nofo he & resident
aSy.eisps anesotsd The man closely He said that be
had suffering from vomiting 0thsr III be e
and the temperature high by The sfterpoSn ID, Se
was In a raging fever When seen ut 2""'oA "''
haven't the slightest doubt from everything the
bias told me that It h yeST sver NoT DGs osve Il ,roo
don't want to make any mistake tha, VIII fTinIen
people. Call again at o'clock, by which tune co,e nSpe
ont which viii place the easr
Se.ond ALI question hesitate about sending the man
10 The Nunlcpai Hospital until am certain, though
think that By the time you return ne VIII pe esies
housed there, and that all his ci0tnus Will nave O''
burned" 80, ,,,,. 4. o,r.
nit himself to yellow fever. He said "l don't thlnK
ehsll be able TO tell you before morning. Dut
have my OWE opinion. think II Is a nild ca;o OF
Vellow fever The man in sufficiently Isolated no is
Ilaoed al the end of ward two windows ana ths
arr can blow on him all the time. There 10 no rlss
Of infection IN the hospital nor do think
that by merely mo yiDg about he had be coud nave
communicated the disease. We shall have a waich put
on that boarding whore he stayed 50 tnat II any
eases develop they be locked after"