The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-25
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL.
81, DECEMBER 90. 1899
A NEW THEORY As TO YELLOW
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The outbreak Of yellow fever in Florida,
also a, Decatur, An, and jackson, Miss,
which during last summer aud fall excited
such widespread consternationat the South,
has induced an unusual activity among
scientific physicians TO discover the causes
and means Of propagation Of that disease.
DR.. Stcrnberg, Of the Army, in continue.
ton OF investigations begun, by order Of
President Cleveland, at Rio Janeiro aud
continued in other parts Of Brazil aud
in Cuba, visited Decatur late in the fall,
and hopes to be able to reach some results
So the French physician, Dr. c.,
who had studied Pastcur's method,
and who volunteered TO attend the
sick at Jacksonville, Fla, is pursuing his
Investigations sanguinc OF ultimate success.
Dr. H. Hardy, Of Sacramento, in well
considered pamphlet issued In October
last, has also had something to say about
the fever, aud the veteran saniiarhn. Dr.
A. \. Bcn, OF New York, editor OF The
Smd1udH read paper before the Amer.
can Health Association nj is recent meet
ing at Milwaukee on thc "Yellow Fever
and it, llabitudcs, as opposed to the Fall
lacics and Dangers Of Personal Quaran.
tine" In addition TO this letter from
Dr. Joseph Holt formerly Of New Orleans,
now Of Portland, Oregon, addressed 10 MIR.
IL. Dudley Coleman. president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce Of New Orleans,
was read by permission Of DR..
Holt at the same meeting Of the
American Public Health Association.
In addition 10 this We have the inycsiin-
tons Of Dr.. Reeves, OF Chattanooga, q
microscopes, Of acknowledged siandlnganj
position, who las succeeded so well as q
challenge the attention Of the authorities
Of the Johns Hopkins University, who
have invited him 10 n council ior the con
sidcraiion Of the results Of his very In
innate examination of the tissue Of sub,
Gets who died Of yellow icyct Beside
this there comes 10 TnE ArrrM oilic,
from PARKWAY Nebraska pamphlet Of ~
pages, including a very fall index. tn,
work Of DR.. Frank s. Billing a yctcrinar,
surgeon Of International rcputc, piccto
Of the Paiho biological Labomtor
Of the University Of that State
being No. oi Vol ., devote,
10 animal diseases, Bulletin Of the Aeri
cultural Experiment station Of Nebraska
In this pamphlet, prepared with scicnua
carr and cxacincs, scqucut In 10 ori,
and logical In iis statements and conrll
siOns, Dr. billings recognizes an idcniii
between the Southern cattle plague an
the yellow lover, the prooi Of which Il
furnishes In iUnt Of Page 90 In
oolorcd illustration Of the morpholosic
appearance, in blood, OF the germs Of II
Southern cattle plague. swine plague au
the yellow icycr In explanation, O
Page SO, hc says "rhc very closo n
semblance which his southern Gait
plague bears TO the yellow fever HI
been repeatedly emphasized In this papc
In fact. In the earliest OF first report viii,
Imado upon the outbreak Of this cat
disease In Nebraska during the summer
1857. callcdaiicntion 10 thisiact, and 90,
said that felt almost confident ,ha, q
germ Of the yellow fever would be- ioui
10 belong to this group. Personal exam
nation Of the tissues from person IA
had persisted from that disease, furnish,
him by Dr. George NJ. Stcrnbcrg. u
A. have mosloomplctcly confirmed th
view. Henco ! feel very positive that Il
foregoing description Of the dilcrc
mophological phenomena presented |
the two germs described will answer
every detail 10 the meteorological G
ganism Of the yellow fever and n
tho only possible points Of diIcrcn
will be found 10 be that Q) 4
fellow fever germ may cause {
qualification Of gelatine, which Is fcarcc
probable. as nono Of the mioro-ctiologi,
organisms Of this group DO; aud (2) Il m