The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-02
Some Thoughts on yellow Fever Not
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To the lNlinf 81 Tie Appeal
II - decent boldncs ever meets with
friends succeeds, and over stranger
recommends" aud should YOU welcome
me among your interesting contributors, I
promise not Ia dwell long. The Capuchircs
never preached except in presence oi the
dead. Touched hy this hint | wish Ia
simplify what IL known OF yellow foyer.
nollhlayo was the most celebrated ply.
stefan since the days 1T llippocratcH lie
died In 1898 lie was asked what he
knew Of hygiene. Ills answer was con
tanned In three lines
"lu preserve health, oil that ~ known
up to my day, ia tu keep the bowels regular,
the head cool aud the ivvt warm
This WIS u dying confession, aud ~ such
the lawyers tell vs. II is good testimony.
Though humilinling, II sparklcs with hon
csly and bfCviiy. 4 veteran writer such
ns he could condcusr much In little.
| Novicrs, such ns | am, must dilute ideas
| with many wOpls. write this article
| because 10 ought Ia be- written, aud
hcrau.c no one has. or will write u.
Truth loves simplicity Hnl hrrYitv
yellow lgYyr literature siinks with
confusion lat ahpundH in sound.
d. J. l.. CuhCll, now venerable pro-.
lessor ui the University ui Virginia, whose
words used tp hlllu with thought aud
| glow with vurucsluuss ! heard him tell
| hls class that medical literature nhUundvd
with mud, fuphistry aud sound,
thought itaibgn ~ R}ah ,imm nshW6pi.
Bui, ia il truc2 Ask the inst doctor
you meet on your streets what he
thinks II yellow foyer llc replies
II ~ contagious. Ask the next lie
says Il IL infectious Ask the third, hc
fnya IL iH both contagious aud infectious.
Ask the fourth. the cause of bilious fever.
| lie SAYS IL h caused irpm malaria. Now,
go with him a. his office nnd examine
punplisunI Medical dictionary turn 10
cuninpon. II says cuntagiun aud inlcc.
| ton are esteemed sNuunymuus Now turn
to masma lie tells YOU IL il often used
gynonymuusly with cunugiun. How much
| have YOU learned lur your labor II yuunru
nn impulsiyc inan possibly yuu will think
| the duciur have hycn iulling with you.
| n yuu are q wise man YOU Will
say they know many valuable
| hris. but tho great principle that inter
p,urinip these facts b. yet undiscovered,
! that thr.r doctors have Hp long dWylt Boz
the presence ui the occult mysteries Of
! nature that their words have been culurud
hy their thoughts They know nothing,
hrurr their words mean nothing Al
that can be- said II their language b. that
h sounds we'll Aud Il you understand
their explanations, IL is more than they
do.
An that g. known II yellow fever Il that
Il isan exotic disease, that u isinlig,npuH
the tfup.rs that il can be- tmnspIanJcd,
under certain atmospheric conditions, 60
temperate attitudes, aud that u is c1loh-
ng IN conclusion ! must SAY, In yindi.
cation IT plIuslaking physicians, that
many nov are tracking the foot
steps Ui llypria, the crafty goddess 81
health. seeking 10 ind her abiding
place. and when IN q coming age some for.
lunlto explorer shall discover hor home iu
the midst Of the chorubim, blazing Ia
ndamlut and gold, there green and im.
grant In eternal beauty will be- found the
tree Of iic, written upon H. leaves rem.
civ ipr every human ill. TIN then our in.
Gunitos will need crutchcs, aud doctors
are the best We can got TIL then We will
have theories, and till then doctors will
disagree. TRIMS,