New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-17
IN THE GRIP OF THE FEVER.
DEATHS, NINE; NEW CASES, sEvENTY-FoUR.
THE WEATHER UNAVOIDABLE FOR CHECKING
THE DIsEAsE-HERoIsM AMONG THE PEO
PLE-pHYsIcIANs AND NURSES ARRIv-

PLE-PHYSICIANs AND NURSES ARRIV-
ING IN GOOD NUMBERS
Jacksonville, Fla, Sept 16.-Yestcrday was In
deed sad day here Jacksonville lost three OF
her most prominent and valuable citizens, and the
grief felt by all at their loss is fully shown. The
banks were closed out OF respect to Mr. Lcngle,
and other demonstrations were made to the
memory of the others The living cannot stop
long to contemplate the dead, bat in passing
tribute and tear is dropped on their grave.
The official bulletin of the Board of Health for
the twenty-four hours ended at p. m. reports
New cases. "a: deaths, o; as follows: Louis
Nelson. Harry Kimball Abram Mychlrd, Harry
lines, Edward Carr, Harris Couthorn, Kate Mo-
rant, Henry Licceuring, Mrs. James NJ Matthews.
Total cases to date 995 total deaths, 126
This evening a corps Of fourteen nurses sent by
Harry Miner arrived from Ncw~York by the
steamer to Fernandina. Twenty-thrce nurses from
Now-Orlcans arrived to-day Among those pros
trated is Colonel Whitfield Walker, Internal
Revenue Collector for Florida, and Mrs Walker
lie is doing well.
The Board Of Health at present is badly crippled,
but is doing noble work The Board consisted OF
Drs Neal Mitchell, r. p Daniel, Henry Ba-
con. IT, L. Engle and IT, r Kennedy. DR.. Engle
is dead Dr. Daniel is very i'll and DR.. Kennedy has
sick wife at his home several miles OIL: OF the city
This leaves DR.. Neal Mitchell to t-anSact the
multifarous business Of the Board. The doctors
that are arranging see to their patients, and as
in DR.. Mitchells case, answer thousand and one
questions every ten minutes. The moment Dr
Mitchell appears the street he is questioned
about every conceivable thing, almost as if he
were an encvclopcdia To add to the Health
Boards troubles comes the loss Of its able young
MoT) WIN called
yesterday. Everybody is working at d high
pressure and the result is that the doctors and
leaders are thoroughly tired out, and if taken i'll
their systems will be too greatly weakened for
them to rally
Yesterday the weather was somewhat peasanter,
as no rain fell, but a hot sun poured its scorch-
| ing rays down without mercy, and the eXhala-
ton arising could be seen lillo thin mist.
| This is yellow fever weather. said doctor
Yesterday, " and you may now look for large
increase in the number Of But it is
great relief for the sick, and that we think good
The outlook to-day is no more encouraging
| hopeful The official list announced by the Board
at p. m. last night gave the highest number of
cases yet reported, although there slight
diminution in the death-rate. a large proportion
of the cases now reported show that the frlghtful
disease is fastening its fangs upon the colored
|
| depressing
| The great necessity for additional physicians
and nurses is gradually being met. There arc now
sufficient doctors to supply the place of the strclI
en-, worn-out resident physicians, but still
we have by TO means full complement
Dr. Neal Mitchell President Of the Board
of Health, states that to-day and tomorrow at
least fifty additional nurses will be on hand
ready to tender their services where they are now
so sorey needed There have been number
| of incompetent and worthless nurses who have
come among us, tempted, possibly, by the hope
| of finding rcmuncrativc employment. These are
gradually being weeded out. Or. Sollace Mitchell,
the resident physician at the Sand Hills Hospital,
| will today or tomorrow take up his permanent
abode Mt the hospital lie states that there are
now vacancies for upward Of sixty or seventy
there The patients out there are all doing
we'll
Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon
Bishop Weed, who has been indcfatigablc in
his labor of ministering comfort and consolation
to the sick and dying. Net only has he been
useful in the line Of his chosen calling, but in
divers other ways experimenting the distribution
of raions, looking after the supplying Of nurses
and medical aid to the igcnt sick. Such self
sacrificing devotion in the hour OF trial and dis
trcss is entitled to all commentator.
There are daily large numbers Of patients dis
charged, after having passed the crisis and no
longer needing attention. There are now va
cancics for quite number at St Lukcs Hospital
Among the many and novel remedies for
the cure of yellow fever, one is mentioned by Mr.
J. H. Oney, whose wife and daughter were
stricken with tho fever. lie placed the sick
ones near heated stove closely mufied in blan-
kets. and using no medicines He claims the
heat drew the fever from their system. 1t re-
mains 10 be said that the process success
full, and both we'll
4 central location has at last been obtained
for the nurses and physicians in the Barris Build
inc. where they can be obtained at any hour Of
the day or night.
Superintendent B. F. Dillon, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who has been in con-
slant attendance for the last four days, trying to
get business dispatches and specials through on
noorlv working wires, was taken down yesterday.
All the men are doing nobly hut they are over
worked. W. J. Wallace, the day chief, lost his
child on Friday, and his wife is dangerously i'll.
lie himself is worn out with watching. j. T..
Rivers. night chief, is working under great
difficulties and is giant in the amount of work
| he accomplishcs The rrcss of the country have
these brave operators to thank for the specials
received as il is only by their doing large amount
Of extra work that they get them OFT. a
substitution should be started for their benefit.
AN AUTOPSY on PROF. PROCTOR'S BODY.
DOCTORS UNABLE TO DECIDE POSITIVELY
WHETHER HE HAD YELLOW FEVER OR NOT
In accordance with The request Of George '" Wilson,
Professor Richard 4. rroctors intimate frcnd, an
autopsy made the body OF the desd astronomer
at North Brother Island yesterday by Drs. T. Mitchell
Pruden and Herman NJ Briggs OF the Health Depart
mcn, The substance of their report was that on ac-
count of tho rapid advance made by decomposition