The evening world., 1888-09-11
SHE HAD THE YELLOW FEVER.
Mrs. lie PlouEeon Tells of Her Experience
with the Dread Disease In Yucntnn.

Mrs. Le PlouEeon Tells of Her Experience
with the Dread Disease In Yucntan.
Mrs. Alice d. LIE Plougeon, the wife Of Dr.. lie
Plougeon, OF Brooklyn, had an experience with
yellow fever in Yucatan several years ago, which
is recalled very wildly to her mind by the present
scourge at Jacksonville. In spite Of the warnings
of the terror stricken natives, MI. and Mrs, lie
Piougeon insisted upon landing at Yucatan from
the steamer, aud after great difficulty found
microbes seized upon her at once. for she was soon
stricken with the lever. which at that time seldom
The nrst symptoms OF the disease were observed
by q druggist while Mrs. Ii PlouReon was getting
t \ atm tSe . ieWer was st nnon 1 her. w ana a. nsS En ace n informed ne
sne was In the hotel under her husbands treat
ment This is the way Mrs. lie ~Plougeon described
her experience TO a WORLD reporter yesterday:
We were assured that the doctors Of Merida
invariably handed over their yellow-fever patients
to the tender care of the undertaken. AS soon rs
my illness was known the people kindly buried me-,
al least they SET a day for my funeral. The Eng
days. said they. the landlord Kept at a most re-.
spectfnl distance, and there was no woman In the
estaelishment The only individual that knocked
gratitude. for he did with q good grace the little
think the doctor had q harder time Of 1t than the
patient. 70 properly nurse one with yellow lever
made sleep impossible TO me-, anxiety deprived my
physician OF rest, and In elk days he did not sleep
hs many uOuIh. ou u tnlTu Jay all IeVeT lett me.
and for a little while I was as hungry
az q very hungry bear. But my otherwise tender
nurse was IN Ihls respect o6d1ra.e, and could
me that my condition was not one OF health, but q
mere transition 10 another stage OF the disease,
that before night l should have all the symptoms
OF typhoid fever. Al O'Clock in the afternoon he
held a mirror up to my face, and asked me to look
a coal, rough as a cats and Jack had put his own
yellow mark all round the edge.
"on the dfth day l felt a little better, though
trOuDlod with n RtrOnQ inclination tn muka snSn
pieces Of the perforated curtains or anything else
ina. l could lsy hands on. In spite OF that un-
ately hungry and did enough pleading to melt a
heart of stone, but all 10 no purpose. However,
want came TO keep watch. TO him l said 60
quick and bring q piece of BREAD He immedl-
very moment an old French doctor found his way,
the bedside as ! was ABOUT to take my first bite in
she old man asked. May j see herr;
drst thing that attracted the eye ys' Of the As Strange eee
was the little piece OF bread, neld between my
looking at me, he slowly, as II pronouncing SEN
tence on some hardened criminal, made the follow
ing remark; II you are resolved to die, eat that.
have had long experience In this country, which
! Leave fo,% nSrSw,vs and v; ! know W what I'm talking
"Between the sixth and seventh days the crisis
Whb W COluC ~. Lc TlOuRcOu ordered very
strong broth to be prepared, 30 that he could call
for 1t at any moment. About 81 O'Clock in the even
ing Of the sixth day a man called 10 talk OF a house
that he was willing to let. From behind the cur
tain l heard his voice. All at once It sounded
strangely far away. A the same moment / seemed
TO be floating into u pleasanter state. A vague
perception OF music, lowers, q peculiar soft light,
and other unexplainable. delightful sensations
overpowered, attracted ana drew me out Of my
self. l was conscious Of my hand being tenderly
pressed by my husbands, and made an effort to
say lam going heard his voice utter the
words . Wait waltz NextI felt something very
hot IN my throat, and gaspIng for breath, l sud
denly saw an anxious face bending over me. The
miserable bare room appeared more than ever
gloomy and ugly after the pleasant vision that had
lifted before me. But danger was past and / fell
asleep for the nrst time In a week.
I'm spite OF all precautions / came near beng
killed by the Chinese cook. That man came very
near being the death of me, for when, AT the criti-
cal moment, Dr. LIE Plongeon ran for the broth
that he had ordered he found IL had all been served
az the dinner table. Threatening to choke the
Monaghan later on, the doctor rushed through the
yard to the counter. where the landlord sat, SIP
ping sugar and water, seized a bottle OF brandy,
broke of the neck on his way back to the room,
poured some Of the liquor In a spoon and sent II
down my throat. Strange aB 1t may seem, my first
emotion was vexation at being aroused. / was tue
only foreigner VINO that year recovered from yellow
fever IN Merida