The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-19
2lEE1Y AL0NE IN DBpERS IL.


No ono who pnIi my regard to our remarks on
the introduction aud future probabilities OF yellow
fever into Florida iu our January number lust has
my need ior supr,c NJ The uIcnt recurrence nnl
sprpad Of the disease into uontiWous places They
VEN uasci uuou q considerable knowledge Of the
disease. aud the iuuity vi such measures os were
hou rractiocd TOT &C. prevention. lhcprr'out out
break appeared tn us 10 be- scarcely less certain ~
that time than NJ the present aud that those in
authority to deal with The disease should continue
90 waste time ana lives. In the iacc VI patent
knowledge nf the iut.liIy NJ tho measures that np
near Ia hty, h,ru Instituted thus mr. iurpruicrtng
the live. oi tic people aud stamping out tho Dis.
ease. is tn us, wholly iucomprrhcnsillc
suful, there cnn ho no well read ply sican In t'c
United Htatcs whether ho has ever personally -.
couucr,d yellow fever ~ not. who has not learned
enough uf the disease 10 know that the uuly safety
Of perun, who have not had tine disease b. ilight
from On Infected place Ana need Il be- added, the
onl, ciI,ytunl mcihod 81 these IN authority hto
not up1n uii, knowledge by providing places II
refuge aud requiring every vulnerable subject 10
leave thp Infected pnr' and things 10 he promptly
disiuir,irl The means we have uu need % dilhlc
upnu. The arm ui the National Government, upon
which ,ho responsibility hhH bcon placed isns.
surnci to BE- sufficiently strong ior the purpose,
but iinppcsr, IN hc afflicted with the moot i1tl OF
40 di,cs.c, the ioycr ui prucraiinntlon.
INT the conduct Of ccanly inland communities
In prohibiting well persons from jacksonville or
other Injected PLACES Invested ui haVRnro 10 puic
ucai iauuteuco ~ the natup OF the dscaa'. inhus-
uiuiAc aud Cruci Il. 4. n. bdita t's ha'iinTta'
! 10 AuIth
The above, from one Of The foremost san
ilarians Of The country, is here reproduced
bccausc IN the first two paragraphs Il sus.
lains the advice given 10y TnX APPEAL
when the yellow fever frst made its APP
pcamncc at Jacksonville, Fla, that the
whole population Of that city should bc
dapciscd. DR.. Bmden, tho renowned
English snilarian has tested this cure Of
dispersal In India, aud in several instances
has by Il prevented the spread OF Asaii'
cholera, after II had gained seemingly
ncradic,blc hold upon large masses Of IA
naiical people reduced in strength
aud resisting power by vgils an,
iisls and religious cxciicmcnis, aud VIII,
were Just the food the cholera sclcst
~ q primo means Tor lis propagation,
Without food cholera smallpox, diph
ihcra, scarlet fever, yellow fever, Of
any other epidemic disease canno
exist. That Is a sclfoyidcnt proposition
4, Is tho havoc such diseases play II
human beings that mark their presence
With the National Board Of Health ~
yivcd and IN working order, or with
Health Bureau such rs the American
Health Association nj lis last session
agrccd to petition Congress for, the dis
pcrsal Of a stricken population TO places O
safety would DO the first movement Tha
accomplished, tho iumigation Of houses
furniture, stores aud goods would folio,
according 10 the formula 80 thoroughly 6
, tablishcd by the apartments and puciic
oi pr Joseph Holt, Of New Orleans Will
this was being accomplished the places {
safety 20 which tho threatened people ha
1 bccn sent could b0 thoroughly and etc,
4 lively policvl 10 "a 10 prevent refuge,
+ irum flying "thithcr and yondcr" over N
4 land threatening and frightening 9th,
& communities Tor TuE ArrKAL does n,
u agree with d. Bcll In bis assumption ns
o what ho terms "Wcll people," whctlU
q they have baggage or not. The cpidcmi,