The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-10
TIE WAYS AND MEANS OF VEL.
Low FEVER

1HE war AM MEANS VI 1EL-
Low FEVER.
u does look like all the sckly towns In tho
country urc going 10 advertise their sickliurss by
puamntlnlng against Atlanta
not demonstrated that II Is proof against yellow
fever, aud 40 Chattanooga gunutntincs against A.
lunm. Thf Tina " mistaken. Though dozen
Cpidcmics' refugees from yellow fever districts
have como 10 Atlanta unhindvrcd, mover case
has been developed here
The late pr John Ncstmorclhnd made n thor
Ouph test Of this matter During one oi the most
malignant yellow fever cpdrmirs he invited rcfu-
gees ~ Atlanta, one NJ them came aud was taken
with fever en- route. Dr. Nustmurclnnd took him
10 his office, attended him, remained la the room
constantly with him, breathing the zane mir.
heavy with the Odor Of black yOmit When pro.
tested with tor this unnecessary exposure ~ him.
sell he fcpllcl III yellow lover cannot spread
hcfr. NJ have declared, am In no danger II II
can spread have deceived the people nnd ought
todic"
yellow fever rnnnot take root IN Atnnia. THIS
epidemic viii hut emphasize what all other cpl.
denies have proved 10 quarantine against At
pur.nns from Injected dltrIcG passing through
Atlanta 4 quito another Thing. Hut a. make Il
appear that thcn h. room i1r punnlntiung against
Atlanta {, 10 NAutnnly iujury the business nud the
reputation uf u city that has never closed her gates
10 either yellow fever o. cholera refugees. - iutid
Constitution.
This Is the pnprHt o1,-t the Cont futon hes
made 10 pfuyc iig o.ty's immunity from yellow
fever Dr. Wrmorhnds oncu Is not Atlanta.
llis olirr Is not located in one of Atanta's udor
Gus undmiucd slums. H. once n not IN one oi
the mnny places lu The cty that ar prolific of
typhoid und other deadly fcbrilc dlsori,n, let
us illu1mtc the nunsouac ~ this "ausumont hy
citing pant Of the history OF the fever here. From
September p a. November . ISIS. our health nu.
thoftirs puicd us many ns 90 tower patients Into
the First wafd lodglu. most ~ them IN Temporary
hu,pills on fnsi Fourth street. AMI not un urigi
nal cnsc Of frycr Developed IN the wBri not one.
None Ui the nurs,, employed them were attacked.
except ouch az let nud vent nursing In the ccnicrs
Of Injection. Tie fever never crUcHd Metallic
avenue II never developed ON the h'gh grounds IN
tho Second wnri though sryyml pniiruts
died 81 u IN that part ut the city. ON this
testimony, that will b. certified 10 ny hundreds
who were yyc witnesses II tine facts, Use could
much mtv Justly rlblm that Chattanooga j. fewer
| rrnnt than can m C1HsdHfn1 ~ NJ snch claim
lot the newfoundland Incident u Dr. Nsstinorr
land piylcuds that hs irsi % shows ihat ic,rr viii
not develop m Atlanta. BE- q either lnuruinily ir
nouant ur playing the sJu'niIuuhlist 1t him take
q dorcn cNsr' lutn one IT tho low aud dirty quar-
trr and repeat The orcmilon several times, aud
then De- will not have demonstrated anything D..
you'd uhBi result, or fails ~ rtult from each *.
pertinent ilo mo- mow knows the cause OF the
lover nor the method Of u, propagation thrn docs
ihc hufao be- dHvS aud Il biz mound Ia ihc casc
cited Ny ~. coast ul.u Is o"frvcily reported be-
assumes nu,h murc within his knowledge than
was ever assumed by learned dUctor who spent
years aud y,,n investigating the mysterious gel
low sHuuWc Tho duyiuu don't know anything
about a. and the meet learned aud honest Oi them
admit ns much ChnHuHa8Jl Timo.
The position herein taken by Tho Chat
duoogi 7mo h correct. nnd that Of Tho
Couaiuton,a ccordingt othccxpcricnccsh is.
turcnlly recorded, Is incorrect. Yellow ic-
Norisa nth disease and only needs the condi-
tons essential To its propagation to scourpc
Atlanta ~ It Is now Fcourging Jackson
Vile, Fla In the early part Of this con-
tury !, proved to be- ycrilablc plague TO
our North Atlantic ports, and made itself
felt In Maine, Vermont Canada, Massa.
chusctts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Connecticut, New Jcnay, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and New York. Phil.
ndclphia and New York City wcrc visited
10y II on and OIL for twenty ycam,
and only irrcd themselves from IL grasp
by sanitary work. baltimore suffered
severely from its violations. Illinois, In
diana, Missouri. Kentucky, Ohio and West
Virginia, OF the Western States, have felt
~ sting the little French settlement Of
Gallipols, In 1920, being almost lccimalcd
10y H. Virginia, North aud south Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi. Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida,
Texas aud the Indian Territory. have
owned ~ sway aud dread is approach as
the people OF the middle ages feared the
black death. In Memphis ior years, tho
feeling Of security prevailed that Is cx-
pressed Tor Atlanta by Hs CouFifpii5p, and
cyun 10 prevalence In epidemic form In
lS)inul again Ia 1857 did not wholly break
down the iccling Of inyincihiliiy % huyrIy
Haunted by the people. but the cpIlrmir
oi lSia satisfied the most saugunr, ~
Others elsewhere hal been satisfied, that
neither on the mountain nor In the valley
arr communities safe Nhvrc there IL the
| indus ui 9th on which the virus IT the
drnlcd disease can hs'cn aud grow.
This with % slCaming temperature, Is sui
fcicnt To breed au cpiiymuc that can
only be- limited 10 tho number oi
victims Offering yellow icygr has
! prevailed cpilcmlcllly at hight Of
700 toS01l i,cI anl cases have oc.
cudcd her, In Mcmphis long alter frost
was suppl.cll To have purified the almos.
phcw. II has been t1siol 10y all supposi.
| hly Opposing conditions, anil hls survived
them For these rasons ever, city, town.
VILLAGE md hamlet IN tine south should
90 uanlinc aga.nst Jacksonville aud
against Atlanta AMI any other placr hat