The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
NV Acquaintance with Bronze John.


Yellow .Iack. or what is commonly known as
yellow fever. Twice the writer has encounter
ed that dread disease, The second time passing
un>cathed through IN epidemic that numbered
is victims hv thali>anda. In the spring Of
lN3.. stu loi, II the old Lewiston Fail Atade-
my IN Auburn, picking maytower> in
Maine wouti-. In the July following was in
| NeW Orleans. Inr yellow fever wa~ then pre-
Tailing in the Crescent City and, irea,l,
there were eases III the very ook where was
temporarily >ojeurning with relatives. rhe
scenes Of this >em-tropieaI city, its uial.G.ers
and cu>tons-t WA, then les Amerieanizel
than now in fact a luiniaiure New World Taris
NATURALLY attracted Hy attention, and never
cave nn't.r's thought to the terrible li>ease
of Which Knew n little. A few weeks later
took steamer across the Cuff Of MeNico
to lnlianola and thence proceeded ilIarHi to
San Antonio. my place of destinations. That
Wa ny first introdurtion-it it can he 50 called
to Bronze John. Latter hal 4 closer ac-
i 4Haintance.
In 1867 was, and ha,i been for more tAti a
\ Year. resident of New Or'ear~ ON Sept 3
| Of ihat year yellow fever was declared t,.ilcln-
| ic. although there hal been numerous case, be-
&C. ''',''. IT, '"1 "N"'i> ii''A A3''""
| !ever exceed in Number in Il givcn time those
1T ~ o'nef o'>t">e>' Il Is fA'''d 'i"'ii'e'
\ ihe population NJ New Orleans III that tijut
| WA irgef Ian ever before, and contained
| ,'' Y N' """'''' ''"',o- l''e
| y ''', " ~ N'''' '''' ''''S ,'"" II
/ g the City many ol The >ouher' people, hut
!, Y 'i'' T. peoi'' N"] H'"'''d NJ
'''S 4 ~ 'S'''e>' opportunities f'>ehN'L
IT, sol"" ltNfr had an unusual amount ei
i,"''' ~ " ""IN "i'"' "h' ''' fotat ha'h'"F
/ 49, ""i ''r"'"'H. ~ '@t''N Nd'
7.'V'' '''0'
! Whrn the disease wa dtcl,r,d rrtlDnir the
! l"r'd physicians advised those in the city to
/ remain, oii the follow ing grounds: tat
change of climate might develop I'll. disease in
some VII" would otherNi>, c-.4p or produce
more -eNtre type. while in NV orleans ~
| rcrrhrcG phy >ciail> and nurse "rg AZ ailahle.
| This adyi',' wa generally followed and non,
| WHO have passed through ~llci 81 ~i,-c are like
| /, IL forget it. although il i, difficult 10 til the
story 50 that those unatqin,iatrd with the couu-
| try ANA the ie>er-plugiu. eat have a l,alilit-
sense OF the situation. W !tiic ,bc epidemic
lasts AII Lt;>,n,.~> i rarica'l, 1t \ >taa,->fi}
tho-" abb TO TO So. and who are. NOT ,ni,I,,,,l
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