New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-14
THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC
INTERESTING REPORT OF THE SUPERVISING
SUPERINTENDENT.

Washington, Oct. 13-The annual report 10 the
secretary OF the Treasury Of the Supervising Surgeon
General OF the Marine Hospital Service, John b. Hamll-
ton for the fiscal year ended June go 1889, is in
tho hands Of the Public Printer and viii be ready
for general distribution. The report shows that during
The last year nearly $4,000 seamen have been treated
at the different hospitals and relief stations through
out the United States, a number exceeding by more
than thousand the work Of any previous year since
ihe establishment Of the service nearly century ago.
Students Of yellow fever will be interested in tho
rules prepared by the Supervising Surgeon GENERAL for
the guidance OF officers in charge of the measures
OF relief, and by the perusal OF the many valu-
able contributions from the officers Of the corps
who saw active service in the late Florida epidemic
An article on The Diagnosis Of Yellow Fever by
raised Assistant Surgeon John Gciteras calls special
attention 10 the diagnostic symptoms Of the disease
which appear early in its course, and which Will no
doubt be Of great value I'm any future outbreak Of
The fever In clearing up the doubt and uncertainty
which always attend the arrival at dchnlt, CON
clusiOn in regard to the first few which fore
bode the onset Of epidemic. DR.. c. FACET. in
article on the Treatment Of Yellow Fever" furnishes
more than thirty clinical charts Of which came
under his care. and which Illustrate the altered
ratio existing between pulse and temperature,
characteristic OF this fever Dr. FACET was I'm charge
OF che fever hospital at Camp Perry Surgeon W. H. H.
Hutton, who in command of Camp Perry almost
gives interesting sketch OF the establishment and
condition OF this, the first camp of detention and
observation known In the history Of epidemcs The
establishment Of the camp was experiment, but
Il fully justified the most sanguine expectations OF its
originator Surgeon Hutton also contributes article
on The. United States Inspection Service" which eX
plains the taken TO prevent the spread of the
fever 10 other parts OF the country. Dr. John Wall
Is the author Of able article describing the
OF Introduction OF fever into Tampa by smuggers. IN
1857 It's Information In that city during the ensuing
winter and It's mode of trans pOratlon 10 other points
curing the following spring and summer \ report OF
The outlines of investigations which have recently been
conducted at the meteorological laboratory of the scr
Vice at NcwlOrk under tho supervision of Assistant
Surgeon kinyoun. Is also given.
In other chapters OF the report Will be found de
signs Of fumgating and boarding steamers being
built for the of the service, descriptions
cuts OF quarantine stations now building, at
different ungua dcd points along the coasts, reports
on the condition of the different marine hos pitals
throughout the country, and recommendations a. TO
the legislation needed to increase the efficiency of the
service
DR.. g. ". Stemberg, Of the Army tells Of the
methods adopted in Mexico and Brazil for the pre-
ventiOn OF yellow fever by incubation. The result
OF the Investigation Is that the method IS pro-
tective and therefore valuerss The report
cudcs with statistics classifying each Of the $4,000
cases treated during the year. The record shows a
considerable increase in the number OF patients over
nraf tfte