The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

pr s. c. Red Of Honsi IN said that th1
papers OF both DiT Morris Gn1 West were
able documents and were way persuasive,
He laid down The proposition thai lko
produces like. Or. Scott, he SdI hid
gone over the ground vary thoroughly. snl
that IN his eXpetien,c pore oi these anG,ln-
lous cases produced o.her similar ,,pup.
lie defended the jolnl report cf the
physicians Of Houston ana Galveston, pcn
which Or. West ha1 Glazed 50 puch cn'-
phasis He said IL MAS a conpoh,e or u
compromised report Jnd IN 10 way eS-
pressed any one mans oa,nlon nc bad
found In his practice anomatnus ,ases ns
early as the LIST az Sept"mpec, Were n
black yomit was distlaet
I'VE must make our diagnoses on synp-
toms alone" he said. I'VE may oll or
In them. Malaria will simulate %.ih any
kind OF disease and produce symptoms SIM
liar to those OF other diseases. Among re
cases In Houston there were even some
presenting symptoms of snpend ciiiH
''rhe reason why 80 much attention was
directed to these anomalous caacs WAS be-
cause yellow fever was reported TO be eS-
lsting in other localities, These symptoms
exist IN other diseases. Disparity between
tho pulse and temperature Is found ~ other
cases and albumin in the urine Is found IN
ding but deneuc.
,fThe other referred 10 by Dr. Morris"
he contendcd. WIS not Ia any way char
aeterigtic OF yellow fever. The iaity char
acteflzed II as'iishy smell odor from any
and all fever is offensive wheu confined like
yellow fever.
Nor do attach any particular import
abeo 10 mortality as referred 70 by DR.
Morris No two writer's agree upon this
subject OF mortality. II Is fixed anywhere
from 20 per cent w, but The best author
i.ies say that there Is q small mortality In
dengur
I'm my experience In ali OF the ancmal-
ous cases there was not one that revealed
symptoms similar TO yellow fever. They
were all typical cases OF dergur. In my
own family every member had denguc, ex-
cept myself and had an anomalous case,
"Dr. Guiterts, In his statements and
diagnoses, repeatedly coptradcted him
self, and any authority that contradicts IT.
self lie no authority al all.
"The thorough investigation OF these
rases has proven conclusively that dengue
In also attended with black vomit and
hemcrrhagic tendencies Yellowness Of
he skin 10 said 10 be one OF the cardinal
points OF yellow fever. vet my observation
was that nearly everybody IN Houston,
either well or sick, during the recent cpl
iemic were yellow at scme particular time
Referring n the mortality feature. the
In Houston before the epidemic
sas 10 10 the 1000 while during the pro-
xress OF the epidemic 1t Increased to l5.
The average mortality In Houston Is I4.6.
ialyenion's mortality last week. accord
Bg 10 the reports. was is and fraction
md yet did not notice any mortuary re-
iori that there was any unusual number
v desths from seniiuy or cholera-in-
nntpm. The mortality in Galveston dur
NC the eritcmic was less than this figure" |
Or. Calhoun said thar be would like
'ery much TO have the alubmiu matter
e,ilcd as to whether or not 1t could pre-
'sil in dengue.
Or. West. referring to DIR. McEIroys |
'iatement commended that Il was an error
Q say that a man knew nothing about
fellow feycr s;mniy because 40 had never |
zen q case. This would be an adrnlrslon |
hat like produced like vas fallacious. and 1
'ookf or ths literature o. thsse divsssee i
y eoerectly dIssnessd ~ Dirt - e j