The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-07

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tering the state.
GALVESTON GUARANTEES.
Galveston, Tex. Sept. 6.-City Health
Officer Fisher has declared quarantine
against New Orleans and has sent the
following to Health Officer Swearingen
at Austin:
New Orleans has case of yellow fever:
Ocean Springs two cases. Please notify
what quarantine precautions have been
taken and keep US thoroughly ir 'ormed.
so that we can protect our municipality.
CSigned)
~. SKINNER, Acting Mayor
"W. C. FISHER. Health Physician.
CHICAGO TOO COOL.
Chicago, Sept. CDR. w. F. Reilly, Of
| the health department. says there is alb
solutely no danger Of the yellow fever
epidemic now threatening the south
coming as far north as Chicago.
There must be sustained mean tenn
perature Of 70 degrees for the propoga-
ton Of yellow fever" said he. with
cooler weather than that it simply dies
Out. Our average maximum tempera-
ture SO far in September is about IS
degrees"
UNCLE SANS DOCTORS.
Washington, Sept. 6-The marine hos
pital service is investigating the fever
at Ocean Springs, Miss. and the infor-
nation at hand incluines them TO the be-
lief that the disease is not yellow fever,
though conclusive information is not
yet at hand. Surgeon General Wyman
is absent from the city. He has been
attending the British Medical associa-
ton meeting at Montreal and is now at
Vineyard Haven on his way back. Dur
ing mis- absence Surgeon Bailbach is in
charge. The cases at Ocean Springs
were first called to the attention OF Bail
bach last Friday. in a telegram from
Assistant Surgeon Wasdin. who is sta
toned at Mobile, asking permission to
accompany the state board Of health to
Ocean Springs to investigate the fever.
DR.. Wasdin was directed to proceed.
Yesterday morning he telegraphed as
follows:
"Of FIVE or six hundred cases here,
have seen five: andemic infection, spread
Dy carriage; mostly white; non-paroxys-
NAL: disproportionate in pulse; prostra-
ton. Insisted on and made first autopsy
on adult Of so. said to be typical case OF
fever. Matter under Amusement. Drs.
Oliphant president Louisiana state
board Of health: HARRISON. Saunders
and others will be here later"
A copy OF this telegram was transmit
tel 10 Surgeon General Wyman at Vine
yard Haven and he Immediately re-
quested DR.. John Guiteras. professor ot
~, -,,s, -
coed 20 Ocean Springs. DR.. Guiteras was
formerly In the marine hospital service
and is the Acknowledged authority on
fevers in this country.
DR.. Bailbach asked DR.. Wasdin %
give the number OF inhabitants Of Ocean
Springs and the number Of fatalities.
Dr.. Wasdin replied that the popula non
OF Ocean Springs, which is summer re-
sort on the gulf coast near Biloxi, was
about 1900 in winter and 5000 in sum-
mer. He also reported the existence o.
pasmodium OF malaria, condition OF
the blood said 70 be never present IL
yellow fever cases. No further report
has been sent in today. Dr.. Bailo1c1
says Dr.. Wasdin was making hacteTi-
illogical investigation 70 determine The
existence Of yellow fever germs. He
(Dr. Bailbach) believes che disease. So
far es his information goes, is dengue.
or bonebraks fever. In support Of this
he points TO Dr. Was1in's report that
the fever is endemic. not epidemic. and
that the fatalities have been few. where
as yellow fever is fatal in q majority e
cases This lack OF fatalities he consi1-
ers the strongest evidence that the dis
ease IS noc yellow fever. The existence
o. the pasmo5i1m OF malaria is another
strong evidence against the yellow fever
theory. About ten days ago. be says,
the state board OF health % Mississippi.
investigated the fever and pronounced =
dsngue. II IL should. however, prove 20
be yellow fever. Dr. Balibsch says tn
ls.eness % the season viii materially
aid the authorities In keeping IL -SnTin-
ed 70 the locality IN which * has Ur0ksn 4
out and ae gives assurances that there &
viii be NJ widespread epidemic e TIE
dreaded Scourge-