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

ms a good attendance. owns
to the interest over the discus.
he late epidemic as TO whether
was dengue or yellow fever IN.
[ouuecticn Beaumont was peculiar
uate as the place for hole. ng tine
N so much as 1t was here tina; tb,
tsse occurred. the first care 10
Ii epidemic to be prono.I1ced yell
and this case, together with that
be Duncans case at Houston, was
liz referred to n t1e lengthy and
4 discussion which followed Inc
Of the paper of DR.. Morris of
laying the pre- iiclte that yellow
ryailed in Texas contemporsneous
It's existence in Mississippi, ltu-
lad other southern States.
orenoon session of the meeting vas
owing to the failure of the arrival
Houston delegation, the train bring.
Houstonians no. arriving Until II
owing To the giving out of an en-
the Southern Pacific.
be afternoon, nr. Bat Smith Of
IN, president cf the associ. ,icr
he meeting 20 or Ter with Dr.. IL. r.
OF Houston us secretary.
an Invocation by the Rev. j.. e.
IS Of the Presbyterian church, Hon
c. 0'Briea, one of The eloquent
members OF the Beaumont bar, wss
Iced and babe the visiting doctors
be In a beautiful address.
welcome was responded TO by DR..
West of Galveston, first vice prosi-
the association.
q, and the following members we've
d to be present.:
Saunders OF Beaumont, r. b. Sar-
Lufkin, j. a. Glider OF Beaumont.
Barr of Beaumont, H. e. Seast~uck,
bge, A. n. Perkins Of Sabine lass.
Nash OF Liberty, A. l.. r'ackahcrry
line Pass, p. Jordan of beaumont
Speer OF Beaumont. j. d. Yates CT
lille, B. f. Bean Of Warren. a. j.
OF Hyatt, L. d. Pope OF kountze,
Mayfeld of Galveston. r. r. Morris
uston, II. A. Vest OF Galveston, b.
phoun of Beaumont. j.. w. Cruise Q.
Don't. Bal Smith OF Wharton. w. W.
)hgham of paaumo V. H. Hulen
weston. VIM, Olive Of Houston. ;.
u of Houston. Sofie Herzog of Bra
|R. Rutherford Of Houston, T.. l..
! Of Houston. j. w. Sect OF Houston.
er Of Walllsvlie, j. s. Price Of
hont. W. I. Blewoti of Beaumont.
Reagan of LnIsl ma, r.. McElrog
'uston. Joe Stuart IF Houston, DR..
'dy of Galveston.
raj papers on the programme were
d owing to the absence of those ces-
4 to read them, and the first paper
read was that Of DR.. Robert I.
Of Houston upon the subject OF
ne VS.. Ys!low Fever as to"o> 5:
lemen: In this article | have earn
and j hope without bias, attempted
lrate and classify the various synp-
resent in the late epidemic, so that
might be brought out of chaos, and
. diseases, dengue and yellow fever,
Ia their proper category.
le many learned and experienced
hans differ with me in my conclu-
] respect their opinion, but | am /,
BY the irresistible power OF facts
pt the views which l will soon pre-
y In August, 1897 fever mani
itself in Ocean Springs, Miss, APP
~ Of q hybrid tpe, possessing the
oms Of both dengre and malaria.
or three deaths occurred which
q the suspicious Of the Louisiana
OF health, but after investigation
eclared the prevailing fever dengue.
aport was concurred in by the Mis-
board and local physicians. A
Is later the health officer of Alabama
YER physicians from that State dag
inc fever as dengue. The occur
y more deaths, and especially one
sville recently from Ocean Springs,
slmortem evidences compelled u
IS OF yellow fever. This diagnosis
unanimous belief of the Louisiana
boards, the health officer
ANA and John Guiteras. The man
a IN Louisville had boarded with
les family while in Ocean Springs.
'n2aies family also boarded Cuban
, VINO came to Ocean Springs in
-, thus evading the quarantine.
oeiieve the infection came through
ana. Be that as it may, we have
ION oy either route, and the first
.he chain is forged--a starting
before the true character OF the
was recognized hundreds OF people
:" orleans and Mobile and quite
I from other adjoining towns and
Texas passed in and out. expos
fseiVes to the causative agent, So
cted locus could contaminate Mis-
louisiana, Alabama and Texas
link.
tne list OF September dengue APP
q Houston. The disease was very ,
character, fever Insignificant and
at all troublesome. but 1t spread
rapidity and in three weeks
was large hospital. Towards
: part of September peculiar and 1
- cases were observed, among
as the famous Eve Duncans, but
ushgue and malarized hoema.
rived the credit fer producing
uons, although our worthy health !
~ few local physicians as
1, symptoms to another malady.
'oer IL DR.. Guiteras visited Hous- {
diagnosed four cases OF yellow
lew days previous he had also I
cases In Galveston. Thae were {
you we'll know. who took issue ,
Suiteras and Swearingen. basing I
'eI upon. first, the improbabiiity I
on second. absence OF cardinal t
OF yellow fever: third, SINH
lhe two diseases; fourth. the abb 7
connecting link between anomal-
ana, hye. the low mortality rate. I
!eetions have carefully inyesti- I
|, ! nave, TO my mind, satisfactor- }
red them. 4
y MOL lmprobability OF infec- c
we Personally shown that Ocean {
Sas an exposed point and that f
VT existed fer some time before u
: Was instituted against that s
tuen YOU can easily a1praeia.e 4,