The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-13

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physically that he did not believe these
cases 10 he yellow fever yet the countr,
TOWNS would quarantine against US.
Mr.. Clevcland-Ihat is likely. bIt ye'
/ ternity woAild surely hsve It's effect. ant
J L would be long step toward relieving
the situation. l should like TO hear DIR.
stuart's opinion aboit the case he visited
today.
: DR.. stuart--Thc case examined today
consider the same ms. the general chnr-
actcr Of cases that we have been treating
lately and have heard OF no deaths
| from N.
After some further discussion the board
of health adjourned. but soon afterwards
rcconvcned and decided to rc-estnblish
the local quarantine against Galveston.
The members OF the board deemed this
course advisable pending an investigation
OF the cases now under suspicion, and II
yellow fever Is IN Galveston they deem It
necessary that Houston should be pro-
! tccted.
| Mayor Rice was summoned and he had
| the quarantine guards replaced.
| The management of the different rail-
roads In Galveston were rotifIed that no
moro trains would be allowed to enter the
| city.
| DR.. Jim Boyles reported two suspicious
|. cases to the board, ono In the case OF a
llttle child at No. ~ Peters place In the
Fifth ward. tho other the case Of young
suspicious. Both of these cases DR.. Boyles
prcnounces yellow fever. He says he has
had number OF similar cases IN his
practice OF late. but as there was no
general suspicion of yellow fever prevn-
lent and as there was no fatality and all
OF his cases Were getting on all right he
did not care to alarm them and the public
generally by announcing his belief that
the cases were yellow fever.
DO you regard all the cases of sickness
nov IN the city as bdng yellow feeverY'
there Is distinction between dengue
and yellow fever, but some OF the cases
are very difficult TO diagnose and possess
symptoms that lead to no other conclu-
sion except the existence of yellow fever.
II regard the having OF dengue how
ever, az an antidote 10 yellow fever AMI
do not believe that any one who has had
the dengue during the present epidemic
need have any fear Of having the yellow
fever.
II regard the placing OF guards around
The houses OF suspects as being n very
they arc to be thus cut off from all COM
municatlon with the outside world ana
pcnned In by guards, imprisoned as II
were. VIII prevent great many people
from callinb In ply sicldn, simply on nc |
count Of the dread of the guards. A little
red flag or the gate VIII be Just as potent |
In preventing communication with the
premises MS n half dozen guards would be
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Boylcs states that the corps OF physi-
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lHNcr dullng me heaspn' me Two suspl-
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wore not reported by MN.
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