The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-12
Or A Mid TYPE.
!khat's the Crsmt Of cossoIstlca 10
4 Dr.. Cslterss' Visit.
Pour CASES OF YELLOW FEVER
pNss tho Result Of His Visit to
n Houston.
4AYoR KIcE IS INDIGNANT.
4AYoR kIcE IS INDIGNANT
'auarantine Raised-The Four Cases
Are Guarded--lsoard Of Health
WIN HOLD Morning Meeting.

Twas making a searching inquiry into the
condition Of the sick at the hospitals and
INTO such other suspicious cases as might
10 called to his attention. caused feel
ng Of feverish excitement 10 pervade the
.lty. a feeling Of suspense that at every
x urn found expression In the earnest In
luiry as TO what the expert had discov.
red.
Every phase OF news concerning his
4 movements was sought with eagerness
land tho distinguished visitor himself was
I 4 personally the subject OF a good deal OF
curiosity on the part OF a number OF citi-
Gems who gathered around the hotel to
get glimpse OF this man, who seems to
carry the destiny of cities around in his
pocket.
M There was an undercurrent OF suspicion
that Dr. Guiteras would discover some
suspicious cases in his rounds, and the
news last night conveyed to DR.. Stuart by
4 telegram from DR.. swearingen viii not
cause universal surprise.
DR.. Guitoras, government yellow fever
expert, and DR.. II. NJ. Swearingen. State
They left Galveston at 10 o'clock and ar
rived In this city at / y. m, having been
detained a short time by The quarantine
guards at the county line. sufficiently
long to satisfy the county authorities that
they had been thoroughly fumigatcd
N On ihtir arrival at the city limits they
were met by Mayor Rice who, after learn
x ing that the two doctors had been thor
oushly fumigated after leaving Galveston.
d gave item cordial welcome and took
them in carriage to the Capitol hotel.
On arriving at the hotel lunch was
ordered for the visiting physicians and
Or. ID. +. Stuart, president of the city
board Of health, who was invited 70 join
them and accompany them on;lhefr tour
Of investigation.
While lunch was being prepared DR..
Gulteras chatted Interestingly ia the hotel
parlor with Mayor Rice and n representa-
tive o, The Post on The subject Of yellow
fever
K With reference TO the situation at Gal
z weston Or. Guiteras said; yellow fever
exists beyond doubt in Galveston. The dis
ease has, think, been developing there
during the past two or three weeks. ana
there will. of course, be some mortality re.
suit from II, yet the lateness Of the season
is unfavorable to the spread OF the dis.
4 ease"
IS When asked II In his opinion yellow fever
could originate In any locality In Texas
the doctor replied that 1t could not, and
that the disease now In Galveston had been
brought in from an outside source.
The light mortality OF the disease in the
different infected districts was then
touched upon, and Dr. Gulteras said. The
mortality will increase as the endemic de-
velops This mas bcei my experience with
Z yellow fever. The disease was discovered
this year In It's very early stagoc. an,
Il prompt action has held II in check to a
great extent, Furthermore, science has nd :
"A yanced since former epidemics aud the phy
sicirns toias are able to cope with the dis
case much more successfully than twenty
years ago.
The carly discovery OF the disease this
st-r," continued DIR, Caiteras, is the
principal reason why 1t has not SPREAD NOR,
e rapidly Finding yellow fever in Mobil,
SO early in the season saved the whole state
OF Alabama from becoming injected, Tn,
finding OF yellow fever in Edwards saved
the city OF Vicksburg. and the finding o,
the first few cases In Cato saved the cit,
q Cairo ITSELF
Doctor" said Mayor Rice, Il under.
stand that one OF the leading symptoms O,
yellow fever is the albumen found in ,hs
urine OF patients. Are there not other dir
eases that develop this same symptom.
Dr. Gulterax replied: Eyes. sir: such
symptom exists in Bright's disease aud ii
some cases Of pneumonia. but In yellow
fever II has distinct phase and is yer,
readily distinguished BY physicians famil
~ with the disease. In yellow fever tn,
albunen IN tho urine is very rrononnces
"A sppear after the third day
hSn stksd Il hs intended visiting an,
q stnta q thc state. Or. Gultsrs.
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