El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-27
YELLOW FEVER AND DENGUE.
Neither can Become an Epidemic in Ell
PaSn


DR.. Yandell, the state squaran tine
inspector at this point, has the follow
ing of interest to say in the Dale
News, relative to yellow and dengue
fever.
The physicians of FL Paso hold to
the belief that yellow fever, if brought
here, would not spread, because the
conditions under which 1T develops do
not eX st here. Living on the Mexican
border, they are naturally familiar
with the object lesson furnished by
every year from May to December, and
frequently longer, and is often carried
to points on the line of railway to the
City of Mexico, with the result that
the altitude at which it DOESN'T spread
except under peculiar and rarely ex-
listing conditions, is accurately deter
mined, being reached in run of a few
hours on;that line. Ell Paso has an alti-
tude of over 300 fee, far above the
line of safety; less humidity in the at
mosphere and a cooler climate, and
conditions generally more inimical to
the spread of the disease than these ex-
listing in places shown to be exempt q
short distance from Vera Cruz. Oar
board of health gave emphasis to the
belief by refusing to quarantine
gainst Texas points officially declared
invited refugees from those points to
come here bat for the quarantine that
other places wnuld thea have declared
against US. with the effect of dlminis d
ing the influx of health-seekers usual
in fall and winter. Inviting refugees
from other states, with the state quar-
antne against them, was OF course not
to be thought of. Even more singular
emphasis was given the b.lief at a
IF n 70 MI r.
| when, after the business for which
they had met had been attended to, in
a two hours rambling talk of the
variety of diseases prevailing among
MeXicaps of the poorer class, OF in
| teresting cases, etc. yellow fever was
| not once mentioned, nor was dengue
| either-and thereby bangs tale:
| DenRue and yellow fever thrive and
are developed under conditions much
the same and in the same sections of
country, but deugue preva Is as an
epidemic where yellow fever has never
so prevailed, and it may be, never will,
though the prOmptness with which
most dengue infected places which
boast of immunity from yellow fever
quarantine against places where the
| disease exists, is cerLalnly not calculat-
cd to Inspire outsiders with the belief
that their sense of security deserves to
| be classed with the calm confidence
that the Christian feels when be holds
four aces, straight Pushes barred.
have a theory theory is dear to the
doctors heart-tbat as dengue prevails
where yellow fsver prevails, place.
where dengue does rot prevail after its
| introduct on have from that fact addi-
tional reason for believing 1ha,
yellow fever will not. Holding this,
imagine my ind gnation whe n l read in
The Dallas News of last Sunday the
| following rest luton adopted by num-
Der of east Texas doctors who had
Investigated health conditions in
Galveston: 1--WE are unanimously
of the Opini' n that dengue, the disease
now prevalent as an epidemic in Gal
| weston and Houston, now exists as an
epidemic throughout the entire sta te
of Texss." DR.. Talley, of Temple. re-
fus d to sign the report as too sweep
ing in declaring dengue in every part
of Texas" showing his good sense
| thereby. l have talked over the mat
ter with most of our leading physic ans
and with all of those longest resident
here and 1 am prepared to state posi-
lively and with out re servatiOn o. that
dengue does not now exist as an cpl
demic in Ell Paso. ~ That every one
of the doctors referred to states that
he has never Known a case of depgue
to originate in Ell Paso, and th is in face
of the fact that it has in many instances