The herald., 1897-10-27
Simply Flying Around at
New Orleans
SCORES OF NEW CASES FOUND
THE sCoURGE ADMITTED TO BE
EPIDEMIC
An Outbreak Reported at Mazatlan.
Saranelli Claims to Have Per-
fected His Curative Serum
Associated Press Special Wire.


NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct 26.-Ha6
the century mark to fifty-nine the num-
ber of cases had gone today by night
fall. The deaths at that time had not
been so numerous, but they had reached
seven. The new cases were developed
from various sections Of the city. There
is no longer any attempt to establish
foci. Cases appear where there has
never been fever before and the doctors
say simply that the berms are flying
around and that cases are not to be re-
stricted by municipal or geographic
bounds The new cases began to appear
very early this morning. Last nights
record, exceeding in deaths that Of any
other day and almost equaling in num-
ber of new cases the record of any pre-
vious day, was very bad, and things this
evening were not encouraging.
The official report of the board Of
health follows: Cases OF fever today,
So; deaths today, z; total cases of yellow
fever to date, 1929; total deaths to date.
145; total cases absolutely recovered,
637; total cases under treatment, 4S7.
AT MAZATLAN
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26.-Dr. Mckay.
quarantine officer here. has received
word that nine deaths from yellow fever
occurred at Mazatlan from September
26th to October End. He will quarantine
the Mexican steamer Albion, due here
November 4th, unless she has a clean
bill of health. The American consul at
Mazatlan declares that the officials are
attempting to disguise the real state OF
affairs. The Mexican government has
ordered a strict quarantine of the port.
SARANELLTS SERUM
NEW YORK, Oct. ga dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
DIR. Saranelli who has been in Uruguay
many months studying the yellow fever
problem and who recently announced
the discovery of a curative anti-toxine
for the fever. has been interviewed as
to his work in Montevideo.
In the first place DR.. Sanarelli states
that American physicians who have
been interviewed by the Herald as to his
discovery are completely mistaken as
to it's uses.
1t is not serum to be used for in
a serum which he believes will cure.
DR.. Saranelli said that he had inocula-
ted many dogs, horses and other ami
mails with sci um which was intended
to give them a mild form of fever and
immune them. This method he found
to be slow, difficult and varying in it's
result, according to the class of animal
on which the experiments were made.
In order to immunize horse he found
inoculation would have to be made at
intervals covering fourteen months.
Then DIR. Saranelli turned his attention
to experiments which have resulted in
the discovery of a curative serum. He
first inoculated animals in order to give
them yellow fever; then tried his cura-
tive serum with most satisfactory re-
suits. Several of the animals were al
most dead with the genuine yellow fever
when the serum was injected. In each
case they recovered. He believed that
the same results would follow the same
treatment of persons suffering from
the fever, though as yet he has been
unable to make a practical test on y
man. He states that a human being
will not yield so readily to influence.
therefore he may have to make minor
changes in his treatment after testing
it. The quantity of serum for inoculat-
ing animals. he finds, varies, and he ex-
poets when he makes a test on fever
patient, to find that the quantity will
again vary. This he says can easily be
regulated.