The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-31

hanks. sc. Louis was also slishs,v A.
fected and matters were hesfnnsns !.
take a serious turn. The pronps ss,,,s
OF the city officials and meais., -
stamped out the disease before /, "a,
strong foothold III the ;owns alc,s -.
rivers, New Orleans suffered rnos, n.
new cases reported each day were ln,-ss.
ing. and the death list geduaIlv 80.
up until over 100 persons Rad suc~,,,s.s
10 the fever. i; was during this ~.
that the new anti-yeilew fever ssrum -
covered by Or. Giuseppe Sansreyn :.
Italian scientist OF some note, was expsr,.
mented with, and what might hay. -.
a plague greater than that OF lS,s at Ne,
Orleans and some few years later a. lae,.
sonville was averted with loss IL con.
parativeiy few lives
The new serum Is known as aa,s
maryi. and ii has worked marysk. -
its discovery other material has -
found to act with considerable succsn
In the fever-sricken districts Of ss.,I
America the new medium has proved j.
worth. and many of the towns and ei;,ss
which for years have been visited hy n.
dreaded disease and which have been a.
pleted OF large sections Of their popu,asioa
have been freed 10 a considerable ex;es1
OF its ravages and made hab:sah,e. On
Sanarelli has spent several years In ~
cities OF Brazil and the Argentine reruA
lie studying the disease and relieving liz
infected people.
Like the serum recently discovered A.
use in diphtheria and other malignant a.
eases. this yellow fever preventive Ia
been taken from animals. This new a
stroyer of Yellow Jack, which comes 4
the present time as mamma from heavea 10
the afflicted. has been used by the msa.
cal corps tn relieve our a,ricksu traOsa
in Cuba.
The cure Is taken from horns vhiel
have been treated or inocuiated via
fever germs. The method used In ssuaf
ing the serum is OF a scientific nature and
takes considerable time In reaching u
state when ii ID ready for use In tat
II has taken from one to two years 70 G.
the desired results in the animals and u
procuring OF the material which not ~
prevents contagion, but also curee q
afflicted. The serum Ia injected Into a.
body. as is the virus used 70 rfssu
smallpox and other malignant dDeAsa
The animals from which the ssram 4
taken are vaccinated after bdn9 ~
with yellow fever virus In Quantitio -
e-al times stronger than is needed -
duce death. The effect OF the vaeM
watched, as are the disease germs 81
growth or reduction or the fever. -
animals are selected and carefully hou4
As the work progresses the serum a
moved and after being examined -
powerful, microscopes is prepared Tor =
Until recently most OF the serum -
been prepared in other countries, bu. ~
IL is largely manufactured In the uAiA
States Several large drug concerns ~
entered into the business Of securing ~
valuable remedy to kill fever. and =
uncommon on visit TO tho aooFs.a !
TO see hundreds OF animals. mciaaav
horses, steers. rabbits and guinea ~
carefully housed for purposes u sss
production and experimentation
DIR. Sanarelli, the dlscovcrer Of the "a
serum, has experimental largely ID
fever stricken districts OF South Ameis1|
and has had ample opportunities %
the effect of his remedy on human oesfs|
He has been remarkably SUCCESSIVE
many Of the towns when had plesDs
been visited by the scourge and
| population has been greatly depttS
| bear witness. -
| When the fever attacked Gan s1
! Brazil. during the early part Oh us
| ent year, the medical men Of thar eoss-]
we're at loss 10 devise means 70 -
! out the disease DIR, Sanareli .vlsi.@ !.
/ place when the fever was al s ~
! and while IL still lurks about the 49, -
! new cases are only reported at ions -.
walls. and the death rate has rapaI -
| creased The same thing occurreo y
prisons of Rio Cara OF L!merta ara =.
-, cities I'm the state OF Sac Paalo. MAJ
| the convicts were stricken. ana \
feared an epidemic would ensua ~
twenty cases found among the -
several OF which were OF the noM -.
nant type. only six were fatal Ips -
was checked in a short time and us'h'A.
/ stamped out.
The great importance or appymN
preventiy~ system among The uocD
. in the Spanish West Indies has n
the favor Of the departments IN
| ton. and by their help u II espec
| the insidious enemy that has ihvsau
camps % the army will be az ehss..
| wiped out as the human foe ron
so many glorious victories have 81
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