The herald., 1898-04-12
DREAD YELLOW fever
DIR. HOLLOWAY OF LOUISVILLE
SOUNDS A WARNING
Steps Recommended in Order That
the Dreaded Scourge May
Be Averted

Dr. James M. Holloway, the eminent
physician of this city. believes the yellow
fever will appear next summer IN the south
and makes valuable suggestions as to now
the progress Of the scourge can be arrested
and tho death rate, therefore. decreased.
1t will be- remembered that DR.. Hollo-
way was the first physician to discover the
prevalence of yellow fever In the south
last year. On August II, 1887. the doctor
was called to see a sick man at the Louis
Vile hotel. The patient was the New Or
leans representative of the Ahrens d OFT
Manufacturing company Of this city. Az
ter carefully diagnosing the case, DR.. Hol-
loway found that the man was suneri0g
from yellow fever and Immediately had
him removed to st. Joseph's infirmary on
Fourth avenue where he died. Every place
where the man was known to have visited
was disinfected, and the matter was kept
quiet in order to prevent q panic. Suose-
quently at different times during the prev
alence of the disease four other deaths
were caused by Yellow Jack in this city,
On August 10th DR.. Holloway commune
Gated by telegraph and later by letter with
the president of the state board of health
of Louisiana. He informed the official or
the first death that occurred here and sent
him his clinical notes. He told him the
man had probably become infected with
the disease at Ocean Springs, Miss, where
he had been spending the summer with
his wife, and that he had made two trips
to New Orleans. He concluded by advis-
ing that committee of physicians be sent
to Ocean Springs to make an investigation.
His advice was acted upon and 1t was only
through the investigation of the commit
tee that the prevalence of yellow fever
became known, though even the commit
tee at first denied it,
DIR. Holloway now serves notice upon the
south, believing an ounce of prevention
to be worth a pound of cure. During his
recent trip to Mobile he visited New Or
leans and other southern cities. He says
there has not been frost enough this win
ter to kill the yellow fever germs and
that during the coming summer the epi-
demic will again become prevalent.
The fact is admitted by many profess
sional men in the south, he says, but the
men Of commerce, fearing the effect, will
not even admit that the prevalent fever
last year was yellow fever. They claim 1t
was dengue or "breakbone" fever.
Dr. Holloway contends that yellow fever
is not as dangerous as Is generally be-
lieved. 1t is the fright-the panic, that Is
to be guarded against. Fear, he says,
tends more than any other agency to
weaken the vital resistance. 1t makes peo-
pie susceptible to the fever.
Imagine" says the doctor. speaking OF
the fight from Ocean Springs, "nearly 1000
men, women and children crowding cars,
hanging to the railing and covering the
roofs, agonized by fright, exhausted by ia
tigue and hunger, and at fever heat from
overcrowding, imperfect ventilation, and
exposed to a midsummer sun. Could any
other condition be more favorable for the
development of disease?"
He recommends the course pursued In
1866, when the noted Howard association"
and the Cant Get Away club" of Mobile.
Ala, did such admirable work. The How
ard organization was made up of the fore
most people in the various cities. They
made house to house inspection. They
encouraged cleanliness They inspired the
sufferers and the panic-stricken with hope
and confidence. Professional men, busi-
ness men and women Of the highest social
standing banded together in the great
work. They were particularly careful that
the sick received proper attention.-Louis'
VILE Courier Journal