The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-22

John MaCK0Wen, 81 native OF East
Fclicjana, late resident of Italy, but
now located AS practising physic.
i'm in New Orleans. One OF the
brave captorS Of Neal Dow in the
Civil War, lie is not afraid to tell
the truth or to say what he thinks.
Ills article is published IN the b. Il.
Advocate of the 18th inst. We re:
gret that its length preclndeS the
possibility OF reproducing it, but AS
II synopsis Of it cannot tail to bH in
teresling, We will endeaVor to make
one.
DIR. MacKowen says that the
Board of last year told the truth,
and while it's system Of tagging and
of house quarantine was inetftc.
tive, its fatal mistake, the ONO that
damned its existence WAS the nd
mission of infection from Ocean
SPRINGS. The present board III a.
void that error N0arantincd Frank
I'm, In, but not before plenty OF
Franklin refugees had escaped to
New Orleans. This year, the D0r-
tor asserts positively that the lead
erS in the commerce and ,manufac-
lures of New Orleans, to prevent
the losses incident to business,
through quarantine, brought Snfti-
cient influence to bear upon the
b board as 10 make them withhold
the Facts with regard to the fever
from the public, though physicians,
as required by law, reported Il G
cases to the Board. A circular
o signed by committee Of commerce.
!. al men was even addressed to ply
siGians, requesting them to give
some other name to the yellow f.v
i er when met with in their practice
VI One physician resigned from the
l. Board Of Experts because he says
:. lie was expected to lie constantly
Il The suppression OF the facts became
# so notorious as to reach the govern
: ment at Washington, that the fever
d was epidemic. DIR. Carter Of tho U
S. service interfered. He gave
Souchon three days in which TO re
u port yellow fever, officially, or hi
= would himself do so. Thel
3 it was that the Kennedy case Wa
reported, chosen because attcsIe,
y, Ivy five experienced physicians
% Emboldened by success with tn
, State Board, the commercial mel
=. even tried their tactics with DR.
Carter, to induce him to change hi
ultim alum. He answered 9Th,
doctors on the hoard Of health have
y done lying enough to diScrelit al
y the boards of health of L0uisian
! tor a century to come. Now sup
Il pose some of you commercial men IL
D. some of the lying in Ill official wa,
through your commercial boards. |
viii amuSe lis doctors to see villa
- regulations you will gain; we ar
tired of all these lies
" Compelled to admit the prescnc
!" Of fever when caught morally by tn
!! throat in DR., Carriers grip, til
D. Board has failed to collect any rt
liable statistics Or facts,!with regar
-, to the cause or mortality Of the Il
~ Sease. The death report .howeve
=, reveals the existence Of some d
- sease. For the.last ten Iyears til
10 average number of deaths durin
- September, has been 16 daily. Fc
10 the week from the ODD to to the 29t
NO Of Sep, there were 15S, an averag
~ of 22.57 deaths daily, Or an lncreaS
l Of forty per cent, including those G
II the epidemic of last year, Malari
wv will not account for tIese' deaths
49, says DR.. MacKowen. The epidemi
10 is not ola virulent type, and com
W putting the death rate at four to tel
per cent, it follows there must be a
-, four per cent, 160 new cases dali,
> and at ten per cent, g.. eases Or be
t' ton