The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13
YELLOW FEVER NEXT SUMMER.
DR.. Holloway of Louisville Sounds sG
Note of Warning to the south.

Note of Warning to the south.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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 how the progress of the scourge can
be arrested, and the death rate, therefore,
decreased.
1t will be remembered that DIR. Holo-
way was the first physician to discover the
prevalence of yellow fever in the South
last year. On Aug. IA, 1897, the doctor was
called to see a. sick man al a Louisville
hotel The patient was the New Orleans
representative of the Ahrens & OFT Manu-
featuring Company of this city. After
carefully diagnosing the case, DIR. Hollo-
way found that the man was suffering
from yellow fever. and Immediately had
him removed to St Joseph's Infrmary,
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 a
panic. Subsequently, at different times
during the prevalence of the disease, four
other deaths were caused by yellow jack
in this city.
On Aug. 16 DR.. Holloway communicated
by telegraph and later by letter with the
Louisiana. He informed the official of
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
advising that a committee of physicians
be sent to Ocean Springs to make an in
yestigation. His advice was acted upon
and IL was only through the investigation
of.the committee that the prevalence of
yellow fever became known, though even
the committee at first denied 1t.
DR.. Holloway now serves notice upon the
South, believing an ounce of prevention
to be worth pound of cure. During his
recent trip to Mobile, he visited New Orr
leans and other Southern cities. Ee says
there has not been frost enough this
winter to kill the yellow fever germs. and
that during the coming summer the epi4
demlc will again become prevalent
The fact is admitted by many profess
sional men in the South, he saws. 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 break bone' 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. It makes
people susceptible to the fever.
Imagine" says the doctor, speaking Of
the flight from Ocean Springs nearly
1900 men, women and children crowdins
cars, hanging to the railing and covering
the roofs, agonized by fright, exhausted
by fatigue and hunger, and at fever heat
from overcrowding, imperfect ventilation,
and exposed to midsummer sun. Could
any other condition be more favorable for
the development of disease?"
He recommends the course pursued in
1855, when the noted Howard Associa~
ton" and the Cant Get Away Club" of
Mobile, Ala. did such admirable work.
The Howard Organization was made up
of the foremost people in the various
cities They made a house-to- house in
spection. They encouraged cleanliness.
They inspired the sufferers and the panic
stricken with hope and confidence Pro-
fessional men, business men and women OF
the highest social standing banded to-
gether in the great work. They were
particularly careful that the Sick re-
ceive proper attention