Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-11-10
POINTS CONCERNING
YELLOW FEVER,
Dr.. S0uehoa, Of New Or
leans, Fssors the Appli-
cation % Antisep~is ~
. Germ Destroyer.

W. NkKe
cation % Antisep~is ~
. Germ Destroyer.
Land quarantine is a question
Of edrcation by demonstration
and not one Of coereive legislA-
tfca.
II 10 the pen and the Gross
that have educated and civil
ix<c he world and not the
ssora and the gun
II 10 by practical actions
that the people will be reas-
sared and not by agreements
and persaAsions based on
words. assurances or legisla-
ton
To demonstrate practically
10 the people that all possible
care 10 esec,ually taken to pre-
vent infection from reaching
them. 10 the best and only Ar
ganess they should yield to.
Huadreds u ren have been
turned oat Of the Detention
Campo, -H1tfoa and YonsAine-
bses,- into clean localities With
oas injecting them
Car loads Of freight have been
carried under the Atlanta rexu-
lafi0as from infected localities
TO non infected ones without
injecting them
Rsrsees adjoining New Or
leans have voluntarily peti-
tl0aed the State Board to hold
cc.nanicatioa with that city
1t the eyss Of being Guaranteed
Eenssives by the balance Of
tie Sesse, and they have no
c.nse to regret IT, The city
xad the parishes have beer
Tree fro1 panic and exodus tool
place Eowhere.-
Rayse, La is q most besuti
ful exA8ple Of the result Of eda
eass~- whereas LAss year she
vea.d saeer no train To n
sar>agh- even With Windows
DIVA and at fall speed solns
- the extreme Of tearing NJ
tracks aud earning bridges
this year she has Laid down the
CUR and the torch Tor the A.
Lanta ksx4lAtloB> and 10 peace
ably aad eh<erfaIly doing heI
snare in the noble Soxk Of ea9
ea.ioe-
Isolasioa and detensio1, / G.
qsA-zntine, are only sdIanets
They have never done any evi
den: good until sntisepsis was
aided
This uAs demonstrated Tor
ships by the atveat anu splen
sid SeAievenenss Of Hollis Sys
ten Of Maritime sanitation
Present quarantine, - rigid
- all the powers and extreme
energy Of the Mississippi State
Boar Of Health applied it, did
mot prevent the disease from
spreading around and away
from the original poiatA II
lncked as though it Mas At
tempting ID Quarantine the
Grippe.
me results Of Antisepsis
we're proven in the Isolation
Hospital in New Orleans il
1891, when the ciaizens threat
enea 10 burn. and actually be
gan to barn, the Beaaregart
School, which il had been de
e,Sled 10 turn into . yellow
Tesex Hospital They said thAl
lt yoaid be . pest-ho1se thai
vssld infect all the neigoor
bod ard yet the anal resslts
proved, % The amazemen. Of all
thns nss oaly not . single cass
in The n<ieAboraood had come
froa IL, bat that within III Owl
Slls no esse developed among
.ay Of the Sisters. narses and
attendaafA although severn
were non-immane.
TAis vas also the case In thu
rosre IafrnAry and the Hose
Diea-
The diseuse can also be KEEP
10 tie pssieat alone in . room
ssd the rooo preserves
ho0 inleexioa- and there
fore free ffoo danger q
TIE noa-inmune attendantA i
he r>sien: 10 taken hold Of IN
tine and Antisepsis Thoroughly
r-aCtieed- Any exception ia
this assertioa 10 due to SOM
overnight in the application o.
tie regulations Of AntisepsaA
The viruleaee q the disease
i mach dininished The vel
lsy FEVER al today - not the
yellow fever Of old timeA II
i nov - comparatively mild
that il ssands to yellow fever
slnoss ike vnrioloid stands to
variola, l. G., smallpox.
10 should be called yeilovoid
M compiling Of the locAli'
Sies ffon which complete rec
oras are obtainable show that
tAa mortality ID aboas 4 or >
PER cent
ne following 1gures prove
Exclusively Tie truth Of this
asnnrfiAn- The state Of LOu10l-