The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-17
TO CORRAL YELLOW FEVER
The Government Will Endeavor to
Prevent Its Getting Out of Cuba.


Washington, Nov. 1.-THE yellow fever
problem has been receiving earnest atten-
ton Of late from the authorities here,
particularly of the marine hospital serv-
important new relations established with
Cuba and other fever localities to the
renee of the disease within this country
during the last summer. The purpose is
months for such an efficient Gordon of
protection around the country that the
chances of a reintroduction of the disease
will be reduced to minimum, while at
the same time the points of infection in
Cuba and elsewhere will be so improved
by sanitation and guarded by quarantine
that the main sources of danger will be
Already the marine hospital service has
around Cuba. A large doatingg disinfect-
ing plant is in operation in Havana har-
Dor and similar floating disinfecting plant
plant is at Santiago. although not yet in
operation. These are to take charge of
and put it through such thorough disin-
lection that all fever germs will be re-
established at all other large commercial
points ana suGh Tlg 331 rules put IN force
before it is out of Cuban waters, although
ports will be continued. Surgeon General
Wyman is going ahead with his floating
| are not all that is desired to give officials
the right to establish quarantine outside
of the law. strong efforts will be made to
have congress pass. what is known as the
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Besides the quarantine to provide against
the authorities are now considering plans
for the internal sanitation of the island
| the service viii have that in charge is not
YET setIed- Surgeon GENERA Wy .4I says
| Cuba will be under military rule for many
months to come, the war department may
determine to carry the local sanitation
/ in connection with the other branches of
| military OCCUPATION and control Just
| what should be done in the way of clear
ing away foul deposits and establishing
modern sanitary methods at the main
points of Cuba is being thoroughly can
ed that a plan and the ones to execute
| the plan will be decided on at an early
Another means of coping with the dis
ease probably will be the stat0nlng Of ia a
and to report on the condition of con-
outbreak, The surgeon general now has
two of these experts at Havana and one
of much larger force. Two other ex-
! perts, Surgeons Wasdin and Giddings, left
| here yesterday for Havana, raising the
! force there to four officers besides the
| subordinates and assistants.
The work of Messrs, Wasdin and Gid
| dings is considered particularly important,
! as they are especially appointed by the
| low fever. This appointment was made
about a year ago. and the experts have
/ inquiries at New Orleans and Havana
The work at Havana was interrupted by
the war but the laboratory outfit did not
suffer during hostilities and they now re-
turn to resume the investigation. Their
preliminary report to the surgeon general,
submitted a few days ago, is said to be
one of the most important contributions to
medical science made in recent days. it
| practically SuStainS the SanarelH theory
| that yellow fever is the outgrowth of
certain organism. This is not yet the
commissioners, but Surgeon Giddings re-
ports that in his experiments he has found
that 76 per cent of the yellow fever Gull
lures had the organisms described by San
arelH DR.. Giddings supplements his re-
port by recommending that. as the bacil-
lus interOids of SanarelH is indicated to
be the cause of yellow fever, experiments
be made on lower animals with the San
arelli tOXineS. The work already done by
the two experts gives promise to the Of
fcials here that the complete investiga-
ton will make a marked contribution to
the problem of preventing recurring yell
Concerning the recurrence of fever cpl
authorities hope that their hands will be
strengthened by the Caffery bill which
provides for the establishment of a more
effective federal control of local and Dor
the lessons of the outbreak of last sum-
mer give no ground for apprehension that
the disease will be brought in yearly. The
outbreak. it is held was but a renewal of
ing introduced. The intervening winter
was unusually mild, so that the germs
We're not entirely eradicated furnishing the
basis for the renewed outbreak during the
hot months last summer. Surgeon Cen
eral Wyman says, however, that the out
break was marked by comparative mild
ness, the cases being much fewer than
the year before, the attacks were less
we're, the fever points confined to two states
and the deaths much fewer than the year
1 before