The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30

cannot be expected OF men who feel
that they are walking cheek by jowl
with Yellow Jack. And there are au-
thentic cases of men who have been
frightened into disease through fear
of it. General Woods cOncealment of
the facts in question was approved by
the authorities in Washington.
His second recaution-seemingly a
paradoX-was the conversion of a small
/ island in Santiago bay into hospital
for the treatment of conta gious fevers.
Buildings completely equipped with
medical facilities were erected and
everything provided for the very WISH
tation now occurring in the city.
Shortly after the hospital was in
readiness so many cases were sent
there that attention was attracted to it.
One American connected with the post
Office went to the palace in alarm one
day. General Wood smiled grimly when
the man stated his errand.
yellow fever" he exclaimed. Non
sense, The reports say pernicious ma
laria, and I guess the doctor knows
what he is talking about"
But" he added, gravely, you must
remember that pernicious malaria is
not to be fooled with. 1t has been
known to result fatally. Better keep
yourself in good condition. leave rum
alone and stay indoors at night
Deaths From "Pernicious Malaria"
Each day the one paper then being
published in Santiago recorded the
death of from two TO ten citizens or
soldiers from perniciOus malaria. These
reports excited little or no comment.
There was a familiar ring to the word
malaria" at least to the Americans,
and if they wondered at all 1t was that
"chiIls and fever could carry off SO
many.
One day the man in charge of the
Merritt & Chapman wrecking opera
tions on the Spanish warships strolled
into the office of the company's agent,
Julian CendOya.
Il am not feeling very WELL" he said,
DULY Il guess it must be the heat
Before Cendoya could reply his visitor
lurched heavily against a desk. The
next moment he was prone on the floor
The agent knew from certain symp
toms just what was the matter. and he
hastily summoned a native doctor liv
ing in the neighborhOod. An hour later
the stricken man was resting in
boarding house back of the cathedral.
Then the doctor, according To the rules.
made report al the palace.
1T is perniciouS malaria. senor.' he
said to General Wood. The patient
has all the early symptoms of q severe
case. There is intense pain in the back
and shoulders, a temperature of l05.
structure in the throat and black
vomit''-
Have that man removed to the is
land within an hour or l will put you
in the Cabildo," interrupted General
Wood. sternly. And remember-it is
malaria, do you understand"
When the man left the hospital con-
valescent several weeks later, he car
ried a certificate wrung from the sur
geon bearing the significant words:
Discharged cured of yellow fever"
Anticipated the Epidemic.
In October General Wood drew up
an elaborate plan TO he followed when
the anticipated return of the fever in
epidemic form occurred. ii was now
that his training as physician D. Owe
invaiuabla.
He underwood the disease III all its
phases, and he knsw Just what precau-
tons wera rational ana efficient There
were three principal noints as outlined.
These w-se, first, the immediate break
ing up of the various regiments into
small squads and their being Kept con-
stantly ON the move from camp to
camp outside of the city: second. the
absolute maintenance of soDriety
among all Americans; third, the estab-