The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-05
n And QUARANTINE
| u.,ltb officer Announces His
w ,,,ItIsn Clearly Enough.
], !, TAKE NO CHANCES on FEVER
..un.reiai Loss Much More
u Comm r,,.u nm Epidemic and
iI'' .., Care Is Necessary

Tune 4.-The following
80 ,sA' eyening in reply to a COM
~ w. ,-om several Houston pnySi-
!. ID regard to the quarantine
alsins' others Houston.
IS Your communication of the
-,cslyed. note that you state
= 'l ,sat you "tear the qu III. .,nn,s
Y = the appearance OF single
- nolIcy." I think that it is much
~. ..-ous and hazardous not 10
s' To do SO affects commerce
'a4 ..-,rlly and means nothing more
ta' ,... ~ a small amount of money
W. !, the other hand, were We TO
'l' .,r,,ns and allow yellow fever
a. aa into our State, 1t would
M, mean the loss OF many IVES :, o, nna
soa ,,s fold greater loss TO commerce.
y e. Aseye that it would be pelter LOT
sN rstrlsl prosperity of our state
n..mmsrcial intercourse with New
~ nrd he cut off every year Tor
sls s s., IN succession than to have
a1l ,.s ot yellow fever in Pexas. In
pa,- nothing could add more TO
eg ws,c,al prosperity OF our State
!, "a Eesp It clear OF yellow teVer'
~ ,fhe trend of modern opinion to
M arst case of yellow fever Is
IN, ~ Isolated and thoroughly dLsin-
u. :, endemic can be prevented,
v ,imii that It has been demonstrated
N, is ran be done successfully. If so,
A. Ts have so many epldemics, all
a..,,ns from one case. in recent years
.rFAasndlng the great improvements in
k,hiy methods?
M me- history Of the epidemic at
Kim la. in 1898, which originated
y NJ e,se Of Hopkins, who died on the
a August, few hours afterward DR..
i carter. one Of the most eminent,
[,.-lsntsd and successful surgeons of
r,rIne hospital service. arrived on the
n and took charge. He made a most
,ra1h Investigation, and reported that
essa Of HOPKINS was the ong one.
n. full corps OF assistants and all
Es.n appliances, he In a most thorough
|. anpls!e manner dlsinfected the prem
n md Surroundings and isolated all
IN thst we're suspected of having been
Lasei. No other case was reported u1-
NJ nth, or sixteen days after the first
b. but from that time On the disease
IVY spread until notwithstanding thu
tpg strenuous efforts" to use the Ian
ass Of Surgeon General Wyman. there
ssrsi in this small town COZ cases. /
pda refer you to many other similar
gs out know that they are well
ayi 10 you
Ills epliemic at Franklin teaches two
~ Important lessons: That isolation
ti.lnfection can not be relied OH to
l-' out an epidemic, even under the
NJ iivcrable circumstances and that
Elioi elapsing between the first posi-
case and the second case Is much
;sr Than Is usually supposed, being in
Instance sixteen days
hls, on May %, the purser and
slter Of the steamship Emily
Muder died in boarding house
New Orleans. These were afterwarl
eva 70 be the first cases occurring III
IN Wleans that year. The first cases
lNHos this occurred In the adjoining
IN I'VE weeks afterward, and were fol-
"a " the greatest epidemic of yellow
n modern times This proves posi-
KY 'all Il Is unsafe to altogether raise
.4I'allae after positive case has oc-
iA lol several weeks.
. lns intimidation OF physicians by
WlneTelal interests, to which you
~ ! WI say that no conscientious
%-a VIII announce a case of yellow
NHi consultation is had and more
y we pnysiclan is found to share this
Y nspoAs!oility; and no conscientious
sAl VIII, under any circumstances.
I'.usl. case on account of the fear
Just quarantine.
~ opinion, II any city should SO act
.au Inc reputation of surprising
~ s nsel II should be quaraptined by
y, s.alaefh State from the first of Nav
saf Until frost. In the present
Sl feel that it is my duty 10
~. Iee brave and proper course OF
m is n Souchon and the Louisiana
\. ", y Meath in promptly reporting The
NJ, ~ believe that this will rebound
I'm, y 'ae commercial benefit Of New
n a asI Present instance a positive case.
b.. Opsy, having been announced
N. ~ AT. 10 necessity for an investigates,
M, yssss.fsatlning; but the investigatior
sr, 1V, \, properly be made later on tr
ID p, !, ~ u IS safe to raise the quaran.
a n,ss ms arrangements have already
slIe SSp ~, We can only hope that 4
d, .. u4s been made In the dlagnosis
|as Mn ssi Notwithstanding the positiye.
ia,y ,n Salca 1t was announced hav,
r.,, announced announced that il there are ne
! ID ijrn..s,.opments at New Orleans bS
ass!ssa1i 'a 4, that the Quarantine vii II
ii si,s 10 freigh, matters. " -
ar 4 much respect, yours YER,
w. F. Blunt,