New-York tribune., 1905-08-29
VICTIMS DIE By DOZENS
Many Dr1Ueu Mad By FeUer Panic
in LeesJiUe, La.
NEw-oRLEANs FEVER RECORD.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


New-Orleans Aug. 2S.-A condi ion of affairs such
as has never before been known in Louisiana was
reported tonight by DR.. De1 eron. who went to
Leesville to take charge Of the situation.
According to his report the entire population Of
the town was in a state of absolute panic. Victims
were dying by dozens every hand when he ar
rived there. They had no physician and try
ing every medicine which they could get in the
hope Of stopping the ravages Of the fever.
Many people had lost their minds entirely on ac-
count Of anxiety and grief and it was probable
that had not assistance to them the entire
population of the town would have been wiped out.
Provisions have been sent in from neighboring
towns, and Dr. DCveron stat tes that conditions have
been much improved
The controversy among phys clans over the under
lying of yellow fever here, and the reasons
why it allowed to gain such a foot hold is daily
becoming warmer, and al time to-day there
was. far Dr. Holt was concerned a chance
for a personal conflict between him and Health
Officer kohuke.
In Of his public addresses, on Sunday night.
DR.. Kohnke blamed the State Board of Health for
al the trouble and held that they were respons
for allowing the fever to the city he
said that with his twenty-three inspectors it was
impossible for him TO discover the cases in the
city, until they had been in existence for two
months.
The fever sItuation in the city continues to show
steady improvement, while in the country districts
there is increasing number of cases. AS soon as
the fever is practically stamped New-Oreans.
DR.. White will up the situation in the state.
and Is confident that he will be able TO handle il
without trouble
Surgeon Won Esdorf sent to-day Leesvie,
at the mouth OF Bayou La tourche, which is now
considered the worst hotbed OF the disease in Louis
lana Other surgeons beng the country
as soon their presence Is longer necessary In
the city.
Another sensation which developed to-day was the
fact yellow fever had existed in Gulfport for
some tine past and that. IN view OF the question
or having Quarantine put On the city II Was utciuS
that the fever snOuId ali be diagnosed as nld4dI4d
Collins GulIport. VINO Is now N tne nos
p-Ial mere, caused the OLner cases at the dIaaSSi
city TO discovered she gave the haLIeS anu IL
many friends GuIlpOIL VINO we're SUI
ferins from the same disease as her own
MILnIu Inc next Gays Lnere VIII De a SretL
clearing up MnIcn me MaI4ne fOsp4eal
auLholIties believe There Is no longer any
dancer OF new cases Although these DIOchS VIII
removed from me Lsl lheS VIII al4Ii DS "dtc4i0
nv Inc Hospital surgeons
DR. Jonn ArchnaTd, VINO mas worked day ano
nllnt al the emergency nCspl'aI Is OF lhe opinion
49, me vefIou fever nnaIy been dscOV-
cred bv him, after scientists nave peeh puZZied oy
II far years He has discovered a substance IN the
blood ~ yellow patients at the hospital which
verv closely resembles tnal OF the malaria germ,
agb{ct uyas discovered a few years ago Many OF
stsiine in this investigation and, If II really proves
- he rrue that the germ has been found, the cure
~ yaIioV fever will be easy. and the disease VIII
bavs iost all it's terrOrs. With the germ TO work
an II will be a comparatively easy matter TO as
nar o. an antitoxin which win kill the germ in Its
rte Educational campaign is still being carried on
uJtb Ali the force BILE and n is expected that
before II closed every resident with ordinary COM
mon sense VIII be believer in the theory.