The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-12
|DR. GUITERAS | IS PLEASED Yellow Fever Expert in
 Montgomery. CONTENDS LOCAL BOARD Every Precaution Was Taken
 to Insure Safety. He is Satisfied There VIII Be Nc Fur ther Trouble Here-Taiks Of
 the situation fin New

Dr. John Guieteras, the famous yer low fever expert of the G1S Gnite1 Staots Mants eHe semery and praised the work of the focai physicians in the Minnihets crisis as well ,,,nas as tne prevaiitng fa in the Hospital, accompanied by County Health Omcer R. N. Pitts. to see Min nihett. .ho ,on,. incubation of Dr. Guiteras. He had but one suggestion to make; that the present screens, at the daaS Emergenifgg g9itg Hospital should maller De ,ntePPstices ePsaiS He was of the opinion that there were some stegomyia small enough to woIk their way through the holes or the once. so that if any other man comes Wandering in from the West with the fever in his blood all will be ready for Few Hours in Montgomery. Dr. Guiteras came to Montgomery yesterday at an early hour rom ram pa, where he had been sent to investi- gate the single case of fever that de- yeloped on a refugee from New Orleans. That case, like the Montgomery case, had been screened and isolated. Treat, ed scientifically the patient recovered and not a single ether case of the fever developed pr. Guiteras expressed con- fidence that as in Tampa. no other case would come from the Imported case In
 Dr. Guiteras left at 11:2o o'clock for Mobile. After a brief visit to that city he will proceed to New Orleans. Dr. Guiteras Is one of the many yellow ernment who are hurrying to New Or leans to take charge of the situation in that city on behalf of the Government. Dr. Guiteras has already been desig- mated to take charge of all yellow fever cases outside of New Orleans. He viii, while he is in New orleans. have an office In the Liverpool. London and Globe building.
 The yellow fever expert came to Montgomery unheralded. He looked up the members of the local Board of Health, who received him cordially.
 New Orleans Wns Slow.
 Dr. Guiteras took rather pessimis- tic view of the situation In New pr, leans. The local authorities waited
 T am of the opinion" said pr. Guiteras. that in the city of New fever until frost so strong a foothold has 1t gained. The New Orleans au- thorities declined to accept the mos tow fever when. after the Havana ex- The Havana experiments demonstrated the truth of the mosquito theory, but willing to accept 1t at that time. It is possible that this crisis would not have leome upon New Orleans if they had Worked upon the eradication of mos
 T do not think. however, that the situation Is so alarming as some peo- pie are inclined to view 1t. While the city before frost 1t will certainly be held in check. I feel quite sure that the Government authorities will sue near future and believe that the field of operation of the epidemic will be steadily contracted"
 Dr. Guiteras spoke for campaign of education of the people through the press on the mosquito theory. He was convinced that when they understood 1t fully there would be no more of the panics and alarms which have char the past. He suggested, too, that the houses in which there were any cases of fever of any kind should be
 Necessity of Screens.
 Tt might give cause for suspicion and for alarm said pr. Gulteras, for in which fever patient is confined but the alarm would be needless. It Is safe precaution to take in the case cai. % of any fever Mosquitoes trans low fever. In times like this it would be an assurance and precaution. campaign of education would show the people that screen was merely pre- caution and not an evidence of yellow fever.
 The press should strongly empha- size what was demonstrated at Havana that there Is no other way on earth of transmitting yellow fever except by mosquitoes"
 In speaking of what the Govern ment had done in Havana for the sup preston of yellow fever and what it was hoped to do in New Orleans Dr. Guiteras said that the Government was the proper agency to have in charge of an epidemic like that in New Orleans. It had more men who were experts in the treatment and suppression of the