The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-13
MALE OF THE
FEVER MOSQUITO
Lives Only 90 Hours and Trans
mits No Disease
EFFECT OF INCUBATION
is A WASTE Of TissUE-lNTER.
EsTlNe FACTS OF YELLOW
scouRGE BY ONE WHO
SUFFERED FROM 1T.


SUFFERED FROM 1T.
Chattanooga Tenn Aug. 12.-Dr.
IG. A. Baxter who was sent to New
Orleans by the Chattanooga Medical
Society to study the yellow fever sit
nation and make a report for the bene-
fit Of quarantine regulations for this
city, has returned convinced of the
Theory that the disease is transmitted
IN no other way except by the steg-
omyia fasciata mosquito. Dr. Baxter
/ had the disease in 1873. and since
/ becoming immune has studied it thor
oughly. He is considered an expert
| After relating many facts concern
| ing the fever widely published since
the outbreak of the present epidemic
The said The male mosquito of the
lstegomyia faseiata species dies with
| in sc hours after birth. The female
alone lives TO do It's deadly work
And perhaps because of the vanity
of the feminine sex from the lowest
to the highest form OF living matter
and human shape. it wears silver
mosquitoes.
A House Mosquito.
The female of the stegomyia var
tety is distinctly house mosquito.
Il does not exist in all parts OF the
United States. Its place OF existence
Iis regulated largely by attitudes, not
BIT ATTITUDES. more especially with re
ference to the temperature For in
stance. ii may live in some of the
Eswamps eff New Jersey or Illineis. but
finds existance impossible in the
mountains of Feast Tennessee or
Georgia A person infected with the
disease may develop it where this
l mosquito cannot live. but person 81.
affected is incapable of giving it 10
Iothers or OF injecting community
/ during his Illness. The absence of the
mosquito in many communities ex
plains why isolated cases unprotected
by modern scientific methods of iso
| iation and screening fail to spread the
disease.
Origin Not Known.
.sThe original cause of yellow fever
thas never been discovered. / mean t.
say that no one knows whether it ori
ginated in the mosquito or in thu
man. And the exact product intro
1uced into the infected individual b!
the mosquito has not vet been deter
mined Its effects. however are read
. iIy apparent, and the treatment of tht
disease is being more and more thor
, oughly understood
! THE immediate effect of inoeula
: ton is DISCRIMINATION Of the con
stitutents Of the blood, accompanied b,
excessive congestions Of most Of tn
J internal organs There IL extensiv
tissue waste which blocks the powe
of nearly every organ that carrie
away the wastes of the system. Tn
poison Of the disease inoculated b
the mosquito has a close analysis (
the poison Of a rattlesnake.
The Incubator Period.
The disease IS apparent after an II
cubator period of from three to fly
days. The first symptom is chill q
greater or less severity This chi
, may come on when the patient is seem
ngly in good health The chill
4. quickly followed by a rise in temper;
: tura bringing a high fever, headache
! backache. general Ianguor, tenderness
over the stomach. generally VITA Won
ting, congestion OF the eyes. and |;
ter discoloration OF the eyes and of tn
skin Because of the retention of th
, coloring matter - commonly Gale
bile-this later Characteristic give
!. the disease it's name Of yellow feye
4 IA popularity Of yellow fever
!. the inequality between the pulse an
i the temperature of the patient ri
Z Temperature goes up and the pulls
/. falls frequently as low as so.
: Attack Is Short.
e Zone good thing about yellow few,
q is it's brief duration. 1t rarely las
+ over 1--WE days, sometimes no MOI
Il than three days. During the cent?
y uance Of the fever period the tongt
4. and eyes become red and swollen. al
If frequently blood flows from each. I'll
4, gums are also swollen and soft ar
s. frequently bleed
G. "Delirium often accompanied Il
disease. When II does II comes In
IT few hours after the patient Is attacke
Then there il excessive resslessnes
lie bur as the fever subsidies there comes
ie period of restfilness and calm. Tn
ID is very dangerous period Mo
ie deaths occur in the after period I'll
~ period Of calmness--than at any 9th
stage Of the disease because OF II
y prudence In eating Or moving abo,
7. The patient has deceptive feeling
- regained health. He eats, or he &c
A. mp and walks about and that invit
10 death.