The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
CASE WAS r.
YELIG FEVER
Doctors RGacl This Conclusion
al New Orleans
SUSPECT HAD JAUNDICt
Doctors From Several Southern States
and Local Experts Hold Consul
tation That Was Watched
With Anxiety. :
SUSPECT HAD JAUNDICE

New Orleans. March 1,-Unanimous
agreement of the physicians from the
visiting states of the south, of the To-
cal physicians. and of the representatives
of the United States government that
the patient did not have yellow fever
was the result of the autopsy held today
on the body of Jules Ebrenzs, who died
in the Charity hospital last night, and
whose case had been reported as yellow
fever by one of the local physicians.
No other suspicious case exists In New
Orleans today.
Ebrenz was formerly a jeweler but met
with reverses and became addicted 10
intemperance He was found i'll in a
ST. Charles street lodging house nearly
two weeks ago, and on the eighth of the
month was removed to the Charity hos
rital. DR.. Halsey. in charge of the ward.
reported the case suspicious of yellow
fever to Health Officer Kohnke. who in
turn reported it TO President Irion of
the state board of health.
The case was then referred to House
Surgeon j NJ. Bachelor of the Charity
hospital, Ir. f. Denegre Martin and DIR.
Hamilton r. Jones, who was in charge Of
the Emergency hospital during the cpl
demic last yea Drs. Bachelor and
Martin recommended said the man was
suffering from catarrhal jaundice. DR..
Jones' opinion was that he had yellow
fever. Thereupon President Irion, under
his pledge Of absolute publicity on Thurs
day telegraphed the health authorities Of
Texas. Mississipps and AlabamasAnd in
vited them to come here. On Saturday
the visiting and local physi lan% with
Or. ]. H. White of theSMarhs aospital
service visited the patient but owing
to his critical conditiorare REACHED no con
cluslon Lasthiglt the man died and an
autopsy was 6ecidedaAd IN. It was held
today in the presence OF the doctors frum
the different states, Of representatives Of
the Marine hospital service, and of a
large number OF loeal physicians includ-
ing the state and city health officers The
find that the -mankz6sd not died of yellow
fever was unanimously orshones, on whose
opinion the visiting doctors had been call
ed agreeing to it.
official Announcement.
This official announcement was made .
New Orleara. March Is, 1906
"We. the undersigned physicians repre-
senting our several states, -snvted by the
Louisiana state board ofShealth to exam
inc the. case - Dules Ebrenz. find upon
autopsy held this day at the Charity
hospital that the case was one of
eirrhosis of the liver. accompanied by
jaundice and acute nephritis, and the
man did not have yellow fever"
The announcement was signed by DR..
IiSafGci1aff
board: DIR. w. II. Sanders for the Ala
bama health board; DR.. W. r. Thompson.
state quarantine officer of Texas; DIR. j.
Fl. Florence acting president of the
Texas health board; DIR. Hamilton p
Jones. DR.. f. Denegre Martin. DR.. ] NJ
Bachelor DIR. W. G. Armstrong DIR. c.
II. Irion. president of the Louisiana health
board. and DIR. Quitman Kohnke presl-
dent of the New Osleans health board.
After the announcement the visiting
health officers expressed themselves in
high commentator of the attitude of
publicity which the Louisiana authori-
ties had assumed and expressed their
full confidence in the measures taken
to prevent a recurrence Of the fever here.
DR.. Cant Talks.
DIR. Cant of the Mississippi health board
said:
4 MS case, / tlllnk. mas Deen of I'M
mense advantage to the whole south. 1t
was promptly reported to US and we were
enabled to come and make a full inves-
tigation of 1t. OF couTse we are gratifed
at the result As to- the future we feel
assured that now we shall be Immediately
advised Of any further suspicious sickness,
and we have found that every arrange
ment has been made to restrict the
spread of sickness If 1t does occur, Ade-
auate methods of screening and disinfec-
tion have been adopted. an | see no
reason why under the mosquito theory
In which we all agree. there should be
any apprehension with the precautions
that have been taken OF severe fever
to New Orleans or elsewhere
this year. In my opinion there will be
no necessity for the imposition of quar-
antines in the event sporadic cases OF
yellow fever do develop. 7 feel confident
that such foci may be controlled with
out menace to the health OF New Orleans
or the surrounding states. I am espe-
cially pleased with the public sentiment
I have found in New Orleans. have
been here at other. times and I note a.
great change in favor of promptly re-
porting cases of suspicious or actual yell
low fever"