The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton.
- Barton, Edward H.
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The cause and prevention of yellow fever at New Orleans and other cities in America / by E.H. Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SUBJECT. SUBJECT. 140 150 Supposed cause of fevers—No proof, Explnnntioi) of I'r. Ferguson's hypothesis,.. Solution required, for absorption Into the 8y.-iteni, Why it can't be the drying power, - Is from a physiological cause or hygrometric, Always moisture in the atmosphere, Absorbent soils only apparently cleanly—Con- ceals, not destroys tilth, Healthy as Ions as dry A two-fold condition requisite, No effect can arise butfrom an adequatecause, Dirt'erence of curative and preventive science. Cause and consequence, Must be a cause of every disease, And as much of that of yellow fever as of any other, Because we can trace its origin to the causes producing it, Seats of these causes in all large cities,. Why limited—and how extended, Statements to be of future value rhould be made up at once, Gibraltar very tilthy within the houses, and very crowded Bay of Havana, Cause of the insalubrity of the city, Description of Vera Cruz—Cause of its insa- lubrity Prescription to produce yellow fever—(in a note,) Cause of yellow fever, Great value of the spontaneous cases—settles the subject, Do. at Hollywood, at Gainesville, Do. in Washington, Lake Providence, Tren- ton, Do. in Franklm, t'le Black Warrior, at Mobile, Do. at rielmn, DemopolLs, Saluria, Port Gibson,] Ifil Do. at Baton Rouge, Centreville, Natchitoches, Do at Washington, La., Martinique, Bermuda, Do. at Barbadoes, Kio de Janeiro, I,ocal—[Spontaneous origin from filth Spontaneous occunence at sea, Do. do. on arrival in port,.. Change of type of fever from change of cli- mate Opinions of InspectorsGeneral of Hospitals, Dr Rush's recantation about contagion and local ongin, In ships at sea from Northera ports, Cause of yellow fever known, And is controllable, Conclusions of General Board of Health of England on yellow fever,... No room for skepticism, Demonstration, Its vast practical value, The importance of knowing the cause of dis- ease Prevention better than cure, Fatal consequences of a mistake, Disease not essential to dense population, Localised tilth the cause of disease, Typhus independent of climate, All depen<l8 on removing filth and moisture. The rich suft'eras well aathe poor, The cost of preventable disease equal to the whole public reveime, When penalty on the public authorities to be exacted, Proportion of preventable mortality... Origin of disease, ]\ 150 IflO 150 151 152 152 153 151) 15:3 153 153 154 154 155 155 156 157 157 157 158 159 159 160 160 161 161 162 16 16i i6i 163 163 163 163 164 164 165 165 165 167 167 167 Of cholera, j Evidence of civilization, Originators of sanitary laws, Legal claim on the civil power to protect health Original opinion of Dr. Rush, First leirislative action upon it, As raucE the duty of civil authority to keep off yellow fever as it is to protect life in any other way, Reform—the great question now—Its sacred- ness, A shameful and disgraceful neglect Yet may prove a blessing, if sanitary laws estabUshed 17.^ 173 173 174 174 174 174 175 175 175 168 168 169 169 170 171 171 171 171 172 17a 172 SECTION IX.—Recapitulation — Meteoro- logical—Special Terrene causes— Greater carcrequired in fast grow- ing Cities—Tracing the Progress of the Disease by Earth exposure— Jnun dations — Sanitary Map of the City—Application of Principles —Locations of Filth and Disease the same — The one resulting from the other—In each Ward, with the ratios to Population—Fever Nests and Plague Spots—The mode of spread of the Fever, Not of foreign importation Meteorological or climatic causes, Special terrene causes—Earth exposure,... Streets—Unfilled lots—Open di-ains, Manufactories—City interments, Slaughter-houses, &c.—Damp, crowded filthy houses, Public kept in ignorance, In all fast growing cities a large proportion ol immigrants, Greatest mortality where no pavements, Mortality not from want of acclimation No acclimation to filth—To what extent ac- climation, To what extent acclimatable, The true test of the salubrity of a country,.. The true meaning of acclimation—The real need, All remediable Tracing the progress of the fever from the city ijito the country, Eflect of inundations, ^ Why rxiral districts in other States not suffer 60 much, Why the fever occurred late in some places, Sanitary Map of the city—Application ol our reasoning, Diificulties in computing the population,... City returns not reliable, Map too small, Total cases of the fever, Cases from private practice, Note—Names of physicians and others who reported cases of the fever, Cases from public sources—From Charity Hospital, Table R—Population by districts and wards- Cases and ratios,) Balance how distributed, Explanation of Table R., iources of information Propositions and results Population and number of cases in the 4th DlSTttlCT, 1*B 176 177 17T 178 179 179 179 HQ- ISO 180 180 180 181 181 182 183 183 184 184 184 185 186 186 18S 186 187 187 187 187 187 188 188 189 190](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20402521_0123.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
