Report of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans on the epidemic yellow fever, of 1853.
- New Orleans (La.). Sanitary Commission
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Sanitary Commission of New Orleans on the epidemic yellow fever, of 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Testimony of Mr. Gourlay arul Dr. James Janes. Assuming the propagation of the &££*££ ’SPSS’S == poeure Do you regard the epidemic as true yellow fever! ' Have you ever seen this disease before! when? I ------------ Please smte thewwfu^her of cases' of' biackvomit which you have seen State ^e^^berrof°^^saltedBe?to'beieswM^*orthW^attadi;i^'Aee?idOTceth»erf Vrnre nB*nenriv'as uoBBible.the number of persons attendant on the tick or otherwise exposed b to its possible causes, and liable thereto from never having had it, have entirely escaped aunng the epidemic - [Official.] H- D- BALDWIN-, Secretary Sanitary Commission. LOUISIANA. TESTIMONY OF MR. GOURLAY, STUDENT OF MEDICINE IN CHARITY HOSPITAL. Madisonville, La.—Arrived in Madisonville on the 30th August, from New Orleans ; went to remain in the family of Dr. James Jones. Dr. J.s’ daughter was taken sick on the 21st of August, and Mrs. Smith, a neighbor, on the same day. The residence of Dr, Jones was near the wharf, and the children frequently amused themselves upon it. A schooner from New Orleans having on board a man sick with fever, arrived at the wharf eight or ten days previous to the attack of Miss. Jones; the wharf is about thirty yards from the house occupied by the familv. Miss. Jones died with black vomit. . Captain Smith, who resides one-quarter of a mile distant from Dr. Jones, and whose children were also in the habit of playing on the wharf, and of visiting Dr. Jones’ family, had two of them taken three days subsequent to the attack of Miss. Jones. These were the first cases which occurred in Madisonville. A Mr. Terry, who resided some distance from Madisonville, at a place called Pine Grove, visited New Orleans, and returned on the 20th August; was taken sick on the 22d and died with black ^omit. The black woman who nursed him was taken sick on the 7th of September, had black vomit and recovered. Mr. Terrv sickened on the 10th, and died with black vomit. Mr. Sherman’s child, aged two years, sickened on the 13th, and recovered. He was taken on the 2Sth, and died with black vomit in six days. Dr. Jones’ family removed from Madisonville into the Piney Woods. The seamstress of the family was taken sick two weeks after removal, and recovered. TESTIMONY OF DR. JAMES JONES. Case 1.—Dr. Jones’ first case on the 15th July; saw others pre- viously ; his was a gentleman living in Camp street, a few doors above](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28113020_0078.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
