Show Investigations Yellow Fever PINE BLUFFS Ark May 20Dr Nelson Nel-son a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec and late member of the state board of health of Panama read a paper yesterday at the fourteenth annual meeting of the state medical society of Arkansas His subject was yellow fever and the result of his experience extending over many years in Panama Colon Mexico Cuba and Tampa which led to his bold forecast of the Jacksonville outbreak Particular mention was made in the paper of Dr Domingo F Revie of Rio de Janerio who is entitled to the honor as being the first to recognize and cultivate the germ of yellow fever and to use annaculamon as a petowdylactic Mention was also made of the work of Dr K Girard later surgeon inchief of the Panama Canal company whose profound faith in the protective pro-tective power of innoculation was fully shown by his innoculation of himself and having a mild form of yellow fever which was lollowed by perfect immunity im-munity from disease and finally the crucial work of Dr Carlos Findlay and Dr Del gado of Havana Dr Nelson being personally person-ally familiar with the work of these gentlemen gentle-men He boldly forecast the day when in noculation against yellow fever will take equal rank with innoculation against small pox |