| Show I lO1 lut nLIuW 1r1 It 1 iltre Fol1IJ111 Ic In Cub lit a sp01 Aria New York April 1C11 Alit tan ra irbrY with the ravages that allow fever has made In Havana anti the In tcrlor provinces of Cuba to linUrrate or minimize Its danser Hid 11 Alah I Doll health officer at the port of New York but I tas surgeon of the Ninth regiment N O N 1 for two sears and Mill go to Cuba If needed fcierj thins tends to operate iiirnlnst the fever patient both In Havana and In the Interior of the country and the death rate Is very large The danger of Jillow Jack depend very largely of course upon tin mu son of the year The ruins season which runs Com I lay until September while me hia never been able to sOS that It enK < > n ders the yellow fever bacilli certainly encourages their propagation The damp valleys tile ginerallj imlirliil LondllKm of the eountrj nil mitigate again the patient In the Intel lor of the island On the other hand the city of Havana Is I a perfect pest hole stretching out Its arm to welcome every contagion that can reach I I h I miserably drained Us harbor Is 1 a tenchpond at almost stagnant roster with the accumulntid filth uf years and the general hygienic conditions would dlFgrace Egypt O sanitary or quarantine quar-antine restrictions there are none I behooves the American soldier who mal be I tailed upon to face the dangers or 0 camlngn to use very ito forwautlon i-to guard against disease even though lie I Is u hundred fold better bet-ter prepared than li the Spaniard I know the American Idle well 1 know the national unrdn well They tire strong clean 1 wellfed well cared for mn Nho cnn meet diveamp ou a war rant I rig so to pak anti line times out of ten repulse It I Major Edward J T lauh surgeon or the Helyfrt regiment N Y N O for Instance has recently t Iud I a precautionary order to the members of that rcKlmenttln which he elves Home very excellent Advice for their protec lon aitilnst yellow fever In thee he nutlon his men not to drink water littless It hue town boiled and not 4o baths In anything but boiled water Cook your food property Is I another wise 1 precaution Avoid nil use of nl 1 cohol Internally That Is in almost es Mitlal order O two men afflicted lth yellow fever one being a drinking man and theOther an abstainer the letter hat 90 per cent the brat of It The other Wd rules are to keep dry stay In at night avolti strange avod fruits USV lents ot quinIne be vaccinated vac-cinated cltrJI JI > last 1 weeks report from Ian town epidemics of uphold malaria and Inflammation of the bowels still 1 would Do hesitate for n SII take our troops there They would fare illation better than 90 per cent of the pop I |
