| Show YELLOW FEVER IN THE SOUTH abo mortality statistics from the south will probably make no discrimination between those who dlo from yellow almer and those who are slain by fear but the latter will perhaps be more deadly of the two panic ha goi the upper hand and while this along eno reous ly predisposes to aho disease iho so called that are being taken ln the matter of quarantine will probably prove a greater injury fa tew orleans than derola itself far Is always unjustifiable it Is entirely and it Is an invitation to disaster medical science in the south as perfectly qualified to cope wah yellow fever hut whether it can cure panic may be questioned yellow fever is a terrible disease but it Is also one of the most amenable inasmuch as it cannot possibly exist in the presence ot sanitation and cleanliness american hygiene has entirely banished this scourge from cuba simply because american authorities were able to dictate what should bo done and to seo that it was done the same measure will stamp it out of new orleans now that the epidemic has actually come the people are taking the measures that should tiava bean akan iong ago the mosquitos are being destroyed as the most direct instruments tor tho spread of tho contagion and the streets are being clean the mayo ot new orleans sounds a ota 0 sense when ho protests agal nat shotgun lu and suchlike maneuvers he says that the authorities have uie situation in hand th at ibex fe nov exactly what to do and that ali fean ilary measures that taken will necessarily bo hut if these measures arc so well understood why were they not before and w in they be allowed to as soon as the danger has pass da s |
