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Memphis railroad compa- nies, dead of. 266. Memphis, unsanitary condi- tion of, 319, 320, 321. Menken, Nathan P., 141. Meridian, Miss., dead of, 248. Merrill, 42. Meteorological, 195-206. Mexico, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 289, 290. Mexico, Giuli, 14. 22. 38.
Michigan, donations from, 346. Microscope, 58. Middle Passage, 314, 313. Mifflin, Fort, 273. Military companies, Mem- phis, 42-130.
Milner, 298.
¡Minnesota, donations from, 3-16. Miscellaneous list of dona- tions, 318. Mississippi, 36, 293. Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, 54, 105, 106, 302.
Mississippi City, Miss., dead of, 249. Mississippi, dead of, 242- 250. Mississippi, donations irom, 34. Mississippi Valley, 298, 314, 326. Missouri, 36. Missouri, dead of. 265.
Missouri, donations from, 347. 348. Mitchell, Dr. R. W., report of, as Medical Director Memphis Howard Asso- ciation, 365-371.
Mitchell, of New York, 69, 70.
Medical corps, Howard A- sociation of Memphis, Mitchell, R. W., 21, 51, 53, 72, 116, 128, 140.
roll of, 367, 368. Medical estimates, Mem- Mobile, 22. 318. Mobile, Ala., dead of, 251, 302. Mollie, barque, 315. Monette, 303.
Monsel's solution, 58. Montana, donations from, 346. Memphis, 18, 20, 21, 28, 28, Montevideo, 14.
30, 31. 39, 43, 44. 51, 53, . Montgomery, Ala., 303. 51. 56, 57. 72, 101-206, Montpelier. 14. 202, 281, 282, 258, 293. Moore, George W., 67, 68.
Journalists, Southern, trib- . Louisville, 15, 18, 43, 302. utes to, 435.
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Morgan City, Miss., dead of, ; Nightingale, Florence, 325. 249. Moscow, 324.
Moscow, Tenn., dead of, 240. Moses, 69.
Murfreesboro, Teun,, dead of, 240. Murphy, II. C., 276.
MoCraven, 42.
McCulloch, 505.
McCully, 20.
McDonald, Dr., 317.
Mckenzie, Ten., dead of, 2.10. Nall, 54.
Nashville, Tenn., dead of, 240.
Natchez, 324.
Viture, London, 204.
Navasota, 37, 68.
Nebraska, donations from, 348, 349.
Negroes, 13.
Negro vomito, 13.
Nevada, 115.
Nevada, donations from, 348.
New Castle, 15.
New Design, Mo., 34.
New Hampshire, donations from, 348. New Haven, 203.
New Jersey, donations from, 3-19.
New London, 203.
Oregon, donations from, 353. New Mexico, donations from, , Orient, 316. 348.
Orloff, Count Gregory, 324.
New Orleans, 15, 16, 24, 25, . Osvka, Miss., dead of, 249. 26, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, | Ozone, 41, 202, 203. 38, 39. 40, 42. 43. 44. 59. ! Palmnella. 18. 66, 67, 72, 108, 109, 134, 200, 201, 272, 273, 274, 276.
Panic in Memphis, 107, 108, 109. Para, 67.
New Orleans, 201, 202, 293, Paris, 16, 275. 294, 296, 297, 298. 302, : Paris, faculty of, 23. 303, 304, 314, 316, 318, 321, 322, 325, 326. . Parks, 26, 110.
New Orleans, La., dead of. | Parliament, English, 272. 252-282.
New Orleans, unsanitary condition of, 318, 319, 321, 322.
Newton, Brigadier-General John, 25.
New York. 17. 25, 109, 115, 203, 272. 273. 274, 276. New York, 277. 291, 292, 203, 296, 209, 302, 314, SIS, 322, 320. New York City, dead of, Pensacola, 26. 35. 266.
New York, donations from, 349, 350. Niblett, 36. Nichols, Isaac 1., 300. Nicholson, Mrs., 302.
; Philadelphia, Pa., dead of, 266. Physical Geography, Fitch's, 22. Physicians, College of, Phil- adelphia, 35. Physicians, in Memphis, ISTS, 116, 117, 11%, 110. Physician-, manacclimated, who served in Memphis, 369. 370.
Plagne and pestilence, 117. Plagne, Black, 22, 270, 279, 2-9. 323. 324. Plagne in Europe, 318. Planetary disturbances, 203, 204, 205. Plants, ague, 18. Plaquemine. La., dead of, 264. Plymouth, United States steamer. 97. 98. 301. Point-a-la-Hache, La., dead of, 204. Point, Fort, 37. Poison, atmospheric, 38. Police department, 112.
Porter, 25. Porter, John D., steamer, 95, 96. Portuguese, 290. Post-office, Memphis, 430, 431.
Potassium, Bromide, 51. Potter, Dr., 305, 307, 310, 311. Predictions, 205. President's Island, 105. Press, Memphis. 432-135. Priests, Roman Catholic, in Memphis, 1878, 119. 120.
Prior, Major, 306.
Prophylactics, poison, 31. Protestant ministers, 121, 122. Protestant pastors, 124, 125, 126. Providence, Rhode Island, 109. Purgatives, 66. Pym, 25, 303. Quarantine, 30. Quarantine a delusive se- curity, 326.
Quarantine and Sanitation, . 269-326. Quarantine, origin of. 269. Quarantine. shot-gun, in 1878. 200.
Persia, 204, 277. Pisa, 200. Pitts, E. J., 67. Philadelphia, 35, 109, 272. 273. 203, 296, 302, 308, Quarantine sometimes to- 315, 318, 322, :26. tally fails, 523.
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Norfolk, Va., 35, 275, 276, 303. Norte, Rio del, 36. North Carolina, donations from, 350, 351.
Nott, 26, 35. Nubbin Ridge, Tenn., dead of, 240. Nurses, names of, Memphis, 373-375.
Nurses, report of superin- tendent of, Memphis Howard Association, 371-376. Nyanza, United States iron- clad, 67. Ocean Springs, Miss.,. dead of, 249. Odd-Fellows, report of, 410- 415. Ohio, 36, 200. Ohio, dead of, 205. Ohio, donations from, 351, Popular Science Monthly, 352, 353. Oil. Castor, 67. 17. l'ort Barrow, La., dead of, 264. Omega, La., dead of, 263. Opiates, 54.
Orange, Texas, 37.
Oregon, 115.
Paris, Tenn., dead of, 240. Pringle. 308.
Pascagoula, 26.
i Pass Christian, La., dead of, ! 264.
Patterson, La., dead of, 26. Pearlington, dead of, 249. Pecan Grove, La., dead of. 263. Pennsylvania, 272, 273, 306, 311.
Pennsylvania, donat'ns from, 353. 354.
Nile, 308. Nixon, 297. Noah Webster, 14. Non-contagious, 17.
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Quarantine, yellow fever, [ Senatobia, Miss., dead of, 287-31.
Quebec. 14, 303. Querner, 18.
249. Senna. Alexandria, 69. September, 14, 1878, 115.
Quinine, 30, 48, 55, 66, 68, | Septon theory, 70. Seville, 35. 299. Railroad, Louisville and | Sewers, Brooklyn, 103. Nashville, report of, Sewers, Report to the Com- 124, 425. Raines, Dr., 302. missioners of, London, 314. Shanks. L., 297. Simon, John, 314. Sisters, Protestant Episco-
Raleigh Landing, La., dead of, 263. Raleigh, Tenn., dead of, 210. Ramsay, 393.
Rape, charge of, 114.
Reese, 296.
Reid. D. B., S00.
Rest, absolute, of mind and | Shaftsbury, 316.
body, 59.
Reuss, 99:
Revolution, the, 23.
Rhazes, 14.
Rhine, 14.
Rhode Island, donations from, 351.
Richoe, Miss., dead of, 249. Rio Janeiro, 15, 35, 203, 29], 301, 302.
Robertson, Governor, 273. Roche, 271.
Rocky Springs, Miss., dead of, 248.
Roffignac, Mayor, 321.
Roman empire, 13.
Rome, 14.
Root remedies, 68.
Rossville, Tenn., dead of, 240. Rncker, 36. Rush, 70. Russia, 23, 204, 324.
Ruthiven, Texas, 39.
Salicylate of Soda, 59.
Salisbury. 18.
Samaritans, 300. Sample. 56. Sanitarian, 103.
Sanitation, 314-326.
Sanitation and Quarantine, 269-326.
Sanitation, defective, in Memphis, 103. Sanitation, modern, effects of, 21. Sardinia, 270. Saunders, Dudley. 103. Savannah. 200, 203, 322. Sehenek. 25, 27, 109. Schmoele, 17. Schuylkill River, 273. Scotland, 273.
Scott, 45. Scudder, John A., steamer, 96.
Seltzer water, 52. Semiasma, 18.
Stille's Theory, 22. Stimulants, 54.
Stone, 24, 26, 35, 42, 05, 297. Stoneville, Miss., dead of, 240. Storer, D. IL., 299. Strobel, 303. St. James' Parish, La., dead of, 264. St. Louis, 25, 31, 38, 303, 326. St. Louis, Mo., dead of, 265. 1 St. Pan1, 44. pal Church, 122, 123, ;St. Vitus' Dance, 115. 124. Sudder, steamship, 105. Sisters, Roman Catholic : Sulphur Springs, Miss., dead Church, 120. of, 249. Sminmary of donations and contribution-, 363. Summers, T. O., Jr., 56. Sunimint, Mise., dead of, 249. Sunflower, Miss., dead of, 249.
Smith, Secretary, Memphis Iloward Association, re- Surgeons, College of, Paris, port of, 334-363.
1.4. Smith. Southwood, 304. 315. Swinburne, John, 277. Smith's Station, Miss., dead Swisshelm, Jane G., 68. of, 249. Syracuse, 14. Smith, W. J., 106, 137, 138, Tables, Meteorologieal, Mem- 140. phis, 1878, 195-199. Smith, W. J., report of op- Tallulah, La., dead of, 263. erations at Grenada, , Tampico, 15, 36, 259, 290. 377-381. Tangipaha, La., dead of, 264. Taylor, Fort, 26. Societies, Memphis, 1878, , 126. Society, American Philo- sophieal. 70. Society. Galveston Histor-
Tea, Beef, 66. Tea. China, 64. Tea, Virginia snake-root, 69. Teas, stimulating, 68.
Telegraph Company, West- ern Union, 128.
Telegraph operators who died, 266.
Society, Statistical, of Eng- Telegraphers, Memphis, 431. Jand. 204. Soda, bicarbonate of, 66. Soldiers, colored, 113.
Telegraphers. Memphis. re- port of, 426, 427. Temperature, changes in, 51. Tennessee. 36. 200. 284. Tennessee, dead of. 209-241. Temmussce. donations from, 354, 355, 356.
Southwest Pass, La., dead ; Tennessee, law providing for Board of Health, 250. Tennessee, State Medical Society of, 317. Tennessee, West. 293.
of. 264. Spain. 14, 35, 36, 271 Spani-n Peninsula, 518. Sponging, 52. States, Middle, Western, and . Terre Anx Boeuf, La., dead Sonthern, 15. of, 265. Terrene. Ark., dead of, 250. Terry, Miss., deal of. 249. Texas, 36, 39. 40, 200. Stephens, Dr., 300. Stevens, 303. Stevens, 1. II .. 299. Stevenson, Ala .. dead of, : Texas, donations from, 356, 251. 357. Steven-on's Plantation. MisA., , Thibodaux, La., dead oi, dead of, 249. 265.
Somerville, Tenn., dead of, 240.
South Carolina, donations from, 354.
ieal. 301. Society, Royal Astronomical, England. 205. Society, Roval Historical, of England, 204.
Shelby Depoi, Tenn., dead of, 240. Shreveport, 26, 42, 67, 296. Small-pox, 17, 15, 280, 323. Smith, case of, 59.
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Thompson, Mrs., 29.
Thompson, R. A., 128.
Thornton, Dr., report of City Hospital, 38.389. Thornton, G. B., 53, 140. Thucydides, 14.
Thunder-storms, 202, 203.
Times, New Orleans, 41. 72. Times, New York, 201.
Toulon, 272.
Town-end, 272. 271, 303.
Tracey, L. G., 17.
Trenton. Kv., dead of, 251.
Turner, G. P. M., 107.
Turpentine, os.
Visitors, Howard, 109, 140.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., dead of, Vomit, black, 38, 57, 58, 65, 251. 65.
Tuscumbia, Ala., dead of, Walthall, 48. 138. 251.
Typographical Union, Meni- phis, report of, 115- -117. I'nion, 15. Union City, Tenn., dead of. 210.
United States, 14. 29. 44, 204, 301, 302, 313.
United States, Northern, 316.
United States, quarantine laws of. 279, 280, 283. Washington, Texas, post- master of, 36.
284, 306.
Utah, donations from. 357.
Valiente, Don Pablo, 35.
Valley Home, Miss., dead of, 250.
Venezuela, 14.
Venice, quarantine, 270, 271. Waves, heat, 200, 201.
Welsh, 39, 40. West, 39.
Westmoreland, 292. Whisky, bathe with, 51.
Whistler, Ala., dead of, 251. White Haven, La., dead of, 263. White Haven Station, 105, 302. Willis, 127.
Williston, Tenn .. dead of, 240.
Wilmington, N. C., 276.
Wind. effect of, 40.
Wind, effects of, 202.
Wine. Cook's Imperial, 57.
Winona, Miss., dead of, 250.
Winters, Esquire, 107.
Walthall. W. T., report as Winterville, Miss., dead of, superintendent of in- . 250.
firmary, Memphis, 881- Wisconsin, donations from, .388.
War, Mexican. 36.
Ware, theory of stone, 24. Warren County, Miss., dead of. 244. 245. Washburne, Samnel B., 67.
Washington, D. C., 200.
Washington, D. C., dona- tions from. 358.
Water, hot, compresses, 68. Water, lime, 70.
Water, viper, 69.
Water Valley, Miss., dead of, 246.
358. Wistar. 393.
Withe Depot, Tenn., dead of. 240. Wood. George B., 299.
Woodworth. 105.
Woodworth Commission, 29.
Wright. Luke E., 131.
Wyoming territory, dona- tions from, 359.
Xvmotic, 13. Yazoo city, Miss., dead of, 246. Young, Casey, 284. Yucatan, 22. Zack, Mrs., 107. Zone of fever, 15.
Vera Cruz, 36, 38, 10, 289, 290, 302, 303. Vermont, donations from, 358. Vicksburg, 324.
Vicksburg. Miss., dead of, 242, 243, 244.
Villere, Governor, 295. Vincent, Mrs., 37.
Virginia, 200.
Virginia, donations from, 357, 358. Virginia, West, donations from, 358.
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