Spotted Fever Epidemic

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 11, 1873

Spotted Fever Epidemic

THAT terrible visitation commonly known as the “spotted fever,” but known to the medical profession as cerebro spinal meningitis is fearfully prevalent in some portions of the Mississippi Valley and other localities in the West. We hear of its sudden attacks and speedy fatal results in the regions of the Wabash and the Illinois rivers. It is a matter worthy of remark that nervous and spinal diseases appear to be on the increase throughout the country of late. Over work, business anxiety, and too little sleep are suggested as the probable causes.