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REPLIES TO QUERIES ON THE' TREATMENT OF EPIDEMIC CHOLERA. [ Appendix
Query No. 11,—continued.
Stewart, L. W., Surgeon Major, Mad. I.—I recommend removal from affected locality.
Sutherland, J, Deputy Inspector General, Ben. I.—In the event of an epidemic outbreak, the
sooner the troops are moved away from an impure locality the better. The distance need not
be great, as the poison is only potent in the immediate vicinity. I do not think that moving
troops into camp, provided the arrangements are carefully attended to, would of necessity be
attended with very great danger, either in the hot or rainy season. It is also, m my opinion,
a most desirable arrangement to have a preliminary camp for 200 men ready, as proposed, m
epidemic seasons, when the disease is approaching.
Sylvester, J. H., Surgeon, Bom. I.—Above all things necessary.
Thom, W., Deputy Inspector General, Bom. I.—Desirable for the mental effect on the
soldiers, if for no other purpose.
Van Someren, W. J., Surgeon Major, Mad. I.—In one or two instances, in my experience,
this step has been necessary, and it was followed by the early disappearance of the disease.
Ward, T. W., Deputy Inspector General, Bom. I.—A most important measure.
Williams, H. T., Surgeon, Ben. I.—Often puts a stop to further spreading, as I have fre-
quently found by experience. In one instance, the removal of the prisoners from the Burdwan
jail to the guard shed immediately outside the Avails, checked the disease, and 110 more cases
appeared.
Williams, H. T., Surgeon, Ben. I.—On the 24th April, the first case of cholera occurred
in the city (Ferozepore), in the person of Gunga Dass, who had not been to Hurdwar, but had
returned from Jullundur, via Loodiana, on the evening of the 23rd, in a dâk garry, in com-
pany with pilgrims. The first and only fatal case was contracted by a sepoy who visited his
village (where the disease had been introduced by returned pilgrims) in the morning, and re-
turned in the evening : soon afterwards he was attacked, and died the same night. The other
four cases recovered. The whole of the men were moved into camp, and no cases occurred
afterwards,
Williams, W., Surgeon Major, Mad. I.—Removal from an infected locality is a measure
to be recommended in every outbreak, as the disease can be introduced by men and by the
stools. It should be a rule that any men coming from an infected district should be kept by
themselves, and should use separate latrines for some days.
Whittall, R., Retired Surgeon, Ben. I.—An old woman, running away from Deyrah for fear
of the cholera, was taken ill with cholera at our gate at Mussoorie, and was carried into the
hut of one of the artizans. Four in that house were attacked, three died, one recovered, and
the original old woman recovered.
Wright, T., Surgeon, Ben. B.—Immediately, and to a considerable distance, and at right
angles to the prevailing winds.
Query No. 12.—To exclude affected individuals, or fomites.
Blyth, W. E., Deputy Commissioner, Ben. G. S.—A pilgrim was taken ill of cholera at noon
on the 28th April 1867, at a well in the village of Jhooghkullan, and he died next day. His
soiled clothes were washed in an adjacent pond. Other parties, who afterwards visited the well
and the pond for water and ablution, caught the infection. The disease broke out on the 30th,
and up to the 15th May, 53 were attacked, of whom 27 died.
Bow, J. C., Surgeon Major, Ben. I.—Of the three cases, one might, by some, be quoted on
the side of contagion. He had been in hospital for several months with secondary syphilis ;
he attended all night on an old comrade brought in with cholera, was seized with the disease,
and died first.
Bow, J. C., Surgeon Major, Ben. I.—When cholera was prevalent in Allahabad in the
European regiments, by far the greater number of cholera cases occurred among the patients
in hospital. At a time when there was no cholera in Allahabad, 75 prisoners from Jubbulpore,
affected with cholera, arrived ; they had met on the road a cholera-stricken Madras regiment
and a cartman, and one prisoner had died previous to arrival.
Collins, J., Assistant Surgeon, Ben. I.—Not a single case occurred in the Moradabad jail
during the year, though both the European and Native troops suffered from it, as well as the
police and natives of the city. This was, I am iuclind to think, owing to the fact of all the
prisoners being thoroughly examined and questioned before being allowed inside the jail. The
servants of the jail were similarly questioned and examined, and if found suffering from
diarrhœa, or if their friends were found to be suffering from cholera, they were allowed leave for
ton days ; and if, at the end of that time, no further sickness had occurred in their houses, they
were allowed to return to duty.
Corbyn, J. C., Surgeon, Ben. I.—On the 2nd May 1867, cholera first broke out in the
Bareilly District among the pilgrims on their way home from the great fair at Hurdwar. These
persons carried the contagion wherever they went,