Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-02-02
THE CHOLERA.
From the Boston Evening Gazette

the disorder. The Quarantine Commit
tee have determined to unlade the car
goes for the purpose of a better purifica-
ton of the merchandise and the vessel.
The passengers and their apparel will al
so undergo process Of disiniection. 1
A great deal of alarm begins to pre-
vail at the probability of the introduction
olthis fatal disease into the n,ted States.
Notwithstanding the tavorte anti-conta'
gion doctrines of many respectable phy-
sicians-we have some belief OF the cill-
cacy of quarantine regulations properly
enforced. The contagious character or
commuuicability of cholera, by means OF
persons, or emanatons from either men
or merchandise, Is asserted by Doctors
Russell and Barry, who were sent on "a
mission from the British Government to-
St. Petersburg, to ascertain the charac-
ter of the disease. They had every
thing at stake in pronouncing such an o.
pinion, if it were false: their high stand
ing in their profession-rcsPonslbillty to-
Government--intc with great
commercial operations, and the nume-
rous lives which their iEcorrectncss might
place at hazard. This opinion, being
assumed to be accurate, involves the ne
cessty of sanitary regulations-Instead
of the insantary Indifference recommen-
ded by some practitioners. lhe cho-
lera has arrived in England, the Aslat'c
Cholera, the st. Petersburg Cholera has
arrived and is extending itself. This is
placed beyond doubt, by the opinion OF
Dr. Barry, who visited Sunderland by
order of the British Government, on the
Goth of November last. On the 9th, ne
writes to the Clerk of the Council as fol-
lows:-
Il SUNDERLAND, Nov. q.
l. SIR-In my letter Of the goth inst (the day |
arrived in this place) had the honor to state, latter
having seen eight cases, that whether the disease
now prevailing here spreads or not-whether 1t
may have been observed here in other years, or
now only for the first time-it Is Identical WIN the
disease of which DIR. Russell and myself saw SO
much in St Petersburg.
I Ihaye seen several marked cases since the date
Of that letter, and they confirm, IN the most per-
feet manner, the above statement. Indeed they
remove all doubt from every mans mind who has
seen them, as to the positive existence a, this mo-
ment of the spasnodic cholera, as 1t is called, IN
this town of Sunderland. The spread OF the dis
ease is, | fear, increasing.
/ This day, | saw a case of young woman II
, Monk -Wearmouth, close to the rlNer, on the lei
= bank. 1t was most distinctly marked lher'
: were many medical gentlemen OF this town pres
= eut, and they all, with one voice, declared, ina
they had never such disease before TIL
v wear. Indeed, | do not believe that there is on
dissentient voice now here AS to the actual pres
Il. r Cholera
u town.
How came this disease at Sunderland, If 1t b
moi contagious? Sunderland is one OF the station
apponted bv the British Board of ilealth Tor tn
o quarantine of the Baltic ships-where vessels iroi
those ports within the Cattegate, afflicted by che
era were detained for publication. 1t Is ne
far from Berwick upon Tweed, from Hull and otl
e er intermediate ports on the east coast oi Urea
,t Britain, m,-why then, if the disease is transcrre
II from country to country only by the influence
the atmosphere, has it reached nothing but qua
Il rantine station for Baltic shps All other place
- in the country are free. 1t was doubtless intr'
y duced into Sunderland by some carelessness
publication either of apparel, merchandise or pc
, sons-And if the disorder be propagated ny Il
:. air. how happens it to have passed by Lealan
u Denmark, and Sweden, where a rigid quarant
ST has prevented all intercourse with vessels from
Us fected sea ports?
re h By letters received in this city from Copenh
to Gen. it is stated that not case OF cholera has
80 cured in Denmark, which exemption Is who
. attributable to the non-ntercourse Win the hl
8 sian and Prissian ports The salutary ELECTS
sc sanitary regulations, in various places, are recor
c. ed in the last No of the London Quarterly X
to view, TO which we refer our readers Tor satsia
re tory though appalling statement OF facts eS'
= blishing the communicable nature OF this fatal d
!" ease The history of It's transfer from Ceylon
u the Isle of France and subsequently to that
~ Bourbon, is very illustrative of its nature and
n beneficial operation of perfect non-inercour
,le II is well known that British trgatc, bound ir'
:. Ceylon when the place was sickly Of Cholera, b
'' eiohtcen cases of this disorder on board during
s. passage, and on her arrival at the Isle OF Franz
nj; the several patients who survived were landed
nd placed in the hospital. The cholera soon ait
ell wards appeared among the inhabitants, and gr
no number died. A quarantine was established
the Island Of Bourbon, which for some time wa
GU ed off the communication--bu at last ils'
boat or small vessel violated the non-inercours'
on and the cholera introduced INTO That isa
IAN The inhabitants OF prlnelpal village however
to termned, II SANITARY 'eSu'a,'",'S .oo'' o'o'' '
safety, to try them established II Gordon ro
their town, with orders to fire upon any who she
attempt to pass. The approach oI The cho
an was eilcctually resisted.
me What is the chance of safety of the peop,
the United States against this pcstlIcnce' !
are distant 5000 miles from the nearest nieC
ler' - ces-and if none of the passengers or crew
her any vessel from such port have been sick du
the the homeHard voyage, it may be inferred that
lies tie danger can exist from suffering them to u
cod But on the other hand if any porson shall }
been taken i'll or died Of cholera on the voyi
ch' the chance Of its communication 10 people
'om shore on the arrival of the vessel becomes greo
was tie absence Of any uniform regulation along
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