Litchfield enquirer., 1832-06-14


Sc 10 the hospitals. Sas
Some fears were entertained ON Saturday
last that disturbances would take place. Il be-
ing the anniversary Of the death Of the Em-
Deror: but although several persons threw
earIands Of flowers, &c., at the foot of the
pillar in the place Vendone, no disposition
to riot was observed among the pOpulace. >
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IS ef8 e ASIATIC CHOLERA ~ r~
A Il is in1pOssible TO say how soon our
phyaicians, and especially those in this city.
viii be called to administer for the genuine
Asiatic ChoIera,t they cannot be foo liIirent in
inyestiga,ing the subject, and fixing upon the
course If treatment which they would deem
II nroper to pursue, il suddenly summoned
Ia The bed side of Cholera patient. The
terrible rayages Of the disease in Paris are
sufficient proof Of its formidable character.
even with the best aids which medical sci.s
erce can furnish. In one month from its first.
appearances Ia that capitals (which is as late
as our information extends, Il has numbered
UPWARDS Of &c, 900 victims. Il has proved
even more destructive to human life In pro-
portion to the period of its Continuance, than
The memorable plague in London 1866. If
we estimate the number Of inhabitants nj
700. 600. making no allowance for the great
numbers who have fed into the country, the
mortalityin one month equals one Mirsy.ftth
part Of the population. 4
Until the Cholera made it's appearance in
Paris, many were fopinion that III its march
of two thousand leagues, il had In great
measure spent it's strength. But the facts
above stated show that it is not yet shorn. of
its terrors. Indeed, VIC are safe in saying,
that nowhere in all Europe, If we except per-,
haps few towns on the Wolga, has it COM
.mitted such rayages in so short time, as 10
the capital of France. To several Of the de-
partments also, il is raging with great violence,
and bids fair to overrun the country. ~
It's singular fact. and one not easily ac-
counted for, that this disease should Be so
much more extensively prevalent 10 France
than in England. In the latter country it made
Q months sooner than in the f0r-
nier,; and yet the plumber of victims in the.
whole United Kingdom Is less than half the
number in the city Of Paris alone. In Paris,
too, its ravages are not confined, ms In Eng
land, TO the lower classes. Many in the high
er ranks have sunk under its violence, and
even the Ministers Of this Government, il is
said, have all, or nearly all. been attacked. -
IL II were not for the perfectly anomalous
character OF the disease, il might be interes-
ling to examine the points Of difference be.a
tween France and England, in respect 10 eli.
mate, physical temperament, and the habits
Of the people and to consider WHEREIN we Of
the United States, and of this city especially,
resemble or differ from either the one or the
other. IA But insthis disease, oil reasoning from
analogy ID liable to prove fallacious. Iii cold
or heat had Any thing, TO do with its propsga-
lion. we should not expect il to prevail alike
10 Russia and 10 Indiar-in summer and in
winter. If its march We're regular and nnin-
terrIpted, We should not expecttO ind whole
countries In the direct l:ne Of it's track, such
10 Holland and Belgium, omitted ;aOr cities.
& Ia The case Of liverpool, between 1ondnn
ind Dublin.s IL his communicated by atnos-
,heric miasmAta, we should not have expec-
I'd II IN make its appearance in the heart OF
France, before any Of the sea ports or pro-
inces had been affected. We should not
lave fixed upon Paris as the scene Ofits great
stsrayages, sooner than Constantinople or
london: upon France, as i whole. sooner
han Turkey. or Italy. or Spain. IL is easy
o say that Paris ID a city OF excess; so also
re London and ConssanlinopIe. Ii London
! Is calculated that the number Of prostitutes
] $4,000 or upwards; and there Is certainly (
q lack Of intemperancs and other vices
md yet IN that city the whole number Of
esths by Cholera IL only $50 III two months1
nd a half out Of population say Of I ,2OO,-
90. and the disease Is yearly extinct. In Pa- |
IS 10000 deaths in one month, out Of q pOp-j
lation OF zoo, 900, and the disease still raging.
low we say that giving to Paris 40 much |
he ascendencyin vice as any one pleascs, the
eathsRre still out Of oil proportion, II we