Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-07-19
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Early in 1921, the disease reached Pc
kin, in spite of the most minute ~ccau-
: tion on the part Of the magistrates, and
in this and the two following years, the
mortality of n ankin and Pekin was such,
that the public treasury was obliged to
furnish funds to bury the dead. Suclr
was the progress OF the cholera towards
/ the cast.
II The disorder. as we have already
meniiouvd, bud re"ohod bombay, M
1918. This city was re-attacked by it
in 1921, and in July Of the same year,
the town Of Muscat, at the eastern cx-
tremity Of Arabia, nearly opposite Bonn
bay, aud closely connected with it by.
commercial intercourse, was visited byr
the cholera, which proved very fatal ID.
the inhabitants.
| About the same time II appeared ON.
the coasts Of the Persian Gulf; and hav-:
ing obtained a footing in the Persian ter
ritory, it extended to Shiaz, and from
tliehce, following the great thorough
fares, it spread TO l"zd, Ispahan, an6
Tabreez, and from thence into Armenia.
i Bassora, at tie mead of the Persian
Gull, an Ottoman town, containing co.
900 inhabitants, s. great mart of trade,
was attacked soon after the disorder ap-
peared or the shores of the gulf. In
fourteen days, $4,000 Of its inhabitants
were swept away. From Bassora, it
was carried up the Euphrates and Tigris,
to Bagdad, but seemed to die away at
the approach of the winter. But in the
spring of 1899 it broke out afresh in the
neghborhood of the Tigris & Euphrates,
and extended towards Syria,. in July il
reached hIosul, and passing through D-
erbekir, and along the route Of the cara
vans, in the beginning of November, ar
rived at Aleppo. Ia 1928, Antioch was
,flfIcted, and the cholera spread through
Palestine and ravaged several Of the ci-
ties OH the Asiatic, west Of the Mediter-
ranean. This same year the disorder
spread through Armenia, and in the
month of September reached the Russian
city Of Asfrachan, at the mouth Of the
! Wolga. 1t first appeared in the marine
hospital; from Sept. 22d to October 4th,
IA died there, being about two thirds Of
those attacked. Energetic measures
were taken by the authorized to stop the
progress Of the disease; it however con-
tnued to show itself until arrested by the
winter. The following summer il did not
re-appear.
From 1929 10 1880, the cholera seems
NOT to have greatly extended its domin-
ions, though il frequently revisited the
countries Of which It was already in pos
session. From 1917 to $780,. Calcuttas
was attacked fourteen times, or once a.
M,Iro. pnv,oh
twelve times, and the Indian cities gene-~
rally were frequently revisited. The
same was the case with the cities Of Chi
ma, Persia and Syria.
/ In 1929, it appeared'in Ispahan, thc*
capital of Persia, and residence Of the
king, which the caravans mad been'fSra-
hidden to enter, and which had hitherto
escaped the visitations Of tie disease
AT the approach Of winter it died away: y
but the next summer it re-appeared. ihs
those PROVINCES of Persia, north of TeBes
ran, which border on the southern coast
of :he Caspian sea. 1t soon spresd into
the adIacent provinces of Georgia, and
IN July It re-appeared in Astrac ham,,
where It was destined to exert muchs
more extensive influence than on its for
mer appearance. In fen days, ,229 in--
dlv,duals were attacked, Of whom one.
third died. 1t was found impossible to.
confne the disorder to the neighborhoods
of Astrachan. 1t seemed to have ac---
quired new powers Of diffusion, and foi4-
lowing its destructive Course along thee
Wolga, al. the mouth Of (which Astrachann
is situated, it penetrated into the heastbf
Russia. 1t ragged very extensively a.
mong' the Don Cossacks, successfully
attacked the capitals Of the several pro-
vinces on the south of Moscow, s, reach
ed that city on the 3Oth of Sept. having
passed eyer the country from Astfachan,,
a distance Of 900 miles in three months
The most energetic measures were i'm
mediately taken. nv Moscow to opposethe
disorder. The city was divided into for
ty-seven departments which were efec-~
tually separated by barriers and guards
Ola population Of 900, 900, over 1000
were affected by the disorder. Of whots
more than Que halt died:
The disorder continued tosprcad throF
Russia, and in 1891, was carried by the
Russian armies into Poland, where most
of the villages and cities were affected
by il. IL soon after reached the shores
of the Baltic, and attacked Riga; and not
long afterwards appeared at Dantzic.--
Notwithstanding every precaution, and a
very rigid system Of quarantine, the
Cholera, in the month Of June, reached
ST. Petersburg. Ths population 10 about
equal to that Of Moscow, andofthis pop
ulation z ,i02. were stacked, and 3, ,S20
died.
Thu oboIora o,sed from Poland In t<,