Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-13
rea,tacked by it in 1921, and in July of the same

course. was visited BY the Cholera, which proved
very fatal to the inhabitants.
! About the same time it appeared on the coasts
Of the Persian Gulf; and having obtained loot
ing in the Persian territory, it extended to Sh-
raz, and from thence, following the great tho
ruugh-fares, it spread to Yezd, Ispahan, and Ia
bereez, and from thence into Armenia.
| Bassora, at the head of the Persian Gulf, an
Ottoman town, containing $4,000 inhabitants,
and great mar! of trade, was attacked soon at.
ter the disease appeared OF the shores Of the gulf
swept away. From Bassora it was carried up
the Euphrates and Tigris. TO Bagdad, where it is
SAID to have destroyed one. third of the inhabit
ants. 1t passed up the rivers beyond Bagdad,
but seemed to die away at the approach Of the
| winter. But in the spring Of 1922 it broke out
afresh in the neighborhood Of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates, and extending towards Syria. IN July it
reached Mosul, and passing through Dierbekir,
and along the route Of the caravans, in the begin
ming of November, arrived at Alleppo. In 1928
Antioch was afflicted, and the Cholera spread
through Palestine, and ravaged several OF the CT
ties on the Asiatic coast, west of the Mediterra-
mean: this same year the disorder spread through
Armenia, and in the month of September reach
ed the Russian city of Astrachan, at the mouth
of the Wolga. II first appeared in the marine
hospitals; from Sept. ED to October 4th, LA
died there, being about two-thirds OF those at
tackled. Energetic measures were taken by the
authorities to stop the progress OF the disease;
however continued to show itself until arrested
by the winter. The following summer it did not
| re appear.
From 1925 to 1880, the Cholera seems not to
have greatly extended Its dOminions, though It
frequently revisited the countries of which 1t was
tn q al
cutta was attacked fourteen times, or once
year. Madras nine times, Bombay twelve times
and the Indian cities generally were frequently
revisited. The same was the case with the CT
| ties Of China, Persia, and Syria.
| In 1929, 1t appeared in lspahan, the capital OF
Persia, and residence OF the king. which the ca
ravans had been forbidden To enter, and which had
hitherto escaped the visitation of the disease. At
the approach CT winter il died away; but the next
summer it re-appeared in those provinces Of Per.
STA, north of Teheran, which border OH the south
err coast of the Caspian sea. ltsoon spread in
to the adjacent provinces of Georgia, aud in Ju-
ly it re appeared in Astrachan, where 1t was des
tined to exert much more extensive influence
than gu its former appearance. In ten days ,229
individuals were attacked, of whom one-thlrd
died. 1t was found impossible to cOnine the
disorder to the neighborhood Of Astrachan. II
seemed to have acquired new powers OF diffusion,
and, following its destructive course along the
Wolga, at the mouth Of which Astrachan 10 ST.
tuated, it penetrated into the heart OF Russia
Ii ragged very extensively among the Don Co.'S
sacks. successfully attacked the capitals Of the
several provinces on the south Of Moscow, aud
reached that city on the 10th Of September, bav-
ing passed over the country from Astrachan, a
distance of 900 miles, in three months. The
most energetic measures were immediately taken
at Moscow to oppose the disorder. The city was
divided into forty-seyen departments which were
efectually separated by barriers and guards. or
population Of 500, 600 over 5000 were affected
BY the disorder, Of whom more than one half died
The disorder continued to spread through Rus
STA, and in 1851, was carried by the Russian ar
mics into Poland, where most of the villages and
cities were affected by it. 1t soon after reached
the shores of the Baltic, and attacked Riga; and
not long afterwards appeared at Dantzic. Not
wthstanding every precautiOn. aud very rigid
system Of quarantine, the cholera In the month
Of June, reached St Petersburg. The popula-
ton is about equal to that Of oscow, anu Of this
population 7,l02 were attacked, and S, $50 died.
The cholera passed from Poland into Prussia,
and soon attacked Berlin, Hamburg, and other
Of the 6 rpan cities, but did mt cross the river
Rhine. The most energetic measures were ia
ken throughout Germany to oppose the disorder.
and its ravages we're not very extensive. In the
mean time, the disorder penetrated from Syria
into Asia Minor, and reaching Smyrna in Octo-
Der, it proved very destructive there; aud having
passed the year before, from Astrachan to the
sea Of Asoph, it spread along the shores OF the
Black Sea nil it reached the mouth of the Dan.
ube. it assembled the Danube, ravaslng Hungary
on its way, and before winter, arrived al Vienna.
Constantinople was attacked about the same time
As the winter advanced, the disorder seemed
to die away on the continent ofEuroPe, when 1t
appeared at Sunderland. on the eastern coast Of
England, whence it has spread to Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and London. OF all the countries
which it has visited, England seems to have sui
fered the least from, this disorder; but It is not
improbable that i, MAJ break out there atresh,
as the summer comes ON, aud with increasing vi
rulence. From England it has passed 20 ireland,
and in the mean time it has appeared suddenly
and with great severity at Paris. But the detail
} of its operation in Britain and France are we'll
known to all. 1t will most probably spread over
the continent Of America, and thus complete the
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