Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-08-30

iactS ana arguments.
lst. In Europe, abitrary guarantees
sanitary cordons, and other preventive
measures have been Intellectually impos
sed by the several governments. WheI
the Emperor Of Russia received inior
maticn that the cholera was fast depopu
lating Orenburg, he issued orders, will
view to stop the march of the pesti
lence. All roads adjoining and leading
to st. Petersburg, were guarded by the
military; and no person, nor merchan'
die, was allowed to enter the city, from
the infected districts. Other parts o.
the country were protected in the same
despotic manner; the barriers were USE
less; st. Petersburg lost about 5000 in
habitants. In Prussia, Notwithstanding
similar precautions were used, cholera
attacked Dantzic, Elbng, Marienburg,
Stargard, and Derschaw. Poland, un-
happy and revolutionized Poland, hem
med in by Russian and Austrian nva-
ders, suffered severely. Notwithstand-
ing the conf oint efforts ofcontending pow
ers, thousands of her brave SONS were
rescued from the hands of the ruthless
tyrant and opprcssor, only to be deliver
ed over to the scourge Of disease and
death. The duchy Of Poscn, East Prus-
sia, Gallicia, and Si!ecia, were ravaged
by cholera. They were surrounded by
three sanitary lines. Speaking of the
approach of cholera to Berlin, Briere de
Boisment, in his "Relation His. ct Med.
du Choler, Nor" says, ats progress is
disputed foot by foot, with all the ei.er-
gy of despair. A last Gordon is created
on the Oder, composed of the elite of tie
Prussian troops, the Guards. Neverthe-
less, the cholera entered the capitol ear
ly in September. Those who knew the
Prussian Government, will not doubt that
its orders were vigorously enforced
Like measures were taken to protect
Vienna, and with similar results.
Austria, Russia, Rrussia, have repeal
ed all Gordon and quarantine laws, de-
cIaring them Intellectual and fraught with
mischief to the public. Great Britain
and Genoa impose quarantine Of five
days.
I'd. Non .contagon rs doctrine Of a
vast majority of the Asiatic practitioners:
of the British East India PHI sicians; Of
the European Physicians; and Of the
body of the people generally, amongst
whom it has been prevalent. The weight
OF authority is decidedly against conea-
gion.
Sd. 1t is not contagious, or Medical
men and their assistants could not have
escaped, as they appear to have done.
nj. Zoubkof, CHIEF adjunct in a quar-
ter Of Moscow, Deyhert, an Assistant
Surgeon Delaunay, French Physician,
Nj. Emelianof and Nj. lstotchnikof, Stu
dents, Jean Stutzar and 80 Assistants,
lived in the Hospital, and never con-
Iracted cholera. (Traite de ChOl. Nor.
par +. G. Boisseau, p. p. 80, 94.
The Medical Staff were exempt at
Orenburg. (Lichtenstedt, die Assiatis-
che cholera.)
In the Hospital Of Madras, of 1OI
Medical attendants only one was attack
ed. (Madras Report.)
The Calcutta Report says, that Of 253
Medical Practitioners in Bengal, three
only took the disease. (Rep. OH Ep.
Ouo. vi IdWu " ~ ouhiiSSOi'
AT Nagapoor not one Of the Medical
Staff contracted the cholera; nor was
single Physician or assistant attacked at
Bombay. lSee Bengal Report, and
Ogilvy's Report, Kennedy, p. 81, con-
irmed by Surgeons Jukes, Kennedy, p.
'1)
Berhampor, OF 80 patients in the Hos
,ital, only one was affected by cholera.
The Medical staff were unaffected (see
Trans. Med. and Phys. Soc. at Calcut-
a, Vol. w. p. p. 277, 278, 23O.) SO
lso at Moscow, (see DIR. Alber's Re-
ort to the Prussian Government, and
Report of DR.. WaIker)
Whyte, Assistant Surgeon in the Cen
raj Hospital in India, declares that in
10 instance were Hospital assistants af-
ected. (Sec Med Chirur. Trans. xi. p.
43. This is confirmed by Deputy In
poctor FarrelPs Report at Columbo, IN
;eylon, Hawkins, p. 2G3.) In Riga,
ays the Report of the British Consul, Of
. persons employed in hospital, only
ne was attacked with cholera. M.
,amberet, one of the French Medical
equation to Warsaw, says Of 100 Med
:al attendants, but one died. These
atemcnts are confirmed by Scot in his
,eport on Epid. cholera, Madras, 1894.
t Palamcotta, Cholera patients were
rowded into Hospital already occu-
led by other patients; the injection did
ot spread to a solitary individual. (l<en-
edy's Notes on Epidemic Cholera, p.
l3) i
These facts fully establish our position; |
any more might be adduced. \
9TH. When cholera prevailed among
e native East Indians during their as
.mblage on the banks ofthc Ganges for