Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-12-07
nature and Propaga gation of Cholera.

Among The Oflcial documents received al
Washington from the U. S. Consulate in Lon
don are reports Of investigations at ST.. Peters.
burg that serve to relieve the public mind of
The fear of conlagion. report by DR.. Adler
Crawford, who has had abundant opportunity
lor farming an opinion on the subject, says -
"WHh reference 10 the much disputed ques.
,ion helher the Asiatic Cholera is. infec,ious
or not, think. on an impartial consideration Of
the circumstances by which its irregular, and
rapid progress over large regions of The globe
have been attended. that il is difficul, 10 draw
any other conclusion than that disease origi-
mates from some latent influence of the a,mos-
phere on the functions of animal life. The Pc
cullarlies in the condition of the atmosphere
which exert this influence. have hitherto es.
capped detection I; but they are of similar ma
IuEe TO those by which blgh,s are produced in
The vegetable, kingdom. That it is an epidemic
propagaled by. atmospheric causes. and no, by
infection, seems now TO be very generally ad.
mllled. This is the opinion oflhe members of
The medical profession in Russia, so that all
attempts 10 check its progress by quarantine
regulations have been given up, more especially
since. in 1881, they were found perfectly una
imposed by Sweden on the appearance of the
Cholera in 81. Petersburg; but the disease has.
outstanding. broken out in tha. country.
showing how utterly useless are all such mea-
sure-. One of The circumstances which strong.
ly favored The opinion that the disease spread
by infection, was the fact of its following the
course of rivers on which there was much
traffic bat have shown that this circumstance e
can be satisfactorily accounted for by other
causes besides Infection.
The same report gives the following impor.
rant information concerning the disregard of
Diet, &c.
Several persons fell victims to The Cholera
in 81. Petersburg, in consequence of having
iransgressed the rules OF diet essential during
such season. An elderly lady, having eaten
salad at supper, was taken i'll mex, morning,
and died of the Cholera in eighteen hours
Gen. Chambeau, private secretary 10 the En-
pres.. a gentleman advanced in life. having
caught chill by incau,ious exposure to cold
wind on board steamer. was seized with dira-
rhea and symptoms of sinking the same eve-
Mug. and died in about eighteen hours. A lady
Of high station setting at defiance the cautions
sga,nst fruit, INDUCED freely her wish for straw.
berries !; she was suddenly taken very i'll of
The cholera. and her life vas in the greatest
danger. tho hopes were entertained Of her re-
covery when left ST Petersburg. . frequent
Iy heard Of persons being attacked, and losing
their lives after committing some inprudence
in Diet. 1t Is important To remember that many
ihngs which agree with a person in ordinary
times. may disgrace during the prevalence Of
such disease as he cholera, in consequence OF
The increased susceptibility of the bowels. The
disease was brought on ia others by fear the
of a respectable bookseller returned from
college to his family in good health for The va
Gallon in June he became so Panic-siruck On
The breaking out Of the cholera, that be could
no' he prevailed on 10 60 ou. of the house, and
objected even to The windows being opened, for
tear Of letting in The contaminated air. After
some lime he was, suddenly seized with the
disease in it's mos, malignant form, and died in
about twelve hours