The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-09
FHB CHOLERA AT QUARANTINE.
VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL S
MEETING OF The BOARD OF HEALTH.
TuEREPORT OF THAT BODY.
&c. &c. &c.

nose of ascertaining the truth and extent Of tbs
nts which have gone abroad in reference to the
approach OF this fearful epidemic to our shores He
was accompanied in this expedition Of enquiry
by the well known and benevolent agent Of the Ger
man Society, c. Ansted Esq, IS also by DR.. Bru
nipghau,en, Of 3e6 Broadway, in this city, and Dr.
Pfeifer both of them eminent and experienced medi
cal actitoneTs who have and attended to cho
lera cases in the Of their practice in Warsaw,
Ries, md other cities Of Russian Poland.
Our reporter goes on-We were received with the
kind,et ate nton and polteness by Dr. Whiting the
PHI sician of tie Quarantine establishment, aud
his assistant, DR.. Cunba, who exertea them
selves to the utmost of their pswer to put us
in possession of ell tie facts relating to this
important subject We taken round the beds
of the sick and dying by DR.. whiting whose at.
tentiops, with those of DR.. Jose Da Cunha his ass
tant night and day, are unremittipg We ascertain.
ed that the first made its appearance board
the ship New York, an American packet chip from
Havre. She had on board, at the time of her sailing
from Havre, 345 steerage passengers. No cases Of
cholera at this time bad, we were informed, been
known to have occurred at Havre But on board the
New York, there were great number of passengers
who came from Paris, to take shipping for America
from the port Of Bavre. The vessel had, We
have been informed prosperous passage with.
out tie occurrence Of any sickness on board
Of any consequence, until its approach to sound
ings, the vicinity Of Cape Sable on the coast Of
America, when fsl Of several degrees in the barome
ter took place, and the weather became nilder and
and than 1t had previously been Then 1t was
that the cholera broke out board the ship and
raj occurred of fatal issue What Is, however,
very singular and remarkable In this history is the
fact at IT only broke out among those of the passen
gers tho from the city of Paris and none others
victims TO its fatal attacks Another remarkable
circumstance may he added to this history land that
IT, that at the time the New York left Havrp port
observed before, entirely free from cholera the
packet chip The Queen Of the West also left Liver
pool with crowded steersge, contsning Az psssen
gers This latter ship seered the fame urss as the
New York, therefore subjected to the same vcis-
situdes Of temperature arrived at the port of New
York within forty. eight hours Of the arrival Of
the New York, and yet DO such cases of this
! epidemic occurred on board of her az occurred on
board of the latter vessel. There have been,
bitt to- thirty eight Of the cholera at Qua
rantine, whereof sixteen have resulted fatally,
not only to the passengers on board the New York,
who are Tow in Quarantine; but, singular to say,
chiefly to those among them who from the city of
Paris Now it is by ascertained for certain
that the Asatic cholera has been at all prevailing at
that not there when be left IIsvre. Be that
imay the deease first began and has chiefly been
fl ed to The passengers who came from Paris. Since
the srrivsl, however Of the ship at Quarantine at
Staten leland several individuals who in the hos
pital at Quarantine. or convaesent and the apot
have been attacked by and have fallen victims to the
rnasdy One of these persons Friday last left the
hospital and came to New York city to get employ
ment, being in perfect health and on ire Monday
day raw bis corpse and were present at the post
mortem examination 1t is not to be concealed that
Though the spread Of the disease has hitherto been
very limited and entirely confined tn the Quar- u-
tine ground, as far as we have been able to learn
hns every type ana Character Of
form. We attended at the bed sides of two of the
patients, with the indefatgable and courteous DR.
whiting tie ident pt ysican md cooly and
calmly enough it is true but with undoubted vision
the cramps, and spans, and retchings and ricewate
excavations of the patients in all the fearful
and terrible deadliness of Asasic cholera We Learned
from DR. Whiting that the average duration of tn
tsrmir ates fatally Our learned and experience
friend, DR. Bruninghsusep Informed us that the dis
ea.e, though malignant enough was not ute go ma
off thore whom it once attacked, within ten mru
time from the first attack Considssins thu
ia full ore week since the first appeaIauH3
the difease. we think there is DO cause yAkran
panic q sa Sgst f. n.cs Quarantine hosp
among these ,ichly and unsettled people is snrs.
mas oeen very triaipg and limited Thirty eight cas-
IN one week, and hfteen deaths only, among such
mas OF people crowded together, and reekipe stesm
ing with European misery wretchedness and disease
- cause rather to lead us to believe that He vhe
goveineth the universe and controls the pest;,snc
ano Directs the storm has, in his mercy restra;nsd
me herce aveDger Of human depravty aud heid ha AZ
ane arm OF the angel of death from dealing out more
concluding our brief report of what We have seen
learned on the spot, we owe many thanks to Dr.
sttenti.n and amiable courteey with which We wsys
received. Those gentlemen acted with genuine Ana
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equal situations would have shown Of jnsols,t . -,
su.nority and power but here 1t was quite the CO
m;ni.t. On .ssing our leave, DR. Whiting kindly sd.
nseIeo 10 us and our worthy compa MO ms Iibera
oote OF one Of the best prophy contained in tb
Wseis needles divided be not taken in over dose
we an thanked the kind and liberal doctors for their
poitsness and the kind and cheerful resd;ns,s ;,
wncn ,hey lad met and responded to all our many
Int ssa y. and took leave not sorrowfullv
g,nstion more than the reality painted to us "a tn
acode OF terror, pestile and death 80 ~
lYpn dv ota -,
NO cares nave been as yet known in the city as ORR
gins ting there It stated however by several Dr.
Sich street, and that the patient had hesn ant a.
Quarantire The manner Of stating this circum.
s me- lead to the mistake that this was genuine
o..y eate out the man was German who had been
sems time an inmate of Qusrantipe, apd bad been
oschssged and came to New York the day before he
was takep: 1t is not improbable that in ths exc;t'
rent OF his newly acquired liberty, he NAV have in
eu,ged some excess In eating drinking whish led
esse upon him before he left the Ouarantine W. his us
no doubt that henceforth, while there remains an .
oHnser, none OF the present inmates of Quarantine
VIII &c allowed to leave the place of Infection Pm
eence and regard to the safety as we'll Az the ar.
OF our citizens will doubtless dictate hen cefortb this
tesAGuon Inc unfortunate man. as stated abova
oieo In Few hours after TIE attack under ali tha
genuine yrptoms Of Asiatic cholera '-'
syppsoms It would be idle to describe they
.IStoo marked and characteristic to be mistaken ~
70 esve room for any doubt The cases At
Hneh nave proved fatal have, learnt on the spo
generally terminated within from two to six hours az
yer Inc attack. Dr. Writings attention. are unremjt
tng and the result, out Of s the cages r. ve thinL
also sohtcent evidence that they are successfn IT,
nas without neelectipg the assured and certain
tried chioroform and though 1t was foupd To
Tor short time the intensity of the spasms.
yet IN every other respect, .apative agent h ha,
proVeo imperative. We 1t applied to case vh,ls
We we're there but seemed avail within An bomr
ad,rr ne DOCTORS morning report Dec sth
M cry authorities two occurred lust pre-
vIoub 10 our arrival on the ground. What others-H
apy-n ay nave arise since the official aocounts suh
sequent 70 our visit, and appended belo w. will fuv
report ~ concluding this narrative 1t may be veil
W cali attention sgsin to the consoatorv and ON.
fact that the disease is at present entirely
,onnDed 10 Quarantine, and TO foreigners who are
;nrs;a even mere among the many hundreds Of
20 much co. in fact that the number Of cases IA
suncent as yes even to entitle the disease had
~ ts chsracter is to the title Of epidemic Mean
We ste bappy to ray every and every pre-