The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-10
Cholera and spirlt Dr. elslng.


>SSh6n no c,io'crI yl-irsd Albany, h. 1892
The number ur dcnlhs oftliat disease WINS 336
On careful investigation II WAS found thnl of
this number, 40 were intcurcrntc - were
"lreo drinkers; l3l nindcralt drink crs,n most.
" huhtunl; strictly temperate, 3; nirtnhcrs Of
the temperance sorieiy, q IDIOT, /: unknown
3, Tie cases Of temperate persons were
described, mud sIiecinl causes Of tho dsensc
.>poin,cd out IN four of them.
DIR. Ricchc informs us tlnt Ia China "io
tliscnsc selected its victims from such MS lived
IN filth and iniempsrdpce" Ranohuu Fin.
gee, famous native doctor of India, says
TINT "pcople who do not take spirits or Cpl.
um do not catch this disorder, even Whcu
Dloy urc with those who hnvc IT," Huber, who
saw more thau 1000 persons perish Of clJi.
era In one town IN Russia IN % etys, SAY So
"PcrsonS gwen TO drinking have heGn swept
nwny !ikc flies. IN Tfis containing 90 goo
iulInhitaGts. trery drunkDd has Gfiien! m
drt dead mol one remains !" physician Of
Warsaw says: "Oui of 100 individuals DIES.
iroycd hy cholera, 1t was proved iliai 30 had
hccn Indicted 10 tho free use ofsprimous IT,
Iuors." DIR. Becker of Berlin: ".4Lope an
things. avoid n,cmperancc, which nj Berlin,
as every whrre else, has been found TO rem
der It's votnries the first victims to this dcs-
irnclye pestcncc" The London Medical
Gdzctte; tn every ioWn and every district,
from The Gauges 10 the Wear, the irunkani
has been the obluct OF it's earliest attack mud
It's most ruthless visitation Atjcr 1900 ca.
scs had occurred iir Montreal n Montreal
paper sNul Not Grunkard WHO las hrcn
attacked has recovered from the disease. aud
almost NIL the victims have been nj least mod
ornlo drinkers; aud DIR. Bronson oftllis civ
,ndds; "Chulern has pleaded the cause of
temperance most eloqucntly aud with ire
mendous effect. Tho hubilual tse of ardent
spirit IN the smallest quantity seldom fails to
invite tho cliolern and 10. render il ncurahlu
when II takes place" In Quebec, so palpn-
bic was the cnsc tlot, by recommendation OF
the Bonnl OF Health, the sale OF ardent spr.
its in less quantity Than two gallons was in
tefdieieti througion, the city on -acruuHt of
the cholera.
We might I'll column after column with
statements and opinions OF medical men To
tho same effect. vBut this is enough. We
anly il Cd to read the lesson which facts 50
socmnly impressed upon the public mind
when the cholera crossed the Atlantic the
FIRST time.
In connection with these Glrts wo asl at
tenton to nhother,--wl acIIis. that we in Yer
mont nre principally exposed to cholera
Though visitors or transient residents among
~ WHO cannot ie relied on Us understanding
/the ,iu,srr Of using Intoxicating drinks or
az likely to exercise much self control ia re.
gard 10 it. They also nre the persons among
WHOM want of .cieanlueY is mos, likely to
rouh,ine with drinking Ia invite tho diseaso
Fn"rhis way We are Far more exposed now
,hnn we were ia 1899. The class of people
alluded 10 are not accessible to o,Ir ordsnry
means of nr1ruuiiou. Is No would protect
them, and through them ourselves. nj Fli, II
AUS 10 10y removing telnpiatIens md means
Of Indulgence.
The question oflcense or no license, there
fore, i4.1ne that hears, more pnipalAy than NJ
c.he-i,mes,upon the ,puhic health We uro