The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-23

graph, with the wires enclosed in tubes of gutta
lsrcha, is being tried between Brussels and Ma
graph in British India, is now under the consider
alton OF the East India Company Inquirer.
nIicroscOpicaI Investigations on the Patho
| lOgy OF Cholera.
| From the Medical (EDglish) Gazette
| DR.. Britain, lecturer on general anatomy and phy-
sioloey at the Bristol (England) Medical School,
| gives, in the last number OF the Medical Ga.ette,
the following interesting account of certain micro
scope Investigations on the origin of the cholera
| in which he has been engaged =
On Monday, July ., in conjunction with Mr. J.
| G.. Swayne, as fellow. member of a sub comm ittee
| appointed by the Bristol Medico- Chlrurgica So
ciety for the microscopic investigation of choleraic
| excavations, ] examined two specimens of rice
water detection and on comparing our drawings
| made from them, and produced before the sub
| committee, we were struck with the peculiar ap-
| pearance of certain bodies depicted IN each Ga
further prosecuting this investigation found these
| Bodies TO be constantly present in the rice water
| evacuation OF cholera patients, and offering the
same characteristic appearance that distinguished
| them from any thing had before observed. In or
der TO ascertain If they bore their size or guam
| tty any relation to the severity of the symptoms
endeavored to obtain spe cmens passed by the same
patient at different periods, as well to complete
| the observation by an account OF his condition at
| the time The result was, that as sevaral cases in
my table indicated, and as other not recorded
seemed to prove, became convinced that a cer-
tain relation does exist between the size and.num-
Der of these bodies, and the time elapsed after the
seizure, taken in connection with the severity Of
| the symptoms. That Is to say, they are small and
| clearly defined In the matter vOmlted they be-
| come larger and more compound in the objections:
| and as the disease progresses favorably, where |
have had the opportunity OF examining, they vanish
as the symptOmsd disappear and the motions regain
| their natural appearance. found that in healthy
solid motions these bodies did not exist, nor could
meet with them in the fluid stools Of typhus and
other diseases, but that they We're present in the
cases of severe choleraic dlarhGa so prevalent IN
| districts where the disease abounds: and was
thus led to the necessary inference that these bo-
| dies were peculiar TO the excavations OF cholera
patients and must have some essential relation to
| the disease.
Having been thus led to consider these bodies
| (Which, from the characteristic of their appear
ance, have termed annul lar bodies,) in some man.
| ner essentially connected with cholera, wished
| TO ascertain whether II might be as cause and
and agent, or effect and product; that it could not
be the latter seemed evident at once from the fact
that they were unlike any of the known hea thy or
morbid clements of the body, OF secretons, and as
| they were found in the yomlted matters apparently
IN an early stage OF developement, it seemed proba-
| BILE they were introduced from without, and would
be met with In lheatmosph ere, &c. of places where
cholera was rife. Accordingly, with the view to
test the truth OF this supposltion, July l9h, with
the kind assistance OF, and an apparatus suggested
| by, DIR. Bernard, condensed about drachm of
| fluid from the atmosphere of room in hou &c
from which five patients had been removed the day
previous TO the cholera hospital, and found in 1t boz
dies of the same appearance those IN the matter
vomlsd: soon afterwards repeated the expert:
msnt, with the aid of Mr.. Ralph Bernard in a cell
| in the bridewell, which had been unoccuped for
| some time, but adjoining cells the occupants of
| some OF which had been seized with cholera, one
| OF whom died the day before. Here also the same
result was obtained.
The same experiment was then tried In situations
free from cholera, but with negative result the
fluid here obtained destitute of these bodies,
and contained only small portions OF hyaline struc-
tuleeSS r. observed | haye
since repeated these experiments, aided by DIR.
William Rudd, several times, with the same POSI-
tive and negative results, and therefore feel just
he'd IN stating mat the same will follow similar in-
designations made elsewhere, il the ssary care
be taken, and glass of sufficiently high power q
used a Ross. l-I2th) be employed. The only
question remaining is, TO the identity of the an
nular bodies thus shown TO exist in the atmosphere
OF cholera districts, and in the vented matter and
excavations OF cholera patients. Most of those to
whom have shown the specimens entertain no
doubt on the subject, and all seem To concur In
their identity Of form.
This is all that possible respect TO matters of
such extreme mnuteness, and We must, imagine,
be satisfied here, IN similar cases, to form our
opinion on circumsantial and corrobatng EVIL
dence. And when we consider that this form s
in itself Of too definite a character TO be one of
mere chance that The sizes are progressive,
rate measurement showing those in atmosphere to
average from the I00O0th TO the 3,000th OF an inch
in diameter those in vomit from the sO00h 10
the 5,000t; those in deIestioDs from the 6000th TO
specimen Of DIGESTION in all the intermediate sta
stages OF pal paby the same obDect-the inference is,
u appears TO me, conclusive, that the annular boz
dies OF atmosphere, vonlt and detection, are but
| the three stages Of developement OF one and the
same body, OF whatever nature II may be.
Movements OF individuals In Europe
| Sketches OF Some Of the Distinguished
men.
| The contempt with which IIeckcr, the late
leader OF the Baden democrats, is now in the
habit Of speaking OF his countrymen in general,
and OF his own fsionddn associates in particular,
has been before referred 10, and IL well eXempll-
fed by the following letter, Just published without
comment by some of the German journals; in the
some week in which II 10 gwen 10 the world,
twenty persons have been sentenced 10 imprison-
ment n Csrlsruhe, for singing the song composed
in honor Of the writer. The government would do
well 70 print few passages from the letter itself,
and llacord II In the Baden capital IL It did not
check al least the musical symptom Of the popular
insanity, the disease must be iucurable. The
epistle was written to one of his friends in
Base, just before he embarked, short time since,
al Have for America
with real longing look towards the far west and
my forest solitude lled with degus and bitterly
deceived as tread the old worn-out soil OF Europe
revolution that had such powerful at its dis
peal has been crushed. But that notwithstanding
these Baden left by all the other States TO
bleed alone; that notwithstanding all the leaders
ct the disposal Of the republican party the movement
slould have been suppressed In month"; these facts
true revolutionary enthusiasm rud energy and the
leaders that popular spirit and Iron will which can
slore inspire to action IL Is with bitter feeling
cancel " years Of homes and unceasing exertons
and struggles from the tablets OF my life aud a. IS
beg in the circle OF farmer Of
the Western states. But the separation from former
asft Citations becomes easier when think what
baye experienced since my arrival In Europe. have
tstn treated BY the police as yagabond; from some
places hunted out and where lay residence toer
sted there | heard nothing hut mutual acsusations
oslity, and infsmy Of every kind sn so wretchedly
v.sry Of this Empty conflict OF these decayng police
governed states that shall think my self happy when
ind ytelf again In hand clearing patch Of the
backwoods. My account with the old world Is closed
Till this generation passes away healthier state OF
things arise, and generous able OF honest man
will take the helm, because the instant such one
arises whole herd set upon him every act and every
good intention suspected and mitrust IL sowu where
there ought TO be confidence aud energy
Destiny has dealt kindly with me Had been again
Il the leaders Of this unsuccessful sovenent my
good name would he sunk ~ deeply In the mu as
that 81 others for epoch OF the worlds history ex-
hbits In a time agitated, such evident bank
IL ll A a I'm n