New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-29
THE CHOLERA MORBUS
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CALVARY HOvLMEkT

SANiTAhY NONtmtN
from the LONDON Times
Toward Tie esd 80 ihe iast century 10 l'7lf
BODY OF 5000 troops. stationed a. banlsm D'e.I
town .31 milrs northeast O.! ladrssi were SOD
denly attacked with new disease OF such Do
rredihe nalignity that men 30 perfect health
dropped down dead uy Dozens. kEc'u5veiy OF
those then suiten with instlntaneous dcainimore
than 5lu men sickened ln enc day hld iof the most
part sank beyond rcco vcry within an hour frXt
,av. tho disteransr s'a rsced with una5sted fury.
nod oa the third DAY more than hall the army hna
either porished or were ia tno hospital. Next
senr ln llslj the troops ualar Sir John Blrfo}le
Hf Madras suffered from a similar, thon8h less
severe diE0fdfr, winch within month hAa h'tAch-
90 600 men, Of whom some died ~ the hist h'1I
others expired AFTER day " tno ID norrlu-1 con.
Wilson's AID very iovg recovered.
THE year nfgerw@rd l7s3| the ssme strange
maiacv broke o1t rmonr lhe pilgrims a. hnrN-
= ard aud swept oil no less than -'i''. Oh zoe
vvorshippcrs ~ the celebrated shrine. AZ ABOUT
the same time many of the inhabitants oi india'
civil as welt as military. were seized With tins
crsol distemper, which the Nos.ems called " nor.
cfctia, or b5vsol-deaih. The term " iq 9rdschfF
was corrupted, by persons more conFe sanl -iih
French than Persian, into NOR, oc fNf1i i,e
symptoms Of m)Tf de chen, as dcsc-nea D! -if-
Curtis who witnessed many cases 81 % hotn IN
Madras AID Cey ION at thst period, ere identical
with those 81 or Spasmolic Cholera
Tle sIt.in 1l lnoitO4 cannot Boz cittn.-iy O. al-l
- any earlier epcca Ile Bralmiaicsl fec'-A''
indeed, vaguely notice somewhat similar disease
90 having prevailed among the Hindoos Do remote
antiquity AID B0ntias. practitioner IN baisFia'
about two centuries rgo, dcsrri bes. under tne
name Of Choiere bilhnus distemper then preVa-
ient ia che D0tch settiementat Java fatsenecff'
BOO ia inc works % Hoppe ates, -hreitni' jose
pnps, and Lscltps dc Llsbonno, ave Oecu az
vanccd n proof Of the antiquity Oh Che lera and some
hsve supposed thaf f this pes'lcnc WHICH ln if
time OF Ming iiezeksh. overlook the Afsyr'sn army
and sr0te ln night. hundred and our score inpN
fsrf men ilt whether tlf-e ancient plaques w.
rsslr sossrnodie Cholera cannot now 10 determined
cclafa trsces c i- existence can be found beiofN
tie cui rcak of tie H0rl do c4f aud tbs d.steinp~f
We know never spread beyond tae cennnes %. mas.
In 1-. however. the Mff NJ ftfi ourft iuii h htn-
cal with cStraoronary ualian-iy, hn1 "as iplnd %
have changed s character. so longer orsAzed ia ~
tropics IL Wss oleerrc1 10 travel rapidly westward
, men rar 10 rs1nda fro y its rate snd cuursn
that il would soon invade the continent Ct Europe Inc
circumstances OF this DISASTROUS outoreas-ine ongn OF
the monsiiy under watch We are no" 'nnering -ao-
garve affsuiire cor. sheraton The OFeIlyM oi t"-
river 4 nrcs haf ssse.ci o. grcstcr hight th-n usu-
the annual inundVion OF the msrtny Pi7ns auJ t'."'
Cities and village appeared lie houses IN me mast o
temporary 90 40, covered with iunsmerso.e oo7i'
aud taversed even by vessels OF 100 tuns oaf1eh te
whole country round jefG0re vas one sheet el Nhiei
ari those jan ally marshes. snown a. tne sun1elDea
waich srs terseried by The num0eFess Gems oiu
calm eir either quite overr0wcd nor yet quite dry
bot led ot pufrescent m.asuia
IL WAS under sgch circusssancei sss-F aied y t.s
h3ss OF August that the nss. seizure o-eorIs d .es
soro = hc mortality spread rapidly am ong the popaa
ton injecting chiefly The miserable Tarahs "no ear
bT excessive toll uDieT vertical SD ony aoVs "a
day, AID who live IA -suai,a novsi. crow - 80 -
fn fhe h.lhcst quarters 90 me town ~ le"
I'D nyl s1fis sixth or the population. Aal pen
Tee civil courts closed, business VS. No.
"a the wes,rhsr inhabitants rcd IN crowds 20 ihe
country Within month the disease broke ont ~ "a
rutur shout loO miles % the southwest, brought -
s..ne say "a iaslivss from Jcssore originating 20.
t.eecusiv ~ Others suppose ron tne same o'"s y.
10Th f'sces Here also !; commitiei ieNi@i iA''t'7
.s-g7n- daily 10 persons TIA migratory character
..,r h.,n.4 terribly appsrenf within r." weeks i'
h,. ov.sf.ss every tosTn and village within an srta
90 several thousand square miles iioii L. n, ~, =.
east 60 CUtiacs ia the wesL an" 4-l. m, Fl ~ -
rhr GsngSa - aar- % - cora-eact = ie 80 -
Frara III. rsnlfs, district tie P9-tence NsFe., y
three principal streams one lowing pu-A''e'' '.-s
~ i-,,..a,i ,,ast u Madras another. sou-ieis-
ons the opposite coast Of the bsy o. DeAshi ~.
can sad ih5 Mslsy peninsula fhifl "es' 80
thr valley OF The Gsnses 90 htiis-ul', 800 n
card srfnv rnsstins OF i9vvv -nuns - ,-
Sl5 s-,- $50 Va. assembled uncer the Marquis
oil Hastings .t o..
rbe southwestern stream tooA twelve month. 70
roach Naarss. IN six months more u u-I N'S-'. ~
- p nth osst OF Ccyio n, waieh isahl u ai, 49,
/ -, . - 49,, n vss conveyed - the I-tf, irs,ie
I "a -te Nau-i.us where & sqPear,d ~ Nol D,
5s. sou,h eastern stream Travelled more $500 -
O., ~ TO-. months % reach Arracan' .ua lNe-' ''
, descend along the coast 20 the May = -,
81. p,,tish settlement CT Penang tah i-i'n' % -
J ''e :. \. s..-,-,s thr-afau-ih- Of ire fofli-llA
49, :, .,.3e IA. way through linasra JAWS ana -
500 I.l,gis 10 nmor Is extreme te.s- 49, t'
.-,.-essirs u the sane time nor--Naiu pr ~. f
! ,.~e fsisrd. where ID declmstea in7 1'l ~
| Ii 80, 80, tie Chinese AMI Europeans eceast
/ 49,, I'D ,u.ri. ana butchere1 May t-.-'----'' t
| r,r-ssnah Dutch settlement on ne Nri''l- 80
| -, n carried Oh the whole garrison tN'eP' en-.
,sr sal running uoTiaward, vn - y -.
c.nton ravsrci lekn IN Isl 80 49, ~, l.. 49,
C1ir. f,r several years. passed 70 gfrs' - 90 ~
| 80 .,r.sa through may paris oi $40 49, -
| -. rhe-rfsrs though the assertion = s.
- f-a sn.5s tie tssis OF theory o. Sa'-i. ~ F'oy
s-s.sr that this disease cti5 ifafe-s @'-s 49,
80, ~, strrn s.reaui travelling aooli ~ 80 p
tus -. sss r-rioclcsl mous0on. ard injecting
- ana sr,-r.ns others @. The towns A. = -
,.-t resebei early November the 4. l's ----y 4
/ ..-~.--l IN low ground. on me la-a. ei .-e 80
| - ,Ts .sr,p lnto az hospllsL Nile tl.-sA-- ---
! r... q 18Th at whom were tr -lsi 2t 4et19
$500 -, III flowers persisted ~ wees ice So
| - .. .f,sn seized ~ his post 49,
| '-.,'-.-.. f,,-a third m AZ. ana ioaft' y -
! ,..-.s succanh before the t"o So 80 ..-,. i,
- ,asv tel ds~n ia ccar --sl-ls ~---,- - :. -.
s'i---'. z, tta hospitals me ntis.- "a
| -..s 80 fIe1 VITA TIE afs-' ~ - - -. :. ~
IA -. 800 wanting For miles -feli.-. % =
- ..s-L,,-srs were strewn y itn i1- '-li, 49,
no as, ,,,.ght safety 10 f.shi. ana "asu y -
n-a s.-f s-ir Chief Determined - now - p ~
tae ,L-, n,sr,n the lae OF mareA P's-'-e
o. q -. hi battle aeld. Nor was u ~ = =.
| aepss hi-n nos.r0n ~ krirr, ~ iA-,es - -.
\ Ie-S.'sS a. hangs ,f the Bet~sh, ins' INC N'''
,h.r he, : q suosidt -. 4 - Aucu,t Isis. n
~,-i..i1 twelve months. ihst u - 49, h.. -nur.
| Ni.-.- strssn. OF the epidemic pafsIht -. -
wests1. cs.re. and Il. tributary tne .-iN-.1 -
along .' ~, snre.o.nz also 70 ssnarsnp4.e - a.
reecoeu ,,,,.,.s ,rs, within the ~ssIsll $3.50 - =