The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-07-29
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General History of
THE CHOL r Il A .

attacked a body of troops at Gt,njam, coast
town 535 miles northeast Of Madras, which
latter place it reached during the next year.
In the V ear 1888, it attacked many the ma
tiveinllabitauts Of India, and twenty thousand
deaths occurred. 1t then disappeared; but in
1877 it again appeared, and fairly earned its
name as a terrible epidemic disease. In Jcs-
sure, India, y ten thousand deaths in popu-
lation of sixty thousand took place. From In
dia it was supposed to have been conveyed by
ships to Maurtius, the Dutch East Indies and
China. In 1921, it had reached the Persian
Gulf: and, continuing western progress, we
find it on the banks ofthc Tigris-thencc into
Caucasia and, finally, on the 14th of Scptem-
Der, 1880, it reached Moscow. Taking the
course of the great rivers, the Don and the
Volga, the dis case rapidly extended itself over
Russia. In january, 1899, the cholera APP
pcarcd at Edinburg, on the 14th of February,
at London, and in March, at Dublin. Calais
and Paris were also attacked in March.
The ninth day of June, 1892, will ever be
remembered as the period when this scourgc
appeared on the American continent. 1t ap-
pearcd at Quebec, where it was also very Sc
we're in 1919. The first case in New York
occurred on the 9th June in the year 1882,
and the disca disappeared in October. 1t is
estimated that IN the fourteen years, from 1871
to Is 81, the disease carried of eighteen mil
lions of the inhabitants Of Hindoostan. The
number of cases in England and Wales i'll
1912, was G3,256; deaths, 2O.726. In
Scotland 20, 202 were attacked, Of whom TO-
$50 died. In Ireland, there were 81 552 at
tacks. and LII deaths. In the city Of Lon
don there were II 900 cases, and 5,215 deaths.
The disease visited Spain and Italy in 1886
and finally disappeared from Europe in 1873
The appearance Of the cholera in the United
States created great panic, and probably
many persons died from fear. In Quebec,
Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Albany, Norfolk, and Rochester, there
were about fifteen thousand deaths during
three months.
1t will be seen by the above that it is COM
paratively easy to ascertain the origin and
VI lilC CIlulClu VI loo. III cl'tltlll-
ic Of 1852, is not so clearly traced. 1t is
alleged that it made its appearance at Cabul
in 1913, and pursuing almost the same course
as in 1882, it reached Moscow in December,
1917. In May 1913, it reached ConStanti-
noplc, and spread throughout the Damubian
provinces. The cholera appeared at London
and Hull in September 1913. 1t disappear
cd i'll December, and the whole number Of
deaths in the United Kingdom was 2,lSO.
1t is estimated that the expense of funerals
exceeded five hundred thousand pounds ster-
ling, and the cost of the disease altogether,
was about two millions Of pounds. The only
mingham, where not Il single case occurred,
although half the inhabitants of Il small town
i'll the vicinity were swept off. In New York
the cholera appeared in May 1919, culmina-
ted in the week ending July u, when there
were III deaths; and disappeared in Noy,m-
Der. In some Of the Western cities it was
much more severe.
The cholera at present has not risen to the
my Vi uh NpibSillt, tliIl llic CtlSlittul vi
lS54 will bear no comparison with those of
1882 and 1899. 1t first appeared during
the winter Of 1851, at Sunderland, Eng
land. 1t is a remarkable fact that the choc-
IA Of 1882 appeared at the same place. The
first case in New York was reported carly in
June; but there have not been sufficient
number of deaths since to excite anything
like a panic. The cholera is now raging at
Chicago and Montreal with great violence. 1t
has reached st. Louis also, and will probably
20 down the river to New Orleans. By ac-
counts published in another part of this pa
Ter, the disease is making terrible ravagcs at
jamaica and Barbados.
The above is but slight sketch of the rise
and progress of this terrible scourge; but since
its first appearance the attention of learned
men has been directed to the phenomena ac-
comparing it. They have robbed it of half
its terrors by demonstrating the fact that it
may be cured if remedies are applied in its
carly stages. One example will suffice to
prove the truth of this statement. In 1882, the
town of Blston, England, was ravaged by the
cholera One-third of the inhabitants were
attacked in less than seven weeks, and one
third of the number attacked died. DR.. M'Cann
a distinguished physician, was sent down by
government. lie open dispensary, and re-
qucsted every person whose bowels were in
the slightest degree disordercd to come to him.
They did so, and he gave to each an astrin-
gent aromatic opiate medicine. Simple idea,
was it not 3! 1t stopped the disease, as these
| figures will show. in the five days preceding
the opening of the dispcnsary, 227 persons
died, in the five days following, 1874 died; in
the next five, SO, and on the eighteenth day
not one fatal case was reported.
We cannot impress this point too strongly
upon our readers. Check any appearance of
dialrhGa, and if accompanied with cramps
let the body be rubbed with spirits. Where
the looseness becomes serious; lose no time in
obtaining the advice ola physician. Every
| person should be possessed of sufficient