Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-09-29
[WHOLE NO. 1856.

i ou' ny ihiectcu Nceoels or IhZnrettOf
which, though isolated, are too ncar
healthy TOW MS. and these generating
yitiated air, usoon passes the iinagin
any boundaries Of quarantine, ...a
In proof Of these assertions I may re.
mark: First, the cholera in the pres
ont INSTANCE was introduced in Arabia
by pilgrims from lpdia, bripging with
thcm The seeds Of he disease. IL did
not develop itself Unfit thc period Oh
tho Conrban. Baifam. When tho thobs
ands OF animals sacrificed, Of every size.
from esmcl dowvwaud, wero leit TO
purify, tho .illuvium. combined with
Tho ascent Or The holy hill by the lil.
grims, bare headed, ina Luriiing trob
ical sun, aud the FREQ usc of al kinds
sof unwholesolne fruits nd vegt tables,
was Immediately succeeded by the out
break, CT the disease. At Dicddah i,
assu med4n comparatively mild form,
orly ten Ter cent Sg abs cases prusieg
fatal. The pilgri4s, oh lncir psssasv
tEropgh Egypt, communicated The
disease, which, : sunfortunatcly, proved
TO be Of a moro fatal type.
The cholera was also introduced into
Turkey, at the commencement of the
CrimeaD war, by French steamer
with troops from Algiers. AOn her
arrival ut GaIlipoli it was whispered
few cases had occurred during. the
voyage. Tho troops were. however,
landed, in few days cholera ragged,
and the French lost upward Of two
Thousand men from the disease in this
town atone From Galipoli the dis
easo WAS introduced into tho fredch
hospital at Abydos by few patients
attacked with The maIady sent from
thence. Nearly the whole of The OF her
patients were shortly after taken with
cholera. W nf 31sff
ed. The disease, from Abydos hos.
pital, was communicated 10 Tho Dar-
daneIles. The first persons attacked
were the washerwoman aud her duuch
ter, who washed the dirty linen sent to
them from-sn~Se spital.. They died,
and !b0 malady SOON spread in Tho
town.
Sd. Daring the present outbreak OF
the cholera, the prccaution Of placing
IN quarantine the vessels and passen.
gers from Alexandra has not prevent.
ed the maIady from spreading beyond
the vessels and boundaries of the laza.
rettoe, as instanced al Constanlinople,
Smyrna and tho DardneIes, whore il
commenced chi,fy in the immediate
nelghborhood Of The lazaretlo. II is
certain the Egyptian frgaie should
never have been admitted into the vi.
eiuhy OF Cvustantinople, nor iao steam
ers irt m Alexandria allowed 10 anchor
near Smyrna or The Dardanelles, still
less the passengers landed in the differ.
ent llzarettos. Security, as far as we
can Judge OF this mysterious malady,
eau only DO attained by an early atten.
ton IN preventing vessels from infected
paces performing thoir quarantine near
healthy towns; for, although the dis.
ease may not develop itself with the
samo lulensity in one place as another,
owing 30 atmospheric aud other causes,
still there ia no doubt that cholera can
be communicated whom the vicinity is
too close, through the medium OF the
air, malgye quarantine aud oil its pres
ent regulations.
Some distant point should have been
chosen for tho complete isolation of yes.
sells coming from Alexandria, md there
10 perform their quarantine, for IN
stance, Quo OF the numerous islands Of
the Archipelago, far away from any OF
the ,hiekly populated towns Of Turkey.
am, &c, i. &.
Dcrdunolcs, July 20.