The Portland daily press., 1865-09-15
THE CHOLERA.

TO the Editor Of che LevqHt Herald:
SrR ;-During the prevalence OF the Cholera Nor
thatmay tend h the better knoweeee Of the my STE
rous disease anu its development may be acceptable,
anu have therefore taken tho liberty Of aol essing
Cholera can be communicated
1. BY persons direct, who carry the seeds Of the
disease Tor Initiated airl with them.
q BY clothes or other articles used by the sick.
3. BY infected vessels or lazal ettOs which, though
isoIated are too near healthy towns ami these gener
ntng vitiated air, 1t soon passes the imaginary bOun
aar IS OF qualantIe.
In proof Of thess assertions j may remark
LIST. The cholera, In the present instance was in
tTouuced in Arabia by pilgrims from InGia, bringing
with them the see4s OF the disease IL uid not Oe-
velOp Itself until the period OF the Courban- baram,
whom the thousands Of animals sacrineed, Of every
size, from camel downwards, were LETT to putreiy;
the eHiuYium combined with the ascent of The huly
hill by the pilgrims bare-heaaeu, Ia burning trop-
cal SUM- ana the Tree use OF all kinus Of unwhvesone
nuits anu vegetables, was immediately succeeded by
the outbreak OF the disease At Ijeluah it assumed
O comparatively mild form, only ttn or cent Of the
cases proving fatal. The pilgrims ON their passage
Though Egypt communicated The disease Which uTl-
fortunately proved to be Of much nUre htal tyne.
The Cholera was also introduced into turkey, at
the commencement Of the Crimean war, by fren1h
GallipOh 1t was whispered n few had occurred
curing the voyage. The troOls weTe how eVor, land
ed IN afew days Cholera ragged, anu the fy ch lost
upwards Of 1000 men from the disease in this town
alone. From Gallpon the disease introduced in
| to the French hospital at Abydes " lev PATIENTS
attacked with the maady sent from thence. Nearly
the whole OF the other patients shortly after tax
en- with Cholera.
I'd. The disease from Abydos hospital was eommu-
ncated to che DardaneLes. The HTst persons att :
ell were the washerwonian and her OaL CATER, wiO
washed the dirty linen sent to thon from the hospit-
al. They died, anu the malady soen spread Ia the
Sd. During the present outbreak ofthe Cholera the
precaution o. placing in quarantine the vesse.s and
passengers from Alexandria has not prevented the
malady from spreading beyond the Vessels and
boundaries Of the lazarettocs, inStanced ut Con-
Ala NtiDopie smyrna and the Dardanelies, where 1t
Comm enced chiefly In the immediate me- ghBorhood Of
the Lam -etto. IL Is certain the EgytAn irgate should
never ha. = been admitted into the vicinity Of Con-
atantinoDe nor the steamers from Aexanul IN allow
Ell 10 anchor 4ar Smyrna the Dardanelles, still
less the passenge ane in the different azarettCs.
Security, as Tar as "s say 3ge % TINS Wy stoas
preventing vessels frOu INJECTED places pertaining
their quarantine near hsaitny 9Nnsi ier, although
the disease may not de cop Itself with the sane IN
tensity IN one place another, owing 70 atmospheric
other causes, still there u no doubt that tholera
can be communicated when tie vicinity is too cse,
through the medium Of the air, BssItgre quarantine
and ali its present regulations
Some distant point should have been chosen for de
complete isolation Of vessels coming from AeXan-
dria and there to perform their quarantine; for IN
stance one Of the numerous isanos Of the Arch Ella
go, hs away FROM any Of the thickly populated towns
in Turkey. am, &C, +. q.
d jlcrdaneAes, Jwlg 20.
since the date Of these last communications, this
ghtfI disease has been extending It's ravages west
ward from Constantinople.
Timely precaution may prevent its access to our
shores, or at least, mitigate its severity Tho most
vgiant and energetic efforts should be made by hose
upon whom the laws of this State have devolved the
duty Of adopting sanitary measures for the preven-
ton of the spread Of contagious sickness ~
It Is to be hoped that the Boards Of Health and mu-
M Spal officers Of our cities and towns, both upon
the yea coast and in the Interior viii exercise all the
nac vary authority with which they are clothed by
the IA N Chapter of the Revised Statutes of the
State nd prevent II possible the ingress of this ter
rlbe mai adv and that they will to it that ndivi-
mails arr 1os All 4wed TO infringe Its provisions with
IMMUNITY. SAMUEL CONY,
Septic dst Governorv Maine.