New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-26
The Russian Epidemic.
gerl.n Corresp0sSeH,e Of The Lc""O''
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With reference to the Russian epidemic, the
Berlin public are not particularly anxious. Although
living neat door to st Petersburg. and in danger Of
getting the maady at first hand they yet pooh pooh
the dea OF being infected IN The way OF mere Rus
sah" The fact ia. they arc in the habit OF looking
upon themselves as something utterly different from
the children Of the Car that both with regard TO po
l,tcal and nhvsical dangers Russian events are but
slow in working al impressou on Their cohhnehl
minds. Russian epidemics more particularly they are
old of bling to existing extensively on the
other side OF the frontier and ceasng exnctY where
the last Cosack mounts guard al the las; border diich
The Rus workingman lives upon cabbage fish, sour
ISL beyer lges and ginj has an instructive anilpa'
thy 10 the application Of water IA his body,
both inside and outside; and especially in towih
and in Winter, lodges with saving eye u
space eQualed only by the inn and Lepander IN ms
Toe. bound hut Hence certain degree Of typhus IL
among the standing Affections of ST. Petersburg, ond
perhaps never dies out entirely III that most unhealthy
Of al localities that could have been selected Tor car
tai Built uyOn swamps. and so undermined by sub
terraneaD water courses that IN many streets the pave
ment can be hardly kept In practicable slate II Is III
OF indeed in regard to the natural CONDITIONS OF It's eh
It's canals while supplying the only drinking water
acts as the only Of gigantic capital, and II WI
stead of using every precsution 10 render the place
habable have done all In their power To make bad
worse According TO what the ST. Petersbnreefe be
eye the number Of births at the splendid seat o tht
az official statistics unreliable, private estimates
can be regarded az apprO1natNe only, and.
perhaps err AZ far upon the ono sice az Inc
Government on the other At any rate variety of cir
combine to render St. Petersburg shot bed
Of disease Endemic and endnrabe in ordinary times
sickness every now and then. will assume epidemic
and Ing IN enormous proportions commit
rayages such unknown in the civilized countries
of the West From official report gather the fact
that in 1875 no less than Sie 100 were seized with cpl
deical maladies in all Russia OF whom 10000 died
But large these figures appear, they are contra
dicted by another official report stating 34 OW people
10 have suffered from cholera alone with mortality Of
ti24 In le4e the Minister Of the Interior reported
TO the Emperor that In his vast dominion ,os6 ~.
people had been in that year infected by cholera. 0
whom no less than G65 OLE succumbed. In both cases
the inalady passed the European frontier Of
Russia; but soon as IL arrived on German
soil its power was broken its viruence tempered
and the number OF victims reduced 10 one-tenti
and below. Thus Ear the same favorable change
has been witnessed in the present instance also VIII
IL lasti lime alone show. We have TO deal with
combination of epidemics uncomDODly dangerous In
itself aud which in some cases, has been already sue
eesded b, the worst Of all the monster ~ monsters
he killer Of and beast-the Siberian plague. The
Prussian public hopes all may pass over fsyoraby the
are disposed TO demoDs the necessity OF
ia ending well natural grounds but the clergy In
The eastern provinces are invoking the mercy Of Gcd
Almighty that lie may stay His upfed ann and ward
off the evil .
that Ths Nor,tr Pos the official organ Of the Minister
Of internal Affairs if II does not give VA particulars
ON the ,uerngs of the day. makes for the deficiency
Iby pubishng report the state Of health in the
metropolis in le6l. Judging from president We may
Therefore indulge in reasonable hope OF being told in
SEQ ali about the epidemic Of 1865. With view u
colecting useful intelligence at an earlier date some
doctors have been officially dispatched from Berlin Il
/ Isl. Petersburg and tho shores of the Baltic.