Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-24
A full account OF the Workings OF the
Terrible Disease-Seventy per cent
Of the Cases fatai-immenses sums
OF Money Appropriated for sanita-
nv PURPOSES.


Of the Cases fatai-im mense sums
Of Money Appropriated for sanita-
~ Purposes.
The Malone Of Florence publishes the follow
ing communication from DR.. CALICO, director OF
TIE medical L'fmpaT=igle, on the seriour cpl
demic nov prevailing 10 Russia:-"We have re
ce.Yed from DR.. Tilleur, physician to the Grand
Duchess Maria Of Russia, who has just arrived
from 81. Petersburg, some important details re
speeding the disease now raging n the capital
This mslaty appears 20 be neither fever OF an
intermittent or continuous nature, nor yet
simple typhoid fever; bat Il certainly Is very viz
ulent and dangerous. According TO the opln-
ions Of tie Russian physicians il ia the same ie-
YER that Vas observed for the first time IN Scot
and in the year 1919, and denOmnated IN that
country the Intermittent lever, from the length
Of the intermissiOus and prolonged attacks. Tbs
fever is usheiei in by cold. shverpg, altering
with remarkable heat from ~ deg. to al deg
cenugrade. or loo deg. Fahrenhcit,l the pulse
betting ~
Great NbstTai0n snd disorder are observable
IN the nervous actions, although the state OF the
mental faculties remains unaltered; frequent
pains are felt in the head and limbs, great pain
Is also felt in the left hypochondriac region, and
an examination OF the pslpitstion and percussion
proves the spleen 20 have immensely decreased
to the liver being likewise affected by the malady
The initatory attacks of the fever last from seven
to eight DAYS and terminates with a very cOpious
perspiration After the FIRST paroxysm, an inter
val occurs Of seven or eight days, during which
the patient appears almost as we'll as ever but at
the expiration Of that period, second attack
manifesls itself like the first. but accompanied
with still greater pIostratioD. This continues
also about seven DAYS, terminating like thu other
lid
paroxysm declares itself after further interval
of seven DAYS, one of the symptoms being a
burning thirst and complete anuersm, and the
patient sinks into the most profound state OF
prostration The rate of mortality is eight per
cent. and the victims OF this malady die during
the second att ick, usually from kind OF paraly
| SIS or through serious arrangement of the nerv-
Gus organs with real decomposition OF the blood
and enormous increase of the spleen.
| The liver also becomes greatly enlarged but
the ntestnes. Oil the other hand, are either found
| healthy or else hardly cOngested. Everything
has hitherto failed shorten the duration of the
febIile attacks Salts or quiline, given in large
| and small doses. have been quite Intellectual ia
overcome the attacks characteristic of this mala
| dy. In the second paroxysm, in which there J;
| increased prostTation of the forces. the mcs'
powerful stimulants have been administered
such as moss wines, alcohol, ether, camphor, etc
but they produce little effect The chiei
cause of this disease is supposed to be the arriva
| in ST Petersburg OF an immense number o
workmen from the neighboring provinces, ant
even from the most distant towns. Ii ia sale
there are just in the capital 43, 900 workmeI
| more than the usual number. The consequence
of this il that they cannot ind work. and are 0b
lged to live in unhealthy localities, and 10 lv'
upon the black bread. which contains this yea
much more horned rye than in previous years
alt has been discovered By chemical analyst
that this bread contains one per cent OF hOrne'
rye in the -four with which it is made. Thu
every working man living oil the same may b.
calculated 10 eat 100 grains OF horned rye pc
diem. Besides this, the oxen, COW. and othe
animals being longer slaughtered at ST
Petersburg, but at Moscow whence the meat i
dispatched ready prepared the heads. hoofs
feet and intestiIes OF these animals, which pre-
| yiously formed one of the staple articles of sus
| tenance Of the poorer classes, on account o
their cheapness, are no longer 70 he had at -
Petersburg, and the poor are row compelled Il
live almost exclusively upon the above men
toned bread, which contains injurious substances
partly contributing to produce the disease il
question. The malsdy Is exclusively c0nfne
to the poorer classes"
The epidemic il still committing fearful rava
ges at St. Petersburg. Official returns as TO th
number of cases have altogether ceased OF late
but from the large sums voted by the metropoli
tan authorities. or supplied by government, som
idea may be formed OF the extent and virulenc
of the malsdy Besides 900 600 roubles contrib
red by the treasury, 400 additional beds hav'
been placed at the disposal of the town, an
large subscriptions made by the princes and arts
tocracy. The town, too. has opened new hos
pital at cost OF $4,000 roubes, considerabl,
augmen,ing at the same time the funds of thu
various charities and aiding the converts in th'
care and reception of the sick
The malady is stated to have broken out orig
inally on the other eide of the Ural Mountains
whence it slowly threaded its way towards s!
Petersburg. increasing "a it went. and culminqt
ing at length among the destitute classes of al
unhealthy and densely populated capital. In it
steady advance towards the west il has nov
reached the Prussan frontier, and in milde
form, already shown itself in the towns of Kon
igsberg, Dan,zig and Gumbensen In the Wal
dai hills. 10 the southwest OF st. Petersburg
whole villages are said to have been depopu
lated.