Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-08-12

Tho ChsAera ia ConssansinoRls-lts
Progress EIsewnere-Whsn ft
may be Hkpec1ed Here.
From Our spSslai CorreSbondsst. -

ConsrANrISopis, July II, 1885
regret I'd be obi I'd To-Day TO contradict
the statemsnt -wbich I-uads week ago In
reference to the health of this city. The
re representations then made by the Health
Office gave US every reason to hope That the
cholera had not established itself here, but
it ID now pertain that 1t is ntt only in the
Arsenai where 1t itst sppeaieS, but is rapid.
ly spreading through the neighboring quar-.
ters of the city. ----. -
As is we'll known, the present epidemic
| commenced in Arabia among the unususlly
large caravans of pilgrims to Mecca. Thou
sands of these died and the disease spread
almost Immediately into Egypt, appearing
| first at Alexandra. " II rLlllk j
1t was brought from Alexandria TO Con.
stantinople in a Turkish frigate. This yes.
sci arrived In the tiarbor with several caset
Of cliblera on board but there was q, high
Pacha on the, shfp who did not wish to 60
into Quarantine, so he ordered the captain
and surgeon to report all well on board
They did So and the ship was allowed to
pass up the Golden Horn to the Navy Yard.
The next morning Is cases of cholera
were removed from the ship to the hospita!
of the Arsenal The captain aud surgeon
were at, once thrown into prison, and the
Pacla himself died at his house within a
week of his arrival, hut this did not remedy
= Eight days after the removal of these cases
} to the hospital, tile epidemic broke out with
new force at the Navy Yard, and some cases
occurred in the neighboring Turkish quarter
of the city. .''
Eight days later still, l. e. on Thursday last,
it appeared 10 various parts of this quarter,
and few cases have appeared in other parts
Of the city on both sides Of the Golden Horn
" II is estimated at the Health Office that
the number OF new cases is now about fifteen
day and Increasing, and i am informed
that the deaths will amount to so per cent
of this number, but doubt the trustworthi
ness of this last estimate. Probably the
: lighter cases are not made known to the
authorities. '.'4
e The period necessary for the incubation
8 of the cholera would appear to he eight day.
II was observed that the same time elnpseo
r at Smyrna between the first case ut til,
E Quarantine and the first case in the city.
IT w0u.d appear that proper Quarantine
established on the same principles us that
/. against yellow fever, will prutcct city from
i the cholera, but that when such Quarantine
o Is neglected, and cholera cases are admitted
. , the disease is certain to spread among I'll,
;. people. 1t is u fact that ut the time wher
a the cholera was introduced into CONSTANT
= nOpc, tue Sencrai ne"itn oi tue CITY Wa
? much better than during the corresponding
0 weeks of previous years Even with th
Il deaths by cholera, the mortality last weel
$ was much less than that of the same weel
. last year, when we ! al no epidemic.
There is reason to hope that the diseas
3 may at least be kept down by this genera
! good health Of the people. In former year
tn. cholera has visited Cons:antinoplc bu
y never with great severity
Il The ravages of the cholera at Alexandra
e and Cairo are frightul. Nearly one houS
n and dedthsd day are officially reported a
l. these places, and in the chief towns betwee
). them Every one who can obtain the mean
n is flying from the country. The Niccro
& himselfis in Constantinoplc.
n Ir Syria the disease has already appeare,
: at Beyrout and other places on the coss'
= but not yet in SO violent form as in Egyp,
q At Smyrna some five cases day are r,
d ported. .aEl,.
a In view of these facts there can Sc hu
y, little doubt that it will sweep through Tul
: key into Europe, and probably reach Amer
IN ca during the coming Fall, or at turthes
: next Spring 1t has all the characteristic
" of the wors. epidemics of past years.
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