Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-27
THE CHOLERA IN THE EAST.
More than Forty Thousand Victims
Abatement of the Disease
correspondence of the n. Y. Evening Post.
CONSTANTINOPLE Sentnmh her Ii 1Sl;.


CoNsTANTIN0PLE September H. 1865.
IN my last letter gave some news of the ravages
Whch the cholera was then making here among the
lower classes of the population 1t has now greatly
subsidized, though frequent cases Of snasmodic char
acer still occur; As the Government with the view
VI aiayng pnolle excitement and panic forbade the
huolcatlon OF the daily deaths, it is only now that
the reports show that between forty thousand and
MY thousand persons have been victims to the cpl
uelhlc. Inc Government did all in its power to aid
large number of doctors at its own expense to at
tend upon the sick. Many of these acted with great
eIclency and courage in the midst of danger whilst
3ItnerS evlnced sad want of manly feeling and
shrnnk from the responsibility which they had as
Sumed for the sa Ike Of the pay allowed them. Even
the clergy mostly of the Greek Church were terrible
towards, and many concealed themselves lest they
should De called upon to visit the sick and the dying
MEASURES OF RELIEF-INCIDEYTs
ADD mere, with pleasure, that the Masons of Pera
converted Their lodge into hospital, and visited
aseae The Sisters of Charity also abored zcalously
ana among these as well as the physicians some fell
victims to their benevolence Ambulances We're car
red through the streets in search of the dead and it
Is believed that some persons were buried too soon
More than one instance is stated where the supposed
victim came TO life In time to save himself from being
cases are almost amusing if indeed so serious an in
ilSht. Many persons died of pure fright and others
have lost their senses from the same cause.
Many plans were proposed by medical men to pre-
vent tRe disease, and many more to cure it: but in
most OF the cases. attended TO too late the victims
cunipeu. Many private individuals used medicines
with which to the disease in its first stage and
almost always with success everywhere If is a
pleasure to mention the American missionaries es-
tabllshed at Constantinope. They devoted them
selves to the benefit of the poor with commendablc
zeal and sef-sacrifce. In some cases mixtures of
laudanuin rhubarb and camphor, with sometimes a
lew drops OF peppermint had the effect of checking
the dlarrhIa and vomiting. and warm applications
ana careful diet finished the cure With difficulty
however could the lower classes be induced to ADOPT
healthy regimen, and abstain from living as usual
entirely upon vegetables and fruits. the latter too
often unripe. The government eventually had to
prevent the introduction and sale of these in the
capital. " ~
As an instance of the fatal results of fright NAV
state that workman in the Mint, having heard that
IN the fatal stage the hands and feet became black
by mistake in the dark rubbed his hands and arms
with a dark solution instead of camphorated spirits
when suffering from slight attack. and in an hour or
Two expired, from the conviction that his case was
hopeless one Notwithstanding the efforts of his friends
TO conEnce him of his error. The cholera even pen
etratcd the arem of the Sultan. and carried off ten
OF MS faTortes toge her with large number of SER
wants lie became it is said, excessively alarmed
ana as ne suffers at times greatly from flow of blood
60 t1e neat ms physicians are continually in fear OF
fatal consequences He has however, not been at all
troubled with It, On the tete of the birthday of the
Irophet he had to go in procession to IL mosque and
the Whoie street through which he passed was thor
Oughiy fumlgated as he proceeded