Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-11-29

| 1t was supposed to have been introduced
in an emigrant ship, many OF the passen-
gers of which had died from it during
the voyage. Two days afterward it sp
pearek at Montreal. On the 24th, New
York was attacked-the cities and towns
! along the coast to the north entirely es-
/ Gaping. From New York it extended TO
Albany, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, New
| Orleans, etc.-most of the larger towns
| being visited, but some unaccountabIv
| remaining exempt from its ravages. The
hrst case III New York occurred at the
corner Of Gold and Franklin streets. The
| patient was native male citizen. Some
cases immediately followed in Cherry
street; the subjects were Irish emigrants.
who had arrived at Quebec in the autumn
OF 1881, and had resided in Albany until
| the month of Nav, 1882. when they had
| removed to New York. On the 2Sth the
disease manifested itself at Bellevue Hos
pltal. Inc patient was an aged woman
who had not been out Of the, institution
Tor three years, and who had held no
communication with the CITY. Reade,
Washington and Duane streets, the Five
Points, and the whole region Of the Sixth
| !" ara We're visited By the epieemic with
| fearful violence. Rotten Row. in Laur-
ems, between Grand and Broome streets,
was another deadly centre of the maladv.
| IN All these places, as we'll as IN the 9TH
srs where 1t ragged with the greatest in
1ensity, the local and removable condi-
lion OF general insalubritv were very
abundant.E
The epidemic reached its height IN
New York on the 2lst Of July, from
which period it continued to decline. L;
dld not finally disappear from the Uni
ted States for three or four years
So much. for the first epidemic of Asi
'tlc cholera. In great Britain andzIre
land over li5, ,OOO cases, and 40. 600 deaths
occuroed. Ia the cities of Quebec. Mon
treat, New York and PhiladeIpbia. en-
oracing az that time about $50. 600 inhsb-
lants, there were over .IS.O 600 cases and
5000 deaths.
Europe and America remained free
from the pestiience for several years. III
dla not, however, die out in India: and
IN May 1916, II broke out with extreme
severity at Iehersn, in Persia, carrying
on as many as 300 a day for several
weeks those who were alta. Ied drop
ped down suddenly in a state of lithargy.
Sno az the END OF two OF three hours ex
pred without any commissions or yoni-
uAg' out from complete stagnation OF
the blood, TO which no remedies could
restore It's circulation" At Kurachee.
near the mouth of the Indus, it prevailed
with terrific violence-more than 5000
perished in few days.
Entering Europe almost by the identi-
csl route It tr8yersed in It's first visitation
the cholera ravaged parts Of Russia and
Turkey during the years Of IS47 and
1913 Il then declined in violence. and
hopes were entertained that it would dis
appear without visiting the western
countries which had suffered from it 10
years previously. But this was not to be.
Nhen once this fatal pestilenoe enierges
nom ITS birth place, II never stays It's
course at the out set of its travels
wherever there Is food for 1t, there
1t goes, with certainty that ought to be
appalling, but which civilized man has
lhus iar almost entirely disregarded. AT
ter short period of remission. il broke
out with increased violence, and during
the latter part of IS4S, prevailed through
Germany, France and Great Britain.
On the 9th OF Nov, 1913, the ship New
YORK LETT Havrs for the CITY of New
ork, with 80 passengers. There was no
cholera either at Havre or Paris when the
vessel sailed, ana the passengers remain
ed healthy TIL they had been out sixteen
days One OF them was taken i'll with q
disease resembling cholera, another snd
another case followed, until, when the
vessel arrived atSt8ten Island, on the 4th
OF December, eight or ten had died. and
as many were still suffering from the dis
ease Cases continued TO occur at QUAR-
anslne among the passengers and the pa
tlents OF the Marine Hospital. A few |
days alter the ship arrived at quarantine. |
an individual came from there TO the /
city, ana stOpI ed ut a German enligraut
house On the corner Of Cedar and Green
wien streets. He was attacked with the |
disease, ana being carried back died in g |
few hours. On the llth of December
another case occurred in the same house.
This house was excessively filthy, and
contained upwards Of 200 lodgers. most |
y emlgrants. One other case occurred
at No. ISL Washington street. and then
the disease ceased It's ravaqes. In all
there were % cases and 1S deaths.
But as usual 1t was only resting from
Its labers. During the first week of Arril. /
Io4J, 1t reappeaFed at quarantine, and by
the 3Jth oi May 43 had died of il. Inthis |
city 1t made lis iEruption in the most fl
thy regions and among the lowest of the
pOplation.
Meanwhile it had appeared at New Or
leans and mad spread over the greater
portion OF the Eastern and Western
States; the emigrant parties and military
expeditions on the prairies suffered Sc
yereiy from it; many tribes of Indians
experienced Its attacks, and the mortali
ty from 1t in California was fearful. II
did not entirely disappear from the Uni
ted States TIL 1850, and in 1854 became !
very violent in some localities. In 1853
and 1854 1t prevailed again in Great Brit |
ain, and in 1855 and 1856 the allied ar
mics in the Crimea suffered intensely
from the pestilence. Since then, until !
the present year, if any cases have oc-
CURED in Europe or America, they have
been altogether isolated and exceptional. !
Now, however, we hear from the East
that the disease has again broken
through what may be called its normal
limits, and that it is rapidly spreading
over Asi2 Minor, Southern Africa, and |
Europe.
On the 10th or 1Ith of May, the first
death from cholera occurred at Alexan- |
dria, in Egypt, the disease having been !
brought TO that city by pilgrims return
ing from Mecca. From that date to the |
10Th of July, $500 deaths had ensued /
from the pestilence, and there had been |
10, 600 cases in a population of less than /
10000. Rosetta Santa and Zagazig were
attacked about the same time. In June |
it had reached Cairo. On the 18th of |
July it appeared at Constantinople, and |
almost simultaneously several cases oc- |
Cured at Ancona. From Alexandria it
was imported into Marseilles in a steam
er, and it is said few cases have already
occurred in Paris. That it viii visit our
country ere long is as certain as any
event in the future can be. 1t behooyes
us, therefore, if we value our own lives
and those of the individuals committed
to our charge, to inquire into the cireum-
stances calculated to mitigate the VIC