New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
A Case Of Cholera Asphyia from First
to Last.
LEAVING TT TO NATURE
Death IN THE COLD STAGE.
fFirst Article.I


Epidemic Cholera, like the Plague and the
Yellow Fever is main branch Of the Universal
Sanitary Commission of Almighty God-armed will
Esrculean powers to turn river of death through the
Augean stables of the Worlds filth and lewdness and
dLnkenness and ignorance and waste; and in The
name of tho King Of TerrorS, to compel from purple
and fine linen and sumptuous fare trembling TecOs
milton Of their mortal brotherhood with nakodness and
starvation and ptful squaOr. For Scott says 1.-THE
Bsgar had scrgeon to dress, or ointment to molly
garment to hide bis so that the dogs
fr very pity came and licked them but his name
Lazarus. signifed God nay HDer So Epidemic Cholera
IS famous seOurcr of coDsciences well sinks,
rlstcry Whitewater of hearts as well es sewers,
rtential disinfectant of "shoddy' and petroleum
well garbage-moral as well as medical Inspector
General to the King of Kings.
But it has had in its time, some awfuIy heavy
contracts on its hands which, for the stubbornness
stupidity and stencil 20 be removed" we compare
with known anti-nuisanoe movement, unless, pei
laps Job of New York STRENGTHENING in the days.
For instance: in 1892 according TO Lebegne de
Prese the Cholera in a-yistaon to Upper Hindostan
removed nuisance consisting OF 30 600 natives and 500
Europeans.
From TIA TO l1al It secured the COromanGel Coast
and at one period destroyed above 60OOO people from
Cberigam to Pondcherry As everywhere else in the
world the Pcriats were its FIST and fayorie victims
In April 1855, about million and half OF devotees
isd as embed on the banks of the Gauges at Hurdv ar
70 celebrate religions festival OF peculiar popularity
Upon this frantic herd the Cholera barst in fury and
literally cleaned cut" 10000 hystencal heathens in
eiyh, days.
On the 10Th Of August lsl7, DR.. Robert TYLER who
p-actced medicine at Jessore about hundred miles
northeast Of Calcutta was called to visit Hndoo who
had been attacked the night before with violent pains
in bis bowels, accompanied by purgiag and vomiting
Dr. TYLER found the dying. and was about to re-
port the case to the town authorities as one OF poison
ing when Ire learned that. in the same part 81 the
Bazaar ten other natives had died with the same symp
toms and in another Bazaar seven others ara that the
disease had attacked many persons ii the street. 1s
was Asatic Cholera and in two months il had swept
Of more than 10 600 Of the inhabitants Of Jessore
Speb was the origin Of the "new pestielce," as 1t
usei to be called which after overrunDIg al parts o.
India where it has prevailed endemically every year
and extending TO Bilmah China and Australia ATaoia'
Persia Russia and heart of Europe finally reached
this Western Continent by way Of Quebec ana MOB
treal in June ls32 Jessore has been styled Il the
rrsds of the Cholera" because it was not until It's
irSion there in 1917 that the disease attracted anx
ous attention in Europe. Besides, Cholera ga moi
tpoe,r AZ an Epidemic at Calcutta until September
l7 and for the years preceding not single case
had been treated at the general hospital for Europeans
,,t., busv mart But that year it ragged throughout
e CITY of Palaces and So 600 persons were attacked
- tho a.. three months Of it, visitation 1t extended
IN .los+ eerv direction Ground Jessore, TO the dis
,o,os oea,o miles and it has been computed that at
least COO coo persons died Of Cholera in thiryiwo cities
IN si7 At some of tie towns and military STATIONS
NE invasion was 50 sudden that the roads were covered
With the dead and dying who had not time to regain
ssjr tents or houses Men mounted On horses were
,e, 20 al, from the saddle unable 10 rise again. The
st week IN November it broke ont in the grand army
,,ds, tse command OF the Marquis OF Hastings con-
,o.s1 Of 10000 English and $1,000 sepoys ara en-
,.n.a on ,he right bank OF the Betoah On me MIN
"a .1,h days TIE mortality became so great tna'
.e,ns;y seized the brayosi To the usual upioaf ana
,svetv of a camp succeeded mournful silence only
broken 5y The groaus OF tic dying and the Lamentations
othe survivors The principal roads ana he!ds alounu
the cam were strewed with the dead bodies Oh thos'
who had thought TO escape by fight 40 e1PreSsion'
can truly describe the spectacle oil desoat4oh "cA
this army, bu, lately so brilliant, now preseh'cu II
twelve Gays 90 men had died, ind SIN greater
number had fed. Those who remained. overwhelmed
BY 90 rightfa disaster dsregarded the voice o. ihei
cle aud sought only 20 save their lives, or stnn then
fears by debauchery" We recall here the dreadful
-r~.lries = Captain DOwlags reckless verse" 1he
Sag ofi DYING"
"1 zee nsIy .ssd hal Is shaking.
re nsny caeck that 9 SANK
Bas on .no.Sl Dld a6a & ara breaking,
They II burn with the wine we We drunk
30 stand TO your glasses. steady
Ills here the revival LES
i cup TO the dead already,
Aud huiTah for the next that dies
"There IS q mist on the glass congealing,
lis the hurricanes fiery breath;
And thus does the warmth OF feeling
Turn IN the grasp Of Death
Bol stand 10 your glasses steady
For a moment tie yapor flies:
cup TO the dead already;
Hrrrab for the next that dies /"
Happily the Marquis Of Hastings marched his army
ecross the Betoah and pitched his camp on dry and
ss7ated ground, where the disease subsided.
m lsis the pestilence advanced from Madras toward
.ne south; all along the coast numerous towns which
aa escaped tie preceding year were Tow dcsoated by
snghtfa mortality Hardly fewer than $4,000 peo.
re oed In the Presidency Of Bombay In 1919 from
~A'era alone. Entire villages depopulated. AID
great was the panic that the Of many vessels,
7n with cotton. deserted end fed In the night Al
.snDay nearly 10000 persons were attacked. Ban.
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