New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10

An attempts TO prove tina, the disease was imported
into Sunderland and England In 1901 failed and the
opinion that was not imported at all became very
general, not only at Sunderland but throughout In.
gland and especially among the members Of the medi.
cal profession.
On the 2sth OF April 1892 OF the last meeting for that
session Of the famous Westminster Medical Society
uhe members Of which, by their profound learning and
their intimate acquaintance with the disease we're o.
well qualified TO decide this important question a. any
other body Of men IN the world the prolonged discus.
SION F" on the nature, character. and treatment Of
Cholera Morbus" concluded by the adoption Of the
following resolution. DR.. Granville moving, and DR..
james johnson secondiDg:
THAT the Westminster Medical Society. having de.
voted the uninterrupted space Of six months 10 the
serious and dispassioDate consideration Of the maady
which has been prevailing in England since the latter
end OF September last, and especially In the Metropo-
lis aid having heard the several arguments, deposit
lions, doctrines ard facts of the many members prac
tlcaly. well theoretically engaged ia that i'm
poriant inquiry declare that IN the opinion OF the ma
ory Of the Society the evidence brought forward to
prove the said maady to be contagious disease hds
eomplety failed and that epey Circumstance which has
come knowledge Of the Society shows the disease
In question To have begun progressed and ended IN the
ordinary way of every other Epidemic disorders"
that is. a disorder which falls at upon great
numbers Of people.
guarantees to exclude the cholernic atmosphere can
therefore be best appreciated by such he who COM
planned that he had caught cold by sleeping In the
Park with the gate open.
| Says The Medico Chirur9icdi Rerier'
| Medical men viii see how much they Will have
in their power when the Cholera comes to pronounce
or withhold sentence of desolation upon community.
The word ContdPion will be the word Of doom for then
the healthy will fly their houses and the sick viii he de-
seried but couDtenapce and bearing devoid Of fear
will command the aid. and inspire the hopes, that are
powerful TO save in the most desperate cases.
THE INFLUENCE OF PEAR.
II ANYTHING could render Cholera conta gous would
he the eneryating influence of Panic-as when, want
ing oontagion OF s OWL II rides the contagion OF
fear For fear dimnishes the power depresses
and eneebos the notion Of the heart deract the blood
from the extreme vessels and dersnges the secreons
Fear" saws DR. Falconer (Tr,diise he HHfasaos
the Passions The Dis,dsss Of ne Human BODY dimu'
shes the power Of the heart and eneebles the pulse
sometimes TO sueh degree that the blood does not flow
opening blood vessel Fear also arrests the natural
secreons and renders those who are frightened more
| liable 10 be sttscked by contagious diseases
~ Virey (Diof. dts Sciences Msdioat) says Fear
produces arrangement Of The secreons cold prespira
ton recession " the blood from the surface TO The
heart and diarrbeo, with coldness and paeness OF the
, skio,'
ALBERT (physoiaeis des PdniozD says. Fear IL OF
conta gous usture. ard It's effect upon the body ~ 10
produce occasion Of the blood from The exterior 10
The tendency Of Fear" ,ays DIR. Brigham. lis to
produce and spread spssmodc complaints, and r. be-
come epidemic during great public cslanities IL hot
only dsposes q person 10 he affected by conthlous
disease but actually produces disease ara =! H.
similar 10 the premonitory symptoms OF Cn""ih ne
calls attention TO the fact that person whose NINA
on the alert To detect some OF as-
ease 81 the stomach bowels who anxiousy watches
feet of es erythin he drinks the orsaus
of digestion win be very certain to create ~ tbem
morbid sensbiiy hich will be followed by Indigestion
I .a-a~ -
there IL great ~ that many very many
cases Cholera produced by lear alone are agra
waited by 1t to dangerous desree aud cases OF CON
mon Cholera" are transformed. through the ibDoehee
az fear INTO the malignant and fatal AT toe present
alarming time 10 duty Of medical men. aud MI ibo,e
who have influence the faith OF others 10 reg fus
the endemic seems more imperative than that they
should steadily endesv0r qnei public alarm and con
ssntly sbsian from creating sny fear about TIE prove
lence OF the disease. and ts contagious hAiIfs aS
rcd. will die Of COMMON Cholrd II they are rot assured
and made 10 believe that tue disease hch Affects them
is not The GoLra which heir fears ,1gfe,t IN 'neh
cases every look. and question and acton o.
IA very IMPORTANT lie has II In bis power not only 70
endauger he lives Of the sufferers but 10 spread around
far more dangerous conisgion than That OF ,ho'eta-
the contaglon Of fear; drive from the bed OF sickness
the snrious relatives and usc!ll attendants p,lsy the
hand Of charity and create In those Who are Obliged TO
attend upon tie sick disposition 10 disease eo'e!
allied 10. II not Identical with mshgpaot cholera. i.1
the pas.on Of fear f, 10 and uIies With the disease
and attacks and paralysis the saae organ,"
man was once lourneyng IN the Intel Tor Of Turkey
when be met the PestIence. Where are you ffom =
he asked. Prom killing 1900 people IN Smyrna" re.
pied the Pestilcnee That's lie." said the man. 81
know that you have killed 5000 there" No" said
The Pestcnce 81 killed. Q GOO. and Fear killed 400"
| Adults exhibit q much more lively susceptibility TO
Cholera than children the spprehepslons OF the latter
NOT being 90 easily excited. has been observed that
the little ones enjoy remarkable exemption from The
disease and It's attacks are 10 be looked Tor Tor the
most part among the more intelligent children OF i've
or 81, years and upward who have derived hoL what
they have heard or read depressing snxety respect
ing it-as OF some Invisible. mysterious AID fearful
calamity which IL stealing upon them and those who
are dear to them In children fear like other passions
IL soon efaced but IL 10 also more sadden and power
full in them, and far more likely to operate dangerously
upon their delicate and susceptible nervous Organise
tons when by their intelligence and imagination. they
are In O condition TO entertain It.
HINTS TO TIE SANITARY BoARDs
II is curious that when the attendants employed
about Cholera cases In the febre state attacked.
they arc never seized with ordinary fever. but with
genuine cold blue cholera Nothing therefore. Ia more
certain than that persons may arrive In COR ports ap
parenty lsborng under common fversh indispos'non'
who really are suffering under Cholera in the febrils
stage.
Dr Lefeyre observed that the epidemic Cholera on
us first invasion battles al attempts to conquer III
but that It gradually loses It's intensity and toward i's
decline becomes % ractabe other disorders Oh the
aneptary canal" Many other observers have par
icuarly noted that the deaths are everywhere most
numerous in proportion 10 the whole number attacked
At the commencement Of an invasion.
In crowded. filthy. and iI-ventlated places. where