New-York tribune., 1866-04-27
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY APRIL s7, 1866.

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clr - Jacob schwaI aged - ye.-. admitted De
o. died -" Couplrc Suppression Of urine blue collapsed
and cold admitted from barracks worked IN graveyard
bayiag dead Ice.waer in lnesiines Patient denied na'
CAsE xvii" Mary TaJlor aged 10 years admitted Get
Rice water discharges Dee G; died Dec 10 at9am Us,l
symptoms Of cholera upon pos-mortem."
Upon further inquiry your Committee asce.tainel ,fe
general facts from Drs Ford aai Guelele the discharges
generally rcewater in character rolsa cramps wore
marked past epdemics tt Of the patieTs
suffered from abdominal spasns and from muscular
spasms Of extremes. AL died 10 collapsed condition
oep sw who died Of secondary fever Eyes and ieaGIes
| sunken and skin liyid anl blush in all cases.
In the skin presented the corrugated and parbaed
appearance Of the washerwoman's hand
Exalted temperature Of the body geBersyloOEed
TO- but was noticed in one 10 hours after death
Suppression Of urine noticed 10 al cases.
Dr. Ford states that discharges found in the
Dtesiines in about twohiris OF the after death
Gueke remarked that discharges foud
in the nestnes all the which he examined mixed or
tinged with a little bile.
Dr. Ford-Cod tongue and codne5 OF surface in most OF
tie cases.
Dr. FordIt my opinion at The time that these cases
Asatio Cholera. ! reported to the Commissioner Of
Emigration. sny opinion s'iH and their history CORE
sponis with my observations ali past epdamos Of t dis
which have witnessed This fact particularly noticed
These patients had had communication with the Atlanta
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Dr. Gueke regarded these The time cholera and
so registered them in the Death Book Since he has
changed his opinions and considers them acute rghs dis
the second stage. Still be admits that such cpl
demic and characterized by such symptoms emarka
bic and thing unknown and unprecedented the annals Of
medicine.
From analysis the foregoing facts your committee pre-
sonts tho following summary and OPgi0Hi
The epidemic question preceded by an unusual
prevalence Of dysontey and diarhcl Beginning the 2d
Of November he date the fatal case continued until
December 90 when ceased upon tho advent Of cold frosty
weather.
The whole number Of 81 Of which q proved fatal
the duration the disease ranging from % minutes to days
giving an average TO each Of &C hours.
Most o. them were and children suffering from acute
disease convalesoen from it principally typhoid feye and
most Of the cases occurred IN the same building.
Symptoma;oogy Of cases follows The a'iack was
ushered in by vomiting and rcewa;er purgng followed In all
the fatal by abdominal cramps Of very charac
ter; sunken eyes features blush vd skim cold tongue
suppression Of urine collapse In Of the cases there
muscular pasms Of the exreus and corrugated par
boiled skin.
Upon pOst-moriem examination there found rico
water discharges ines;ncs Brghfe disease Of the Kid
ney the second stage 90 called D. and in eleya
ton Of the temperature Of body above that which existed
during fc
The opinion Of your Committee ia that the symptoms in the
cases reported were Characteristic and pathognomonc Of
Epidemic Asiatic Cholera JAMES CRANE. M. D.,
J0HS o. Stone ~ ID.
I concur in opinion with tie Committee.
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