The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-31
Cholera.

Cholera.
From the concluding article of series IN
the New York Tribune o. this topic, we
make the following extracts:
Cholera is strictly an epidegic, existing by
force of mysterious poison jifused through
the atmosphere Whether the influences
which prodacs this poison are "telluric."
"slectro. aCnetic," or ''animalcular," we
know no better now than we did fifty years
ago.
Cholera moves 10 the form of a volume, or
field fof greater or less extent) of poisoned
air. It's rate Of progress is comparatively uni
form, aad its track not more eccentric than
may be accounted for by the influence of
| prevailing winds.
As soon as it reaches any given place, all
tue persons residing in, arriving at. or pass-
ing through that place, who may be predis
posed by certain conditions herepbefore sta
ted, become the select objects of its attack,
however widely they may be scattered, and
without regard to their possibilities of com.
municating with each other; it is sufficient
that they are included in the choleratio at
mosphere.
Cholera is never BROUGHT comes. If
passengers sailing from a port of France,
where the epidemic prevails, arrive in an
American port, whittier ii has not yet come
bringing with them the germs of thu
disease alive in their own systems, thoe
germs will not grow and spread in the new
! aud healthy air, but will wither and die out
| for want of their natural pabulum-the cho |
| cratic atmosphere.
But if that atmosphere accompanies them,
| then the germs will flourish and be propga.
| ted. This is why she cholera did not extend
| in London in 1881, or in New York in 1913,
| although it had been introduced and per-
| sons had been exposed to its infection The
| cases had been brought, bat the epidemic had
| not arriced. On the other hand, lit spread
| like wild-fre in Paris, in 1882" bsceiss the
| epidemic brought its own cases along with It,
| But the presence of the choleratb atmos.
phere is an essential condition of tie spread
of CHOLERA. Without il, few aggravated
cases OF CHOLERA morbus, in individuals rem
dered peculiarly susceptible and smpsthet-
| &c py their local aud personal ACCIDENTS, are
| the worst that need be feared nd we be-
| iievs that such examples of choaa morbus,
| occurring during the prevales Sc Of an actual
| epidemic. constitute large proportion of the
| whole number of cases counted Us true ohol-
era. Upon prepared nervous system, it is
most natural that the fsrcer disease should
beget its kind, even though the progeny may
be of weaker powers.
TIE INFLUENCE OF FEAR.
If anything could ssadsE sb";s sfa eonsa Of
| panic-6s when, wanting contagion OF IT'S
own, 1t rides on the oontagltn of fear. For
| fear dlmInishes the nervous power, depresses
and snfeebles the action of tis heart, dstraots
| the blood from extreme vessels, and deranges
| the sec-etions.
The tendency Of fear says Dr.. Brig
ham. sis to produce andspread spasmodc
| complaints. aud to become epidemic during
| great public calamiJlas. ! not only dispose-
a person to bs affected by a contagious dis
ease, but actually produces disease, and
symptoms similar to the prenonitory symp-
! toms OF cholera" He csis attention TO the
/ fact that a person wkse mind is cen
| stantiy on the alert TO desct some symptoms
! OF the stomach or bowls, who anxiously
watches the effect OF evey thing he eats or
| drinks upon the organs digestion, will be
| very certain to create iul hem morbid sea
sibiliiy, whica will bs Pliowod by indiges-
| ton, diarrhoea, or othr arrangement; and
suggests that there Is Feat reason 10 appre-
! bend that many, very many cases of cholera
| If not produced by fsaralone, are aggravated
| by 1t TO dangerous egree; and cases of
common cholera" az Transformed through
the influence of fear, iro the maligusnt and
fatal. ''At the preset alarming time, no
! duty OF medical men, md of all those who
have influence over t1 faith of others as re-
CARDS the epidemic, SENS more imperative
than that they shout steadily endeavor to
quiet public alarm, nd constantly abstain
from creating any fes about the prevalence
| of any disease, and ts contagious nature
Hundreds Will die ofcoBsns0a cholera If thew
are not assured, all made to believe, that
the disease which fleets them is not the
cholera which their ears suggest. in such
cases every look, anl question, and action of
physician is very Important. He has it ia
hls po wer, not oniyto endanger the lives of
the sufferers, but 10 spread around far
more dangerous corsgion than that of chel-
era-the eonsagIon,f fear; to drive from tbs
bed of sickness theanxious relatives and use
tul attendants, pasy the hand of charity, |
and create in those Tho are obliged to attend |
upon the sick deposition to disease cloae. |
ly allied TO, if not IDENTICAL with, malignant |
cholera; for the passion of fear falls in and |
unites with the disease, and attacks and |
paralyzes the same organs.
A man was one, journeying in the interior |
OF Turkey, when he met the Pestilence,-
IVY here are you rom ?" he asked From |
killing 1000 peops in Smyrna" replied ths |
Petiience. "Tha's lie" said the mar, al |
know that you ave killed 6,000 persons /
there" No" sid the Pestilencs, IL killed
1000, and Fear killed 1000
Adults exhibits much more lively suscep.
tibility to cholera than children, the appre
tensions of the laser not being 80 easily ex-
cited. 1t has bean observed that the little
ones enjoy remarkable exemption from the
ee.sasse: and its attacks are to be looked for.
ipi the most part. among the more intelligent
pan OF i've or six years and upward, who
80 80 oe,iVeo ftom what they have heard or
IS depressing anxiety respecting it-as
OF some invisible, mysterious calamity. which
- s,eaiing upon them and those who are dear
:. s;. mem. In children. fear, like other pas