The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-04-26
9ailp Mlountaineer,.
CHOLERA-WHATCAUgEs1T

on this coast during the coming sum.
mer. The better its character is. un-
derstood and the nearer thorough the
precautions taken against its introduc.
tion hero, the better. DIR. Dixon of
the ScaLpel says of it,
Cholera is not produced by a vegetable
fungus or moss; it originates in human
filth. Wherever human beings corr
gregate in close quarters and in vast
numbers, in a confined atmosphere in
THE country, there either typhus fever,
malignant dysentery or cholera infan-
tnm of our summers are produced.
Asiatic cholera is produced by an an
imal germ. 1t came first to this coun,
try in a ship, in June 1882 1t first
appeared in Quebec, passed to Montre'
al by the l4Lh, and was in New York
on the 25tb; no doubt. however, it
was conveyed in the bodies OF travel.
ers, for it can only be propagated in
in animal organism. That it is an an.
imal germ we will now endeavor to
show: First, it is not like yellow fever,
destroyed by frost; it has proved very
fatal in winter The only animal, we
have any reason to think, that dies
from cholera is the hog; the hog chol'
era of the West is very fataI the symp.
toms are similar to those OF man
Second-We never had Asatic cholera
here till 1882, although tho same con.
ditions essential to its propagation
dense population, confined air and
Glth-always existed and always pro-
duced their results, typhus fever, dys-
entery and cholera infantum-but
never Asialic cholera. Cholera is de-
fective vitalzation of the blood, or
: or want of pure air, producing nutri'
tion. This causes the relaxation of
the contractive, powers of all the blood
vessels of the body. The entire tract
ofintestines opens its myriad blood
vessels, aud all the abuminous or
fcsh making material passes off from
the bowels. II is rapid cholera infau.
tum, only it prcys upon adults chief.
1 ly. Not singe case of cholera oc-
CURED on board the Atlanta in it's spa.
, cious cabins during all the terrible
death -scourging among the poor steer
age passengers. What can be more
convincing There was filth, and
/, confined air--animal poison in its high
est degre-depressirg the aeration or
or life renovation Of the. blood not
producing tpyhus fever, but cholera.
Thesolids of the human body are relax.
...t.a. * n blnod loono ;to l;ca r;r;p n.
power, ana animalcules can act readi-
!, ly, perhaps enter the blood.vessels
themselves. These animalcules un.
questionabIy could pass by the wind
10 the inhabitants ol the spacious cabs
ins in The posterior part of the vessel,
but their bood.vcssels and nerves
were in good order and kept the tbs.
sues tight enough TO prevent the ems
trance of the exciting germs.
T Without endorsing tho medical the.
ory of this writer, it is clear that there
ia a close relation between cholera and
filth. ttis we'll known that the dis
easo is limited and controlled in some
good dcgrce BY sanitary efforts. All
undue excitements and alarms In time
Of cholera only cause it to rage with
I great fatility
" In 1913 9, where this scourgc qp'
peared in tho principal cities of'the
Mississippi Valley, the population liv
lug upon the filthy streots near rivers
And low places, rceking with garbage
and ordnre, were swept away with
fearful rapidity, while on streets kept
carefully cleansed, and where sanitary