New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-03
SANITARY INFORMATION FOR TIE
PEOPLE
THE NECESSITY FOR HEALTH REFORM.
The Epidemic at Other Points.
NAMES OF THE DEAD AT TYEEE.
PEocEFpIYGs OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

TIE peeui ar poison which mani,ests itself in 10
Gsease known 80 cholera thus baed all the re-
searcf,s 4 cence The subject has been studied with mora
gence by medical than has been devoted to any oth'r
bet the results have proved almost whe
compared With he labor that has been bestowed upon its nn
ture and II has given rise TO all Of plausible
speouaons and has been regarded inhanUs
ton the digestive tube affection OF the sympathso
an spinal paralysis Of the organs Of ercaaon
a. m affection Of the intestinal absorbens ADD .
disease # the blood originating in miasuac caufe.
The tortured reveal tine secret but siderea
euYe magnetic apprecia atmospheric chsDses
have been satisfactorily with s appearance either
iudemicay or epdemicaly; aninalcuar and funguoGs,
gowths been asked TO account for it in vain, and ts ~
mary cause fD remains hidden from scientific us cnfe
is ss much mystery that OF typhreye The mateTa
nsdca has ansacked for specific and although mary
have been recommended deserve tho No remedy
for the disease found aud the chances for recovery
among sesen the disease only be safely
dated upon the of the uasOn taken into the system
and the quantity force w ., the paent brings to bcsr
against IT,
Tie psthogDomonic characteristics Of cholera are kroVr
An intelligent physician tell il when be it, Tho
liquid Olosss sbaminous dojecous the muscular craups
tho weak pulse caiaverc aspect Of the features and tho
entire body the blue shanken cold and shryeled skin tic
husky voice dync Of the membranes OF the eyes
nose and month the falling physical powers the uniIpairod
ineee-n three words the living corpse cannot be mrs
He the ephsal coating Of the intestinal canal
floating the objections of bis patient, and he knows tho
struggle with deaths bui he poverless lie knows that
the longer patient lives under attack OF cholera the less
the danger half the deaths within "a hours lie
that the end Of this time in favorable reaction
begins take place; the skin becomes and moist 10
(Which had suppressod begins foY the
tons established the cramps The thirst diminskt
the circulation begins and the struggle Is decdf
between he and death In favor Of the former by refreshing
seep bat he does know how produce these results
Choers il known to be Tsnsportable poison The vbes
history OF the disease however from 1877 when it first
came sweeping epidemic, down to the present moment
shows eopclusvely that il is not contagious disease In ta
interest Of science physicians have innocGed themselves
with the blood bile and the discharges Of cholera "a,
tents without any evil consequences. IL always follows tie
lines OF communication between nations IL extends in all
directions with equal facility but depend entirely for
its advances upon the Of persons who have been
exposed the infection 1t piopaEates itself rapidly under
favorable circumstances suddenly loses s wagnance in
tain places and reappears in others obeying law WHICH,
although undiscovered seems to be peculiar to ITSELF
Cholera believed to be coutrOlable poison. Every
enemy foul air indirectly the enemy Of cholera Existing
specific poison it be aided by all other poobs
which originate from the oyercrowdng Of human beings and
the decomposition osanius aud vegetable matter strong
solution of suphste Of ron cartoo acid end heat at %? de-
grees Fahrenheit destroy it, at least this is the testimony Of
the best hygienc authorities in the world today Being
fermen yields to those agents which arrest fermentaon
but this fact concerning the poison TO have sppcs
ton TO the person sick Of the disease The ony treatment
known to tho medical profession that is in tastwo
thy pophylactic They cannot cure the patient bot Il 10
possible control the poison Putreaeton may arrested
the poison be destroyed by chemical agents the
dote is stn hidden from the most diligent seekers.
THE CHOLERA INFECTION .-
his report the Prvy Council of Britain upou ire
public health Dr. Simon perhaps the best authority in tho
fiction:
The doctrine this subject WHICH in my opinion
the present Of knowledge DO accepted
The basis Tor wsssursnsy De stated in Tie
following propositions: That when cholera epidemic IN
Sous perhaps. with only The sSss. Sssrss Of drSes
may they migrate be the means Of converting 20 other
infsctivensss belongs pson,ry Il no. sIclssrs 70 the
matters which the patient discharges By pargog and
psrsvey at che moment when they ar. dis.
charged but subsequently, while undergoing decomposition
acquire their maximum OF nfecye that eholerso
discharges cast away without previous dsiniecton mpart
their own ,SaI s6S q, :. toe a %: VI:
they TOW or soat and 70 the says which those matters
nss or 'ns % or
small quantity to wells other OF drinking
the huid that the ways single pa
tent with slight cholerac diarhes may powerful IN
hap bic presence unsupported things such Is bedding
and clothing which have been inbued with choeraie dis
their infectious properties and be the exciting
rse outbreaks wherever they sent tor washing ether
purposes
HISTORY OF THE DIsSAsE
For centuries the existence aud rsyages Of
fined TO the place Of its origin the msrhy mouths Of the
Ganges in India Saddcaiy lssping beyoud their narrow
limit assembled in 1917 Jsssore MALAGA and 70 Jaws.
destroying 600 nbsbsns out Of sporusfion Of fcoW.
Next it visited Bendres and Bopeo, and swept through
Bengal trom Calcutta Bombay in ss Thence in the TO-
loving year II spread the Aolusas and the lsles o.
France Bourbon aud in $780, passed through the BeTnsn
empire and desoa,ed cbas from Canton 10 PekiD.
Soo sfer turning 10 the north and west reached Persia
IN ls2l aud spread icon thence to Bssorsh sod Basdsd
Arnbs Two years subsequently, ii aud felt at the
base of the mountains fCsueaus the Caspian Sea- and
1896 appearing Siberia the Polar region Thence
the heart Of the Russian Empire and number
less sttesed It's presence POWER rstersbnreh
and Moscow in 1890 .........r
The following year successfully invade! Egypt IN Aines,
Poland Gaieis AustrIs Bohemia Hsngary ava Pfvs
.s Europe. Continuing its fearful progress teFossea "~
and showed itself England whence lsspog Toe 'hAh
le broke out at Calais the 18Th Of Mafeh 1871 sud soon
after reached Paris having in that giant Journey mn OVER
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