New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10
TEE QUESTION OF CONTRACTION.
EVIDENCE AND EXPERIMENT.
The Influence Of Fear.
HINTS TO THE SANITARY BOARDS.
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HINTS TO TIE SANITARY BOARDS
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IF6urth and last srticle.l
Is CHOLERA CONTAGIOUS !

Within tho limits oi compact pracAca
trsasa we cannot With profit to the reader, aud e
the attainment Of that handy usefulness, which. frou
yhs first has been our sinee aim IN the preparation oil
ese papcIs indulge zeal by engaging in tie ire
prsssbe conflict which this vexed question seems IN
eolye-s words windy warfare, which viii not cease
10 be waged SO long straight facts can be wronehed
and twisted 20 the needs and Tricks Of mere wrsngng
10 hong as medical EpJaims IRE joined to their hobby
IDOLS 30 long those who have the power TO estahsh
And enforce quarantine regulations ind Their personal
advantage IN tie exercise Of that authority But since
Bis BY both houses conceded that Cholera is con
nf.ods tie most rigid quarauiine that sagacity ar"
experience can devise and rmness enforce arc mpera
lively demanded Tor the protection of popuiaiionand
not on the other hand contagious srch quaran
tines are not only useless but Infinitely pernicous by
their tendency TO plunge in extreme sefy the hund'
lreds families and thousands Of individuals who are
dependent upon the commerce they suddenly blockade
and the labor they suddenly discharges and 80 10 en-
courage tie existing which most poteDy invite
She disease while the same tine they Brighten OF the
humaner agencies which alone cen prevent conquer or
mitigate n-berefore prefer TO take this question
sharply by the throat ard 70 declare our positive con-
s,us!on deliberately reached through careful Gamma
zion ard comparison " al the evidence brought fJ
ward on both sides as well from unusual opporuni'
hes 81 observation in tie very laboratories AID hot
beds Of this atmospheric poison that not single case
-ve attes.ed and clearly. completely demonstrated
Of Cholera transmitted by aionewth the per
soD clothing excretioIs eflvs, of another case
--hs ever yts been cited; and this We say in full
knowledge o. al the quasi facts and proofs elnbo-
rated by the glorious minority Of coHtsgonists whose
doctrine naDlcsty ten9s first 70 make victims, and
Asu 10 leave them prcstrste and unbeaiended; for
faufo nurses Cholera and the doctrine OF Contegion
pstronirss Panic.
10 cav that in India pnetyrine OUT Of every
iusored ply sieians Of any professional respeetapIty
utterly foBt thing prtpostercus' Tine CohIegioh
scare crow ana the majority Of them regard II as
enhance sufficiently noxious to be ahated by law. On
This subject de present writer conferred during Two
years with numerous medical officers OF the most
accomplished .ttainments, ard complete experience IN
N, service az the Eas; India Company well with
many Of the Surgeons Of the Royal Navy attached to
lie china sDd IDdis squsd1Onsi yet he csnnot now
remember oBo who did not soo the notions Of the Con
tseonists; ard when we consider that these never
teess Ow upon their rolls here and there an eminent
name We can only wonder at the commonness Of
soteaeis aud the pneommonness OF common sense
In This connection we cannot DO better than quote
s'Tba. some cities ard fortresses, which established
rigorous qnaIanline regulations, tsye escaped tie
disease is very true; bat 1t IS also true that otheI
.l.ces Immediately adjoining those Which were at
lacked have escaped notwithstanding thai every pre-.
sautioBary measure had been omitted. 1t Is further
true hat Numerous cOultTlet cities end iOrIesses VA
ted and enforced the most severe and preventive
atons--that they adopted them early and enforced
nen with TgOT-aDd yet the disease appeared among
then. All thas quarantine enacinents can GO toWaiu
yteyeptirg TIE spread Of disease rom one county 10
another hos been done Russia Austria and Pruss
"In Russia immense lines OF troops were drawn 10
ayre,t its progress ST Petersburg was entirely sur-
rounded BY oorGons saniarts but all these regulations
enforced Sy a pow erul and despOtic Government were
uHabe prevent the approach aud Tie spread Of Cuo
ere throughout the Russi1n Empire. The efforts OF
Austria sere equally unsvaling Cor in short time the
disease passed her triple toaoHs and invaded fhe com.
try from Poland. Prussia employed o0O0' o. bes DcS'
troops 10 enforce her rigorous RESTRICTIONS se lra'e
or, hear testimony r. bs severity with which they ere
enforced. And hat have been tho results turning
n Tae kmeriean Journal u Medical SceHces for May,
1862 An immense expenditure OF none! tle hvspn-
sion Of conmeree. stop put to industry. muNtuoes
deprived OF the means OF acquiring Subsistence, ana
whole families rendered (sco'a6H sRttesJ or ht disea
hn. stop TO the extension OF We dlseAe-on tne con
Srsry is proSra rls rendered Uors jGfaI As an IN.
stance Of this reslau may serve a. an illustration and
. warning 10 other cities That cry contains 1Vv
tphabitanfs-sctive commerciaLaDd industrious, many
II them man u5acturers ard artissts Quarantine OF
SveIty days with the difficulties almost insafmonn
sbe which 1t entaied established at the borders
n the province, aud maintained with rIgor which
might serve ~ q model to other nations. But In the
ni1si Of this apparent security. woman A'lng IN
damp part Of the town was STACKED by tho Choere,
ADD IN few days the disease spread Ire most minute
rseasches On the tart Of the public authorities conia
not discover any communication between this woman
and any stranger goods suspected OF Jeing iueeted
But when the disease spresd. tie authorities saw TOO
Its mo Deep injury their sanitary measures nae M
aleted.'
Taught by lanentsble experience. Eusis and
Austria and Prussia have Withdrawn Their coTdohs
and acknowledge not only their inuti pat has tbcy
are productive OF immense evils. Indeed, ell the hatons
II E9tofe are abandoning severe quarantine regui~,
lions and IL Is to BIZ hoped that the cities Of the bted
hstes will not sdopt them but place ali their reliance
f the prevention Of Sic ais ase on the removal OF
those causes which IN all countries have appeared TO
GOdoee it.
Win such darkness Us that Of the 81. Petenburgs,
Moseows and Breslaus OF nbscity before &C. lie this
time 70 slip On the eOloshes Of Coutagisn, a. Hans
Christina Andersen would say and tep cut ilto the
aAddle Ages Of I'umlgstioni
20 what purpose. to set Up the mares nests Of
certain professional Piekwckisas Us all this tediou,
hewldermsat Of wrangliug. when at every turn the
earnest and honest inquirer encounters such facts
shsse that flowf We shall take them find them
yainly and sturdy arranged In the excellent worn
sssdy quoted; and content ourselves with asking
10y fesass who may have previously qualified hmsel
answer by learning from school boys "spelief anC
Asaner" the meaning Of the word COnsssi0n, whether
Cry ere Of them couh under any circumstances DO tru
q . disease not distinctly non -contagionsf
!. Tie great numbers attacked simultaneously. an
vAe hAA psevioossy had intercourse with the sci
sfsct wSish al writers on Cholera sinit-esnnot b.
eeeosstsd @s witAo supposng the disease to DO sim
ply spidsrriA.
IL. The general exemption from the disease OF med
81 and other attendants On Cholera cases
l. DR.. Jameson says THAT Of bstyeep go ard 3O