New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-08

70 Ceylon, and before the close Of the wear
appeared in the Mauritils and the Isle Of Bour-
non At the same time it advanced east
and south, invading the Burmah doIdfhfons
attacking Siam, Maiaeca and aSumatFz and
reached Canton and the PHILIPPINE Islands in 1920,
subsequently extending its sravages into China and
Iartary. Upon reaching Hndostan il paused in
its course, and reappeared on the shores
d q the Persian Gulf in 1921, ascendsd the
t'efls ana Eapa5ratss, 5 sweeping over the desert
INTO syria in 1872, and the shores Of the Caspian
sea IN ls5s; Having travsrsed the whole continent
On Asis, lefiad now reached the borders of E1rope
ana AIElca here 1t paused a second tfnfe, to.
FedpgtdF " Pefsla n 1928 but without inyad-
lhg Europe undl 1880, when it reached Mos.
g2": IN I52l US course was westward aersss the
ouGiHeiiti IEOlI 9lo3coW 20 the northern coast of
Eh9 'aal.i ., ~ l79z " reached Paris and London,
ehq oou1alng oVgI me ATLANTIC, appeared on
our OWL snofes az qaebee, on theiSth of June, and
10 montreal on the lOtn of the same month, thence
PIiss1ed l 2 Tapias course along the St Lawrence
anu the lthes % tae Vailey OF the M1ssissippfy It
appeared In New ork on the 24th Of June, ex-
tenqing along the hudson, Delaware and Clesa-
Beahe bay, Fea1hing Albanyi Philadelphia and
ailGEe, ts5 n oeloFe tne Iss 81 JQiy; IL FEBRUARY,
s293' ~ appeaFed IN CBba ana during thessame
ytat m 14e2ico " nile 1T was raging IN the north
T. ssssetn nofder Or ASIA ana the north OF Europe,
ai5o sotenW ard course from Syria swept
/ - 80 esis.95zsLsS 9I ARABIA, invaded Egypt and ap-
pssLgo sJ IN Alexandria N 1881. ,.4 ss.sfo
9nslat Y me original ap pearance of cholera
II I; .i I'M mere were partial returns 0f the
a!sggase anu | y pfeyslled to considerable extent
talT
- III Ss..I NV Rdfca oi desolauon in the East
t ~ 14ti ing lfo9i lnis as before it passed
tnroug1 FeTsia, along the borders Of the Caspian
ss s ahu llasLei 1l2scom a ne Same year. In
lo4o u Tayerssu europe ifeIa ~ Petersburg to
A1onlol, anu Ieap peareu u 4Se9 ork in ls4g and
" " !2an tIsnelsee, where it
aFpealeu ~ i22v. ~ l5o+ II again Inadelt ap-
~ ~PeaIanee, la!Ilg FaVeled me same routes as on
iofi1ef occasions ron tne western to the Eastern
notdess o. Europe 2hd across tle Atlante 70 the
otr5.ea ~, 2 Sat.s:
By reierrlng 70 me ABOVE history OF cholera after
u became an epidemic, and which might have been
gwen more IN detah were u necessary II VIII pc
epseIyea mat US nne OF nlarch was confined prn-
| cipsHy 10 ldtge poaies oi water, Whlcn we're the
mediurn q communication rom city to city, and
ifen e9htlaent 70 oontnent, ana from which y was
unused INTO the surrounding country. Ihereis NOT
an instance on record in which an inland city, or
tcWh or Viiage was the nrst 70 be attacked on the
contrary eIues iocaled on the sea shores, on the
0ahks OF rivers or lakes OF marshes, have been the
nrst 70 suner rom IT, It's progress from point to,
polhl, someuInes sioWly az others rapidly and It's
reappearance in distant places after the lapse Of
many months, may pc explained by the myriads Of
oVa or eggs that are borne by currents Of airswhch;
falling into water, the proper matrix for their dsYel
Iopment into animalcular life, become the poison,
to that element and cholera is the result of its use
In the vast aerial ocean that surrounds the globe
there are counter currents of air which carry the
teggs to different points Of the compass s1nnltane
ously land while the substratum deposits its con-
tents in continuous line along the earth surface,
4 the super imposed currents bear them to remoter
regions, and in opposite directions. Water s es-
sential to the existence of animal life and whether
used in the desert OF on the mountain-top on ship
board or on the banks Of the Mississippi when
filled with these dead and putrid animRlcules,
cholera will surely be the result.
The temperance of these auimacules or in
sects, after the lapse of many years, is easy
comprehend as is the irregular periodic return of
the locust, the army worm or the grasshppper; /;
and while the latter feed upon and destroy certain
vegetable life exclusively, may it not be probable
that the cholera-worm exerts similar influence
, I11nn 70
1t is well known that the atmosphere of a loeali-
ty in which cholera exists contains fetid gases or
odors that are readily detected by the olfactoTes
from their resemblance to rotten eggs, and whose
noxious qualities are expended on certain insects
as may be observed in their effects on flies which
they destroy.
That cholera is produced by animals or insects
IN state OF pntretactlon is probable, from the
fact that no symptoms Of the disease appeared in
4 the family Of the gentleman to whose experiment
: have REFEREED when filtered water only had been
Il, used by them; and much more certainly when il
N is known that all the characteristic symptoms Of
- the disease-the vomiting, purging cramp and
in collapse as well as those that precede the attack
"a are such as would be produced by an animal poi
son. The symptoms that attract the action Of a
,e chemical, irritant or narcotic poison differ ma
terially from those Of cholera in their ineipieney,
development, progress and in the mode of death
and post mortem appearances confirm the differ
4 ence Death produced by chemical or an irri-
7 tanI p' l.oh. @nen taken INTO the stomach leaves
eyluences 81 lhiiaIanalion .l OF lts hnlng mem
= .ASt1Ht4 " ul+0t stSsuS
ana, When lhe TeSuI OF hafcouc poison, sttuctu-
RAJ changes WIN pe FOUND IN the majority Of in
stances, IA the great nervous centers-the brain
anu spiai marrow NJ ~ Gnolera no such changes
are loune 70 exist me llhing ol the stomach, the
@ 3Iaia anu splal marrow eAhloit put ntte altera-
Lon Lioh rom thelr normal condluon Inc principal
loQllu mnen uedth mas taken place during
i tIle Stdse ol eoaPse are, fela4eq condition Of
, Sll5 lllus hieioIhg OF ,He stomaeh and bowels
1 ana c4nSeiaslon Oh Stoou m lhe VEINS and right
sn se Oh le IeaEV' lhe ehtlfe yelnous system is
iea WV oiouu; anu US IeIt sae OF the heart and
site iLeiles HI iGua stnpty, WIN me exception
4 u u d oloG 9ecasIoualiS I louhu IN them Other
are teiu also' out they are not constant
u VIA, Thara 1e otet!stc' .4s' r.. ~, -,
oo4ii iet leacpon rom coapse mas occurred, and
g@eatn @ eusaes, many structural changes are pro-
i auGeq @ as tne result , 81 nlaammatory action Ami
! MAJ persons, 700, dlner from each other IN the
h symptoms they prodnce, ana the manner in which
. Ihey uestroy me. Inc virtue OF ara5id animal
n a causes hydfopho6la winch mas no semblance to
the symptoms produced by the bite Of the rattle
snake. 4he lnlecta OF Inc tIlchin@-the worm re-
Gently detected IN pork-destroys life in manner
totally different To- the mix sickness " found in
Illinois. 1t + vel known that the Spanish fly the
Potatoe ny, the gree9bottle fyt and even the com
mon house ny, as well as almost every form of in
sect, Wlen taken into tle stomach, cause vomiting