, 1866-03-09

6teamD0aIa on Lake Cnamplatn4 IN about
The usual length OF time of travel for emf
grants by land, many Of whom were on the
route, from here to New York, the disease
broke out in the latter city, travelled along
| tho Hudson; breaking out first ut Albany,
| then ut the larger towns on tac western thor
ough1are; and soon 1t became prevalent, first
In the large eities as general rule, and alter
rounding country, few placesescaping. >
But my purpoeefs to speak more pnrtlcu-
1arly OF Its recent invasion Of the country, as
the iacta are more accessible, and The evidence
OF It's communication more pointed. .
For c1cnr md minute history. of its prp-
gress from fts ancient focns around Jesore, on
the delta Of the Gauges, In different directions
| through Asia, during this Its second spread
from that hot-bed OF pe5tilence over the civ:
illzed world, VIC would refer to an article By
Professor Dickson, in the New York Medtcdl
Jourzal for january last, derived principally
embassy at Constantinoplc- This history
shows its transportation, With scarcely ayari.
alton, along the tAoroughfarcs of travel
which vary in direction 10 almost all the
points Of tho compass.
The following extract from the London
Medical Gazetie shows the result Of the obser:
yations Of Its editor On the progress Of the
disease in Enrope: =. .
:. 1t Ia worthy Of remark that IN 199o'3a. u IN
1s4s, The cholera tas manifested itself chieny il
the crnt lines OF intercourse along ftr1uented
roals nd he banks 2, nsy1sab!s Iiysn, as3sck1na
most dense, producing DE ar4es! amount Of moz'
,segefily, md finally di1appcsSms 10 EeapPsar n
the greatett rapidity with which the cholera has
spread over auy locality has not exceeded rate oi
ffom $50 10 800 m1Ies month; This comparatively
Of prevailing wtuds, is very unlike the usua! mode
Of ult1nt1on Of purely epidemic disease"
ITS 1STRoDUcr1oS TO NEW YORK.
On the I'd Of December last the ship New
York, from uayre, France, with large mum.
Der of pa aseengers, (31 cabin and ISL steerase J
principally French and German emisrants
from various parts Of Germany, and from Pa
ris and Havre, arrived. st. tho quarantine
ground on Staten Island, eight miles from the
city of New York. Nine days previously tho
cholera broke out among the steetage passeu-
gers, and several died before the arrival,
when eight or ten persons were taken from
the vessel to the quarantine storehouses.
on Staten Island. and particularly In the ms
r1ne Hospital, until January 4, when it entirely
disappeared. The mortality, In proportion
to tie population, at this place was great.
One person from. the quarantine Was taken
with cholera in the city, but. Was sent back,
and died.. Another case took It, and died in
the same house where he was taken
No other cases occurred for niue days, when
a German, who had had no trsceable commit
nlcatton with The infected places, took II and
died This WIS all Of the disease that occur
red In the city, and 1t disappeared entirely
from The Quarantine establishment and hospii-
IA; we observe IN the report Of Dr.. Whiting,
health ollcer, TINT those exposed to the
persons affected seemed particularly uable to
fakelt. y.
- IT'S SPREAD FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Although this sudden arrest Of the disease
within such short distance Of New York,
without It's spreading into the city, was IN this
winter, II should not be contcnded that this
TO account for the circumstance; or else' why
did It prevail to so great an extent at Staten
islsna iaI, M r IT. the @ month Of Deeembsrr The sea.
history shows that 1t spreads less rapidly In
cold than In warm weather.
The history Of Its sprcsd up tbs MisslsslI-
pt Valley affords a better opportunity OF ID
vestlgating its communicable nature than has
been before presented, since It had but one
country over which to spread, land this at q
season when the travcI from New Orleans on
the river Wab great, and the conveyance rapid
and direct for thousands Of miles, Willis
through the country generally it wns but tit-
tic. and difficult on account OF the bad roads
OF winter whereas the former invasion Of the
country Was made when there was -mnch
travel in all directions, and several OF the
great marts, as Quebec, Montreal, New York,
&c, were carly effected, and Of course the
channels Of Its Communication soon inter
sected each other 40 as to become confused
Ii New Orleans, On tho: I'LL: of December.
Last, nine days after the appearance Of choieH
1 At Staten Island, the ship SWanton arrived
from 1Iarre With two cases on board. At The
time of the departure Of both this Eessel and
tho New York from .Usvre, there was no
cholera nt that point; But It Is worthy Of
remark that passengers on board OF both Of
disease was raging, and that the disease
made It's appearance In France as early as
October last, although 1t had not reached
Hnyrr or Paris when these vessels sailed.
Seventeen persons died on the 9wauton during
ho' passage, the disease having broke out
New Orleans no quarantine regulations pre-
vented the swanton from lnnding at once In:
port, and the eases on board were taken to
tho great Charity Hospital, where, up to
January, as many rs fifty cases occurred
among the nurses and persons admitted for
soon after among the shipping at the fanline,
but we're only regarded Els aggravated cholera
morbus-
From this time the disease spread rari1ly.
The deaths for the week ending the 18th,
four days aftcr the arrival of the Swauton,
before which no case had been reported, wcsc
seventeen. During the next 1--WE days there
were eighty-seven deaths, after Which the
dfeease produced fearful mortality, nssum-
Ing the form OF a general epidemic, the number
OF deathsup to the dth Of January inclusive Us
reported, being LIE. From this time the
disease rapidly disappeared, 20 that on the
9th Of February the city WAS said to-. be en-
fraA > hnf cAy1
after and produced much greater mortality.
From a very early day. after the disease
spread 80 rapidly among the shipping In the
port Of New Orleans, where an immense fleet
Of STEAMBOATS, are continually arriving nnd
departing, It began to prevail on board of'
upward passage on the Mississippi and its
IT FOLLOWS STEAMBOAT. NARRATION.
It extended rapidly up the river, but 1t lis
remarkable that along Its course the points
having the most communication with the
steamboats, were the first to be inaicred, and
In no Instance were any Of these points af-'
fectcd until steamboats, from places below,
where tho dIseasc was prevailing, had darrivdd.
{shanks on cholera, ip: the Aheytean Journal.
for July, 1s49.} The disease extended up tho
Red River, from point to point, In the .aan1e
:etppi. -. 11-r::5.t''.'.' +
- AT NETulSs :
~ Memphis, Tenn, a case occurred, on. the-
Esd Of December, in a boy who lad besn enl...
Ployed IN hnckstesinss fruit, dc. about town
selling to the steamboat passengers, Prcyi-
ous to this, Dr. Shanks says, there had not
been any strising tendency to diarrhna more
than usual in such damp, rainy weather,
although tie bog had had 1t for several days
previously. Steamboats, from this time were
tnt1n -.
cd cascs and deaths On board; but for four
days no other case occurred, when two cases,
considerable distance from each other nnd
from the steamboat landing, occurred on fat.
boats The disease now rapidly spread-the
whole linc Of aatboats being about two miles
IN length, the population on which was nearly
one thousand DR.. shanks thinks, under
circumstances that preclude The idsa Of its
spree ling from one to another directly: Yet:
he believes II communicable through the air.
These numerous cases occurred before tho dis :.
ease extended to other parts OF tho eeity, tue
boats lelng separated from the city BY a wide:
t.' At NASHVILLE. !.
Or. Buchsnan OF Nashville; Tenn, says
1n t5e is NSs'5rn Lancet for February that lon .
the 1hh OF January last, twonty dars after
the first boat from New Orleans Win cholera
On beard arrived, and atler several olher boats :
had been there upon which cases or cholera :
had occurred, one case appeared In house al
mest surrounded by water in the >]owes part
OF the CITY,. It WIS man of bad habits Who.
mad exposed himself to the weather and In the
y water 1or several days. The next case was In
tie same family. ..:,,
After the boats from New Orleans, on which
tlcrc were eholern patients, commenced ar.
nv1nE at Louisville, we hear Of tho occuFrruca
OF Inc disease there, hut have not been ablo
70 obtain the date Of r. appearance. varfons