The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-20

TuE CuorEu.-Tu-re Is every probability that
! this A~ia;ic scourgc VIII sweep over Europe and
the American continent duriug the present year
Though il las never been known to reach any OF
the islands OF the Pacific. and though II Is not
likely Ia prove severe If il should, on account OF
their healthy atmosphere. get it Is well To take all
reasonable precautions against it. and to be pro
vided with the means To combat it should 1t come.
1t Is the general opinion that the usual quarantine
attempts to exclude il from any country are use
less. Its prominent characteristics are embodied
in the following propositions laid down by DIR.
Marsden. Of the College OF Physicians and Sur
seons. Lower Canada. and adopted by the New
York Health Commissioners
F7rSt-That it Is q communicable and comfortable disease.
Secona-That is cause is not in the atmosphere nor com
manieable through il except by a near appr9aGh; , :
Fourtt-That il progresses only at the rate Of vessels across
Frth-That it Is uanSmissible by clothing and ELECTS as
" SiFra2That it never appears in a new locality without com
mum. sh1 S a . hat GF II iI nsy ~ ' Sr4ssts sh ike iktst the plague tFusn by BY
These TroPostiQps asreewith those submitted by N. Alexan,
Super4ear de san,e 10 Paris. on pesa}ehtial cholera.
The United States Geyernment' received a dis
patch from its Consul ut Malta, dated Oct. 81. Civ
ing interesting information about the cholera at
that place. He states:
Two thousand deaths occurred in Malta and Coco. The
principal medical officers Of Malta, who have had much expert
ence with cholera on previous occasions. reported the late ept-
demic 10 be Of the worst Asiatic type, the cases generally prov
ing fatal in from four 10 fourteen hours. All medicines known
to the medical profession, including opium, ether iaudanum'
rhubarb. red pepper. essence of peppermint, ammonia. brandy,
ginger, chalk mixtures, iced water, and other remedies, such as
bleeling. emetcs, bisteriug. rubbing. mustard pOultices, &c,
proved utterly inefheacious. not more than two out Of every ten
that were attacked by the disease surviving. The Thermometer
any unusual manner, although throughout the Summer there
hung over the island heavy mist which neither wind, ram. or
lightning could disSpate. ThechoIera attacked different parts
Of the city at the same time, Sometimes carrying OF whole
families on one side of the street and affecting no one imnnedi-
ateIy opposite. From Investigations made In that section of
Europe it vas found thse qaarantins reeuiaiions- had no effect
on the progress of the epidemic. the cholera advancing into the
interior and from port to port against the wind and despite the
most rigid enforcement of quarantine laws"
While We would not excite any alarm, YET. in
view of the possibility of the cholera reaching this
group, it behooyes all to take special care that alt
causes of disease and epidemic be removed. espe-
cially in this city. where filth and e~esspools are
often allowed to become permanent nuisanees. A
health agent for this island might be appointed,
whose duty it should be 10 instruct the natives,
and see that wholesome (but not arbitrary regu-
lations be carried out. which will prove for the
benefit of al, and check the devastation Of the
plague should it reach Us.