The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-04
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~ am happy DIR. tOireet yon again:
the cholera is said to be on its way to
this country. ard wait to learn some
thing concerning it,. lave you any
time TO talk al,ottt it -
= am at your service for few
minutes.
Well, Doctor, first tell NE where
the cholera comes from
There are three kinds Of cholera
ci,teiu m0riEs, cit0tcru intdnthm. and
.!"iat5c ctD:s,u. ! Suppose YOU mea,i
the last
:. do.
''Its principal home Is in the nIal.-lv
region OF The G:nges, where it has
been lor hundreds Of years. Because
it continue; there it il said to
be c5ede.:i5c there, that is, it is peculiar
to tiiat conlltry. II is also endemic,
not to so great al c&te;it, in some por-
tioiis OF Persia aud independent Tara
~.
- " hat causes It there -
. The filthy habits ofthe ioH, dcgls,-
dtd people, added to the nlia.inatic
condition OF TIE country
" " hen did il So from those locali-
ties.
= Its first great journey was iii 1917.
In -Nugtl t OF tiEt Year ii broke away
from it usual hall. .ts and s,ltldeiIy
made it appearance in Calcutta, Wliure
it ragged for over Il year, destroying
large numbers OF tile people
= i'll you describe tile journey ?"
= Tilel:ce it eNttndel EortiiWiIu to
! Nepaue, southwark to Madras and
| Ceylon, and Ma.&cI:,. In 1919 il
! pushed its way into the Burmese En-
| pirc and other countries in eastern
Asia. y year later il arrived iii Bonn
bay, where it destroyed 133, coo perons.
| Then it Went to Madagascar. Oh the
eastern coast OF Africa, and thence to
Borneo, CeleEes, on the PlIillipiln
! Islands,
:. The first Journey, then, was east
and south -
lit was.
How soon did il travel west -
- In 1921 it started northwest. fol-
| lowing the course of rivers and the
main travelled roads to Persia. Arabia.
and Asia Minor. Here it stopped for
a time. In s23 it broke ont again i'll
! Central Asia, and carried OFF hundreds
of thousands of the people. In 1929 it
appeared III, southern Russia. and Il
wear later in Moscow In 1881 it
spread over central Europe. and
reached Stll,d Rand. England, III Octo-
| Der OF that year. AZ early ;lS JalIu Try
following. that is i'll 1892, it reached
Edinburgh, and Il month later broke
ont in London, where. however, its
rlva.es were small. In another
month it was in Paris. and soon was
in other cities in France. June Sth.
1882, it first appeared on this side oi
the Atlantic, at Quehec; june 10, il
was 1T Montreal; and Oh June Il it sud-
denly appeared in New York, having
passed over without affecting tie i'll
I'll IL r.lr l.
ly spread to several of the principal
cities of the United States.
- / see. Doctor, that it moved III
cold weather to some of the northern
cities -
..Certainly it does not, like yellow
fever. confine itself to the warmer eli
mate or season.
Is it not more destructive iii warm
weather. =
Generally but in Russia its worst
ravagcs were i'll Petersburgh i'll mid
winter.
lin s34. it revisited this country
again in 1919, and in Sol. There
, were Il few Ell :es also, it iSaal!eged, i'll
1Sjj.''
! :. Doctor, about what proportion o
, those attacked with the cholera die:,
THE statistics vary. In Englant
the mortality was about $50 per cent
, of those attacked; i'll Paris. 40 per cent
. in Russia, $50 per cent, i'll the Jnitct
. States, 40 to so per cent.
, K cholera contagious" 2"
+ 1T is not. Physicians were one
? divided in opinion on the question, b'l
, are SO no longer. Some, in order T.
test the question, have gone so far a
10 i'm occu a e tllen,s I've with the bile
blood, and discharges from their chol
: era patients, all without any i'll el
o t-ctS.''
..,vhat do you think are the cause
of Cholera -
'sIIere there is much mystery. Va
rious opinions have prevailed, but afte
all we must confess we know little
: its cause. There are certain predls
!, !, posing conditions which favor its prop
. agation, such as personal or local uIl
cleanliness. errors in diet, drunkenness
and misery. Nervous fear of its at
= tack would seem also to invite it. as
- is Il disease which effects especially til
nervous system. During the preVl
lence few years ago in II city wller
:. the writer was residing. an old sewe
> streets along which no case had ye
:. appeared. The weather was warm
II and the stencil from the old sewer wa
considerable; and within three day
" there were thirty cases in the dwell
), ings near by.
e 81 must not detain you 1ongel
" Doctor. except to ask what you woul
advise Us to do Oil the approach OF I'll
disease?''
:. First and chiefly observe the mo-
'e rigid rules of thorough cleanliness,
!, person, house, and street. Cleans on
/. houses, cutters and sewers thorough.
y Use disinfeetants plentifully. Don
: take many drugs. Avoid unril
+ fruits and Intoxicating liquors. Ha,
II good conscience, and so live as to NJ
~ fear DEATH Remember that the eli
:, tressing fears invite an attack. AS
:, remedies, consult yonr physician,