The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
THE PRAGUE.
a Psstilential Epidsmic in Persia Re.
vlsitation Of an Ancient SceurEe.

/ lConstantinopie Correspondence OF the Lon
/ don Times,
f When the report of the outbreak OF
q pestilential epidemic in Persia, near
/ the Turkish frontiers, reached Con.
stantinople, notwithstanding the as
surances given by the Persian Govern
ment to the effect that the epidemic
was not the plague, the Ottoman Sani-
tary Department, while recommending
the greatest vigilance |. to the sanitan
officers at the frontiers, fastened to dis
patch DIR. Castaldi, the Ottoman sani-
tary delegate attached to the Turkisl,
Embassy at Teheran, to the spot. to In
| quirc into the nature of the disease
DIR. Castaldi has now sent in his report
which is most carefully drawn up, and
contains most valuable Information
In his opinion, there cannot be any
| doubt OH the character Of the disease
| which has made its appearance in the
Persian kurdistan. The malady is
characterized by strong fever, accom-
panied with typhus symptoms, with
| the appearance Of bnbos under the
arms, in the groin, and in the neck. OF
carbuncles on various parts ofthe body.
'-s.. '.-s. =. - 'Rc.s Sor.'cici VNci Viz WuUit
surlacc oi .hc SKIN II carries the snf-
,erer OF quickly, at,acking several
.iouses ~ ~ one pace ana seVerai persons
~ TUG sanie Miiity, anu transmits Itself
from an Infected place to healthy one.
Such malady, says DIR. Castaldi, cam
not be anything but the Eastern plague
of former times. According to the re-
port, 1t il during the last winter that
,le pisS.e appeared IN the dlstrlct OF
uhy, ~ the AuerDldJan, IN Two VIII
iasss s,,uateu ~ . SNORT distance from
cach o,uef, ana caiied Dlohmoucnan
Anu A.oanouA' THESE .Wo sinaii Viiia-
~ salase peen coi.Pleteiy depopuiated,
unl! sesen or eignt persons naving
.'esn = spaleu ~ Ine scourgc. unaoie
~ ~ .tAcs 1 =, 'le eAlsIence Q, the plague be-
solsu y. a, .lic uIs.rIct OF Makry, ~. Sastai-
~ ..,.ss ieels =. loss % p0int out the causes
mnisi s:. nav prouuceo tnc epiaefaic, ior
~. ~ ~ mis.a,e! ss = no. ohly the heaitmes.
- ~. Isrsia, p.ii has Also escaped from
.s .ls ialll.he NIL WHICH mas 20 cruelty visl-
,sa usrts s o ,sss K;nsSa g VISIT the o'her
If An oufbreaE of The p,.one saws
DR.. Castaldi. was anywhere fn he an
H@hnvnTAnE hn or onxyS Susf fIfn
khorossan and in Ears where tho
famine made such fr;Oh,f,,l ,avaoas
where men cnuld not rs fnnnd - ;,,sa,.
the dead bodies left nnhnr;ad IN ths
streets and in the ha,aars and whare
uarents sold their chiIiran for = ,aw
france. to save them from starvat at;nn
and proy;de themselver Nth . EttI.,
bread. Dr. Csstald;- therefnre in
uolines to think that the nlaoue IN the
Persian Knrd;stan .hnnid r. a,.r;hntl
"A ia fhe .a.eess;.a drvnes. aud to The
cattle diae.sa which sthn i;str;ct 80
Mmkrv shared in commnr - ss-ssSS
rest ~, Pcrsia lis nn;n;on ~, th;s
no;nt. however "a not adm;tted hara
hv the health authorities Thar v,a;,,o
tain that fhe ,iog,,a in Pars;. 4 tha
cnnsanmonco ~ eha ,ar,.;h,a fa,,;,.. ~
which nreva;led in that country and
NM, mn hpro haan ;,nua - ..e o" ;,.a . an' a;S
tr;ct ~ MuLrv G.o,r, che. -,.,o ...rs :,
the interior They moreover nndar.
stand that Dr. Casta,d; has haa,, mnshia
to trace the enidemic fnrther in the In.
government ;tse,f + oeneraiIv onlv
made acquainted with the epidemic
existing on is territory through the au-
.norltles o. .he Doraerlng conntf1es.
,ha, f;rs, ;nt;ma.ad ,he ar;a.snco ~ iha
plarue in the Kurdistan to the Persian
Government. The mortality caused by
me sconrage, ana ascertalned by Dr;
~ soiioae Roaa 90 =. nanan;
as. 4: in Karava, 81: in Dioumuchan,
62; in Arbanouz, 80; at Mech-tepe,
in Dharab. lS: Al Rahim. 97. and in
Akdjevan, l3-total; 800 DR. Cas-
cadu further declares that the epidemic
nnoTn d cbaroc,a.;s,soa n &c oan.om;on @ mm
He concludes by stating that since his
departure from Kuldistan no further
news respecting the plague mad ar!1v-
~ =. .hs p n, ea'ep. uoilil!i...ii.a- ~
g., ,h., ~ ,,ia.-,,s. \. a I;-s.',
euect tHat tne piabue itu ulSaPpe;trcd.
| a communication to which he does not
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t;ons who Inv lots sna b,;,5 bo,sos
bnth for sale and rent and mako money
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