The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-07
King Cholera.
Ill. March Through the stls.i',ippl vai-


Dispatches from different points il
the Mississippi Valley convey the dis
mTl intelligence that King Cholera is
steadily stalking onward. Even at this
distance, with the mercury lowering in
the min cites, the prospect is fur from
an agree. able one, with the knowledge
Of onr ALI by streets and apathetic au.
thorities tits idle to disguise the fact
that great Al. 'rm exists. The leading
Journals Of the country are actively en-
gaoedin iiscuss, ug measures OF proven
- Great v Nter.cou, rises, says the Phil
ndo,nbiH Aoe "are A aid to DO avenues
along which the chols RI tafEes rom
one part of tho country 70 eno'ner.
This fact has been tested ooth IN ASIA
and Europe. No sooner DOS TINS pes.
thence make its appearance q. one point
on a stream than It's ravages me noted
at other stations on the same bLdy Of
winter. In this manner the poison. Is
spread far and wide untila whole nation
is smitten by the power Of the destroy
er. II the disease now prevalent II
some OF our Southern cities is really
Asiatic cholera, II runs in the old wa
terry tracks. From Memphis it jour
neyed to Nashville and Cincinnati. In
this manner the lear and bony visitant
rode the cutfent and visited the places
watered by the waves. From Cincin-
natl, water.courses invite its progress
toward the East. Are We prepared for
a disease made more fatal and deadly
by dirty streets, impure lanes, filthy
cellars, collections Of refuse, and oil
such provocations OF disordered systems
and weakened constitutions ?"
A Cincinnati physician, however,
takes the view that the epidemic is
purely local; therefore, Cincinnati,
Louisville, and the other cities in the
East, are safe as to epidemic travel il
they simply observe reasonable hygienic
precautions.
DR., Minor, OF the Cincinnati Board
OF Health, in communication to that
body, thought the alarm much greater
than the circumstances warranted, al
though he advised stringent sanitary
The Cincinnati Gazette, however,
takes less complacent view Of the
matter. In referring to the epidemic
of 1866. IL saws: ain that year sporadic
cases. which were as fatal rs the cpl
lemic ones that speedily followed, broke
outin n lager beer sellers famiIyon the
east side OF Sycamore street, just above
Fifth, and we know no reason why the
present droppings may not DO begin.
niugs Of as deadly storm MS that
which swept over our city seven years
ago. There is abundant cause for ac-
ton, and il speedy and efficient action
is taken, there will be backgrounds for
alarm.
A Louisville physician gives this di.
aenesis OF the cases he has attended in
that city: Violent vomiting is general.
" its commencement, soon followed by
copions liquid excavations, but it soon
changes to a colorous rice.watery dis.
charge, and after two or three evacua.
tons the patient collapses and is urged
rapidly to dissolution. Iii what we
called the collapsed state it might be
termed the congestive state. There
is no shrnnken skin, the general blue.
ness, nor the extremely emNciated form
Of the cholera subjects Of 1865. have
not witnessed in the present malignant
form of chGlera that cadaverous, that
pinched.up appearance OF mn Asiatic
cholera corpse. In almost all the fatal
cases to the 9TH inst, the exciting
cause of the sane was traceablc to a
hearty meal OF new this years vege.
tables. From latO developments we
may look for epidemic dysentery to fol.
low the trnck OF the present cholera.