, 1875-07-31

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in rnomeut Mf, Stewart cana IN IRON NJ" ..sss
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liz eeye n sharp glance right AMI left and "ent
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Srs h1 a"' w sse.y aons VI Wss sswsrt
manned uot = man "!aul oa.'-~1aF'et91' ne"
l'ork Letter, ...-.
4 GOVERNMENT REPORT or CHOLERA
ysae sprca4l oY tua ntsraae In NE
Untted stntcs In 1s7a-te."'t~a ~ o, ~
MsCleIlnii'a InrcsttRnttona-rro
tive n cnaurca-QunrnntanoF Ftrst nnn
Ctcnsltness Next.
xsp York sstbun4.
w4suyoros, D. G., JULY ab.-Ths cho'sfs
eptnetnic which prevailed In some pArta Of she
United States }u 1878 and Uli!ch noaI1s oopopu'
1atod many touns In tho M1asasslppl sa+el
ca,,od 10 much alarm that CopEfese ~ l's oea'
( oesaion p.ssed q joint re.'luadn A. direct
1ns das{,, ~ msaisa s> ot'.eor OF tho army
10 visit s.s to~aa 10 which ehciefs =. i,sa p1ef
vaiet, 10 solisot ss fss - Aobs,blo -! 'ssI ~ ~
tnis t%h Importaut dntT Burgeon Ely Mcclellan
i. S. A. Was satoct&d, aud big report. conoptetsd
1T g'n.sr ~ noT p.a snd 1l soon
pr' MoCalIau bas divided Ills work, which l.
| nrubahlv the most exhaustive on me euoloo1
Tie nfst coupristng complete history OF Ao
s0sdsp,ic 10 tha un,.od Htatoa in. 1873,
rilh chapte1s on, in etiososy .nd pro-
.sntten aud ths tbs tesyss ssspaa oi i0n 1%.as
cbolora toti, in the Old and tho Now World. Al
sppeutlt1 At mora chan 900 p&gss haa been add
| ed containing lint Of books and articles rst1t-
sug to cho.asa, carefully prsparsd by W. John y
b. found Of especial vslus TO all medical mon
| ri,o wish to caszy tbetr investigations ou ths
subject mora Into detail than Ds. lcClslsn's re-
Altar giving clinical history OF tl,o epidemic
OF 1878, Or. Mcclellan, iu bis chnptat Oh its
cttology, laws down aoycn propositions as tho 70.
guilt Of this part Of his investigations, aud each
OF them is supportoa by aeseFsl pages OF Argl.
i, THAT Asis4tc cholara IL n infect4o,A dis
caso resulting from 10 organic poison, which,
gaining ontranco Into tho al'fnoptary caud. acts
primarily upon and destroys tho intestinal
| epithclium.
II. That tho acttvo agent In tho distribution Of
tho cholors-pofson nre tho dotections OF persons
suffering from tho disease III any, Of iss stages.
Tint In these de}ectionB thoro e1iaA ~ organic
rnattcf which, 1t curtain stngo Of dccomnoss-
tion, in capnbo Of reproducing ths diseaso tn tho
human organism to rh;chit has gained accuse. :.
III. Tint choora-dejectA coming to contaSs
with and drying upon any objects. such aa aft1
clos Of clothing. bedding, and furniture. "';! Ie,
tain indefinitely their poHor Of Infection iiis'
cholora infection. 10 orccted, and thet dtstlnc
outbreak Of the discate NAV occur nY suen mean'
st great distances from the soat OF os'8'naa IL
foction: .,u,- u.,,,, .x.,,,,.,
~ That tho specltso poison WHICH prnaues' % :,
India, and that BY virtue Of ts trsnafn's8lni't1
through the persons Of tnfected lnus7iaahss O. =
10 tho ueshos Of infected taottea & 20 a'as.Te H..
eho'oF& has navor yot appearsa in Tic Wcstett
honaisphcro until after its route ot pes1lenus
march las been begun In tho Eastern World; ~,
that ith epidemic appearance 1pon the Sea No1tl
: by tho arrival Of 1ossols inse:tod rtth ebolora
ack, or laden WITH enoleean1a aaso tnol1 psof@tt
!. from iafoctea dIstricta.
v. That tho respiratory ana alRestalss orRs9n =
lection Is ACCOMPLISHED; That through tho 81
1nosphers Of inf0otad localities, cholera Is ~
= queutfY communicated TO indlvlanals ~
water aey become contaminated Win iho speoi
v surface. .Washinsh, from neglected sewers, eeel
|, | pools OF pfivies, and thas the use o. water
injected Wy ludaes IN outbtssk oa sSo ooess
W. 5s s esaop s hssn besn IL
l. community, Il influenced by tho bygien!c cor
dittau Of tho population, and not by an! Eeolok
J. tcal formation upon which thsy may foMdo: =,
F. VII That ona attack Of thocss inf'arts TO II
u Individual no immunity from tho disoaso IN tt
fu,uro, buk TINT the contrary socms TO be cBtal
listlcd.
ut In bis chapter on "tfhe Prevention OF Cholo
ef a. illustrated by the Cholora Epidemic Of 1879
n Or. Mcclellan places the greatest at1ess {
!" "ngoruun quarantine" Ho sAyn shat VT h
been clearly detnonnttat.d that tho CITY OF Nc
York MAS Ia the year l878 stcured from 10
distinct importatione Of epidemic cholera by u
er. rigorous quarantine Of observation, which, u
mt dor tho superintendeuce Of HeAlth-O -Offioer Va
ek ue.pop nAs au.o noaI.! sFpaua Fp;.sn p1.;1
he 1ist ~ v't uaa 49,. ~ go {
STANCES searching Investigation vsa ma
into tho history OF each taso; each +
ca tient wss isolated aud disingcotAnts we
q, iutlloiousiy employed. But = quarantine TO