, 1876-10-21
THE PLAGUE.
It's 1tcnppoarnucs In Europe.


THE PLAGUE
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Its Ncnppoarnnes In Europe.
,,.snao ."naoa = 1'st. s..pa.e oef .,
n,.er an aoseneo ,; o. years plague
The disease, II was recently stated, ias broken
o,,t IN scrvta omono TIN T,,rt,.h forrc. onc,,r.
ln~ ti n III In. ~ t1n i,tyer Mor"va. end y .Y !. .py
carried there by troops coming from tho
district lately infested witt, plaaue IN Astatio
Turkey It IN little likely than any s,ch itnnnrta.
t,or vii, ,,a,o onrrnd ~ .sta r.t ,auo
lion VIII ha'e oeculreo' toI' ithc hrst place. no
troops were moved from the p'aRuc-strckcnd dis
trtct In 1rak.Arabt during the active prevalence
Of tho disease there this year; aud In the second
nlaco, II Ia scarcrlv t,,cctyabfe tl,at tnre roni1
nave oeea carried ~ slowly'mo'lng troops from
tho Lower Euplratcs aud Tigris Into 8ervia
without indications Of its presence among them,
and Its spread to communities, on t),s roaJ.
AsJatic iominloas Of Turkey nortl, T Of i,nni,sd' I
on tho TIrria and Of AzIz[c, NJ, fhn Enutrnst"s'
both PLACES somc 1,VUD miles distant. ~ , ti,n,
crow ilics, from ths Turkish ca,nns on n thc ti1o
Il Is net impossible, however. tbo,,pb }mnro.,.
aeue IN rece to seass 0" 1ts avn o.
appcaretl after Il funp 1,erimi nf cyssntnn Tiis
iS Wllht lnE hNnnHnUt! 1f 1nfN vnnrS In In
1lstrcs of Bcnsazi. North Hfrica IN PnraIau ~ iau
Knrtistn,. in tho Hasvr .tistrat iySa.Mn Wns.
ern AraGja, aud in Mcsopotainia. DuriDt.
Tic gradual tlccirnsicn Vi plaguo in Eurone,
ts country in ft5, continuei au Until VIII was ~
believed to be- tic entire cessation "f the ascaae
In 1871 tic n1alady probably fingered LONGEST
in Servia aud Bulgaria. Twas IN Bulgaria na that
CURED. In II isss wben from ~ a}ES En}sT 1s ~
sEl n an '' ,,on"laton % nun war; ov,e' i,ou 10
stroyel bv tho Itseaac, II NAV
bc, therefore, that III one Of tic later iaunts ii
gIas;s n a EipRs q. q, s9e Of t. former aI hants
Hsolf. vut t,Iis c.i,tiualtu ia not IN In nrr"n,nG
Without very ,rcrfo eyiJence. Ther" mr. neIs,.
ltar liabilities to crrpr in forming iWlemcnt M
to tbc existence Of plague OIL tS Lower Da,,uGo
nli its tributaries There, Of, lie bottom, inn.5s.
mnlarIni fevers, often Of tbs scyurcst tyue. hnva
d home, It Ius hapucncd tint Russlnn, md
Turkish armies ca,npa,rninr along the i5numha
have Iceu terribly svo,.rEed Ly 1.scases. H..
foro the cessation OF plague IN Europe. it WIS
often ,nattcr Of doubt Viii, The medical staffs
Vi armies in tha ioll IN tie Ilns ri f'ti,o tho
Danube whether tllcy werc ,leal,nr with mn. 1uS
1nax lasal feysF h. q {svs VIZ plague Ts psrasous
y simulated plague Tint Discrimination wa
eli Gy lilo fact of pas!nnc still cx|stI,1p in thn
provinces on both sides Of ti!o Dan.lbs' After
Guilty was no longer heard Of VIII, rcsncrt TN n
the nalarjal ieysrs Of Tho Lower Lowe BAN. Dan,1bs, ~
When tho Cri,ncan expedition wal deternin.Ii
upon In 1851. in yin,y nf H,ssitIe .,nSratinna
III Bulgaria, carefully prepared Information VIVA
given to tl,e inetllcai staif Of The Britiah army
rintiyr IN t.,n nnlarini frrnra NJ tin ,1Istrio;s
boric,iur tbo Dnnubr: but wi,i,e thcir xca,
sonal 1nalignaucy was set forth, It Was mt
Thought l1cccssary to discriminate s, ' Tic lie
Ecu'sL ~ ,sorvn ass ii tha, XIX ro.ont NV" 70
plar,,o amonr tic Turkish forces III IN scryia
ias5ra nj n tIn1e WHEN tl,n m,i,,ic nind nos hrn,,
prsoccupled with tic question Of plague il, Mos. @
nrc,oiir nrraontcl IN thc 4Ts,,rts Ava,
irou ;thcr nrrtiisnositions In cnn," n a nhstv
eonr,u sion On tio sMb;srt II IA ninnst inow.
itablc that Il serious outbreak of '1 pernieious
tnnfaiiai fever anonr Tnrkal, fnrccs IN tie i,ri1
en,i IL tn eristn, .tatn ~ nn"aooss x' =. '.ou ~
1,laguc III Turkey. be fcrer.icI rs n.nssncs 'Ti,o
ruccnt news Of til, appearance of tlarue on tho
Ioubt unt|i dctaijel tnfornetio taeh be- W." ataiucd
frnm conInntcut nhseryura. ~ 0o'A''''N
IL is ruinorcd tLnt M, international Sanitary
Commission viii nrnhoil1y ami, hn hail NJ t!nns.
sfaEtnSps f Erpa ,s with s to oractp ts psosston
FoTto wtI ts nurreconary M prov,nres n1 s
aud with ttle Great Fowsra of Eurune
lspss +! tsto 4, tis!r present state: co3stautiu9po
for conierG1,cu On plague uulose, Is thcra ia
russon m to fear. several 81 ths h, Great puwsre ~
Europe arc ilsposcl to s,l3port Tic Porte In tho
ndnnfton ri tbpsr trat1ttiuHj mro.,-cs ~ - ia
arrsst u til. dseaac wIc1 It las Lecn cuisuyor. or
ing to cniorco ID Slcsopotamia, There, irrespce-
tic butter EuoScigc wo nov Inv Of ths ,nanner
In whrh nlnr,1n in t1issc,niratn unti in,,;ffrr"t
To tlp most nrtii,ury Iusyn,.s n enm,non .cm.c
lin ISortc. viii Tho onnrnvni of in nsrnannnl
imtcruationnl sanItnrv Cnnn,ssinn W ithn ~.
cai,ul Ottoman Uuneral boartl Of Hsa,tS,
which sits ei At Constantlnoplc. has % repro.
tiuceI nil the traditional ,nanh,npry of hnd
md martts,no o,nrantino nuatra uiox,," ~ .au"
Thn folIy Of Tie mcuslrss H. Ias so,,v1t uf"u, TO-
rarrv III hns :hccta n,,,v con,cl Nv ths,r ~. w.
tijltv. Il ssl:ayore6 t i.Glate IN fcrte1 % ni,r"s
hv tyoons. hnriless If tho fntt that Ia an,tttSn1
to nropI. n tsm Il cmt lom af 1Y r fra1n th.r
,nca,s @ Il carnIg ar subststcnce. In iaria ''tb tbo
ntts,nnt tn sfimtr in ths snncr ~, IL acrtsS tsJ
Tx ~ etv ~ e ~ .,rtam. a ri,,
Rwh,c hod ~ ~ h, ny snnr"aacd u h. IL tr,ons'
nraovnr u in " jaoinlnn sc.yc ~ wss s.o'ps m
taa,a, th tt,o ,,arq.,od tnhs,,t W.
nIaen IE alanc. fr M tha w"tsulo ta naa M tc,'tv
Ii % rassinE backwards m and forwards through liz
Inc o. tFoops o,'eefs anu efa a,o oe's Y ake n ~
The river qIuEantine established Oh tue shat.el-