, 1879-01-21
THE ASTRAKnAN PLAGUE.

Tho Symptoms Of tho D1scnsc-Tormcr vjs-
itnitnss* Of til" " lslnck tlenttt."
C4Nciamast tanlsnssettf.
The disease nuw rhrn1!nC tho tlistract o! Az
trakhan Is tho "biacss DEATH" which for ayes
l,as had ils s,nsne IN Esypt, Syria, urcccu, Tue-
key, md thu adtuiu!ng pruvltIccs Of Russiu, to
which countries it Ia now chiefly limited. Tic
people lu tho tlrst inherited districts are dying,
tho reports btatc, tlku A!es. SO rapidly has tho
slecasc eprcad that fully 10 per cent ID the
newly-infectr.l districts have persisted. No nnn
darcs touch the dead, aud they lie unbusied Ia
tue streets.
In the commencement of tho disease there
ID feeling Of wcarIness and fatigue, shi7-
rrine, nausea, and sickness, confusion OF
ideas, gIldsness, anl patn In tho loins
Thcss arc quickly followed bY Increased stupor
md Aclsiuln, BY palloE and tlushng Of the tayu,
anI tceliu1 Of fnsgI,se blntlnV ur eonstrtcttun
about t.s heart. DurlnE puua ase fe't In tho
gs nrps an1 9t, rps,' ct ihs a91
bu,tgIes appear. TITS toltUue brt.onea dry md
bruw1, alI tho gums, tcetl, aud lips nro cover
Ell With dark fur, while the howcls, whlcl, nre
rIs s boodS
frequent. Thu will lusea Its control over tut
muscles. A'out this second or third day
ttyll spots and strip. appcar upoi, ts'a
tic pulse gra,iuajly sinks, tic suriIec be-
cotncs told ansl eatnny, b,tMsd oek,s from ths
nilcunus surfaces. and thoso y ettl!sr tttna Or
aulir1un,. Tau victim usually lngvrs tlyc Or six
IL eoi,sais.ons. Il /. sa that Infected ssrsau. u
might visit every country in Europe bcfnru tho
x,slhtonlx Nese rc>agnktd. aud tu this way en-
tlangcf tho Wtlofe world.
The plague may lu simultaneously enecn,!crcd
BY r,lr1lis, Dr cdclulc ittIuustgs; Il may Vrit-
lnuto trh'n local causes. aud may bo protoeatcd
by peculiar contaElo'I. Temperature seems
to uxeEt Il very Grcat Influence oyur
1t. In tropical ciInatcs IL Ia nut kl.u,yn, aud
it durs ..ut loe Withstand lllo cold 1t Northern
climates. Its particular harvest litnc tn Europe
IL late In the summer und early In tho fall, rt
pcclallY In Seutcnihrr. Like tbs RorHs Ut sol,
low fever, 1t tus thus fur rva.lol tho cx 4u,Iua-
absorbed It ultcrs tho eoM position Of tho blood
aMl tho ct'nultluh ot tne Tissues. Ti!csp IL .u
universal euro 1ur II. ln occasional Instances
iFrsli mir may lIu Ut bcne4t. Cleanliness te gen
erally pfey. nIiyc, mud It Is duu to thts aud
superior rent iat,un that Foreigners In tho Lvyaut
ars eoElparatlyely exempt.
In 1Sr}, ~ ehncsu hlssoria,,s te!I Us, there
wcre grrat coDvllsiuAs Iu Auturu, sna eprlh.
qs,ases uMl tiuosis, Which were followed by
lruulta and Gnn,ints. Hills and lakes ulsa,t.
pearcd and the gsses risluG frutn tho EARTH, aud
lveu,iug yek olatlun an1 un!..a1s rensirsru ttie
ar excessively Inquire. f.,floulng these e1s.-
yul.t,ns tuHu the threat Plaque, anil beiore it
entered Europe 13.0NltGJ pcupiu III CLt,4a, at,u
.,,AN,taU pcoplo IN Western Asta aud Northern
AllicA ha1 died.
IL upErar.si in Russia. neas wflcrs It NOW pre-
walls. III 1913. tunstanttuoplo was attacked.
unu frui, there It tbread over all Turkey. IAe
ulsc..se was tatr!c.l " ltniy. uld lTolH thence
tu Frl1rc. EnHland. Germany. and the Low
Countt!es From Eny!and It ~as conveyed tu
S4ruuA. su. passed ovuF ths Haltlc sea into
Nurtnesu EussIa. IL unly three yeas. IL roy-
cred tue whole VI Europe. l4a!f the population
U! lta1y ,I,cI NJ ii. F,ltseu Continental c11iea
lost 3uU,tIG inhsultaNts. i.AH1oH l91uv, Aul tu
Eutnne ~ uA1.kA tfuuIE UEa istEH.
lbr terrible tisease wa4 attributed Lv the III.
peSttticus ~ the Jcxs, who wera accused Ut
poisuGInx tue wrl1s ~ tbat thu Matcr would
breed pss,ilenee. Entire eoIohLcs Ut Jews wcrs
Ina,saCEe3, auu thuilsaht!a were ~ terrified that
,t.y tuus lAr!r Own lives. 1ht 1isease wa e3-
tenslsEty spIead By numerous funds og rt!RIuua
xc4lots, WsO Visited loaH Afker toxu. tostufsi.s
slis vi lis peuplr. Il,r.c t.axcliual., ~ lhey
ptru vp!leu, vUu!vt1seu both aei. xlll uiarh,
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