, 1879-02-26
TILE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA,
The Views Of DR.. Dotlln, Physician to tbs
Imperial Family, on the Disease.
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I1n Jja.i f7ostax,
All over Russta fly disturbing rumors. Al
many nc,x nonts thc n1.rnc hna m,n,fcste1 Il.
.1s NJ st,'s". n,,,,. H., .1a,aan, s.ss,S -.
SUI. wear alosco", cven ~ MOSCOW &c 1tscl1, us
1u!eting c.!scs nave occurred. Inc uoVcrnncnt
ls doing what It can to check the foe, but, unless
co,,tiona nm ova,l hpt l,tt,c r1', n,,wn. ''n ~,
.--, o'.o'.t N ~, nnG ~ n' w.
itl swept away a'oeeulef aoout lao'o0V OF ahc
Inhabitants OF Moscow, Tor the city was unpre-
pared for The uttack. On tho other hand, wlleu
tl,c terrible "tchuman broi;c Oh. IN Astrakhon
T., t17 y una .o, aton,nst, o,Y mn ',,ot tst.
~ ''"'f :. V"o soo'' ''.'tpsAs 'a., wv t'.t ett
possessed "cl'-appotited haFa! hospltal' and
Its ptyelclans wcse not nnaceustomcd to denl
with their deadly Asintic foe.
",,,.s r.a,,,s, g. ns.s.a.,,,sa % "s
appall''E. Ese' ~ 81. te1etsou,e .he typhus
which ragged last year brought to light the exist
cnrr Of such foulncss us tho local a''min!stra.
II nav bo imacinrd. then. wtas is 1kc cope,t,on
o. suet' hefeaatne eeh'res as Kyb'nsk on the
VolEn. or Rostof on The Don, or OF cities where
urtisaua herd together, as iu Tuln or In Tyer.
Nor,a II oty tbs uttcr ,lIsrcp artl of tc Russt.n
,,aan,o sr o,.,rl,noss , .,,,, f,,t ,,,ot ~ r.,a
peop'e Aot eiena'il'css an' eouito't "n'cu u III"
llkoly 10 accelerate tie pfoefess ot t'c plague.
Their poverty is also In Its favor. lowering their
H., II Ia 1,ori, f,,r ,rnn ,vonnon ~ III, :,
'.o"' - 20 "1.o ~ .u1"' "',' s',', " eu"u ~
obtain from uiot OF fYe ntenl, p'ekleu eueuna-
befS, Aia snne heos tnc stIenEln hecAsary lof
stsugg!lns suceessitiy asathat 90 teerloio Ioe
~ ihc sct'ama Il nanil proving itself to hc;
~ botkl1', wlio. as hhyssei.an ~. TO tho i'npc-
rial 1omllT, IA man ot Gfcat ini!llcoce ID Rua'
sa. ially deserves .nu pTa.sSe Mnle!l are oe!llt.
coh!ctFea upuh n4nl Wy u!c nuss!nA Ptess lor NY
6tf0jYnt{Of1fQEA tl1t1GEt III TlEH nc 6D0RG n0OttE
ti!e present ontnreak o. lne !hcetiE ~nleh tou'!
place on tilc @ltn u IafislGfy; 10 lle rooms OF
inc "socloty o. tfact'ca! tnys'Gians. l!lefe
can 90 10 queAtlon' ne sha, ttinl isussa Is 9Elln
cru plague, wlclI seems 10 Ic so closely akiu "a
the Black DEATH "of tha hlidale Ages. The
symptoms aro 1uas ing salhe as tley Were Of Old
violent lever, Anectloas ol ule EIanus, 1n!laul'
splitting a,.l vomiting 81 blood. The perio:.l
Through which us matady runs 'a very orlct
whenever r. % w. tcnn,0a aas ,. Established Ns!
!tscif III Kussia, 4GhtI's hsVo been as rapid
as ot,! humorous Mnen ~ taGgu ~ Iskn,
IN lS53t lasting lft'ni spring 70 Wter, " carried
on Iear!y tWO,tnirda OF t!e ihnaoltanss, Whtle
III dluktIof mud Hiclo1ersk, " tug enu OF The
same year, It u & sasd 70 % nave not l9ft Single
SOU aliyc. IN laO IL aaa!n attacReu tsKol, ~,
in 1893 1t raEcl along ihe lower part OF thu Vol'
~. From that thus 1t frequently renewed III
Attacks, sDmetluios devastating whole districts
VI late years tile plague haa ahoWn taen on sev'
cral occaslonS II dangerous proximity TO Kus.
ela. From 1874 to 1915 Il appeared at segGra
point, Of tht f1rco-torhlan frontier; 10 lS7t
III, epidemic broke out IN western fcrs!a, lhe
symphonic al which Seto said 10 be Identical
with those Of the isutstan !tctuma. Toward the
end OF 1916 the plague broke out 10 Dagdad. and
passed thence to Rehht, where It assumed ylr:
uent character, Its victims ayitls on tue third
day OF their iliucss, and shere il continued tta
ravagcs TIL tliu February Of lB78.
Prot. Tchudnoysly Status positively tllaL tic
tchumn lH curablc. though ita poison Is nbso'
lutuly unknown to medical seicnce." Cleanll-
ness, care, diet, the use Qf hot Md cold haths
aud fomcutatfons,-lhcse. are the points on
which he lays most stress: uEd h0 feels sure tllnt
the mala4Y IL nut contagious. Tho peasants
undoubtedly think tat II ts 20. but tic attFit}
tines anl '.santtarY cor1ons,n those arc, accord.