, 1879-01-28
THE RUSSIAN PLAGUE.


LONDON, Jan. 26.--Thc Brisish Melieal Journal
publishes The following: "fsuss1an and German
sncdtcat journals stale that tho East of Europe
Is In state Of great alarm at tho progrcas OF
What they allcrs to be the plague, which Ia rap-
IDLY making It's way Upward toward the north
ul,d east Ut Hu*s,a frun the CASPIAN Sen along
the course Of the Fo!ga. According to an artE
Gle, dated Jan. 10, published IN the Vienna Ned
Mill Nov9orod. Aa Tar - regards tic origin OF
the dtseaso II ia now aacertaInea that It was Inn
ported By two regimenta OF Cossacks who had
lately returned from the war In Turkey, and ID
probably HID part Of tteir booty, which,
sssSs 'Hfsssien a'o'' 1Ssn ihs ' t;:eese dr. s
looked upon merely q, variety et .yphus
fever, and II ras not unit: the mortality began
To assume alarming proportions That the local
authorities began 70 feel II to oo their duty to
progress: Accordingly . strtct qnar.ntiue vas
sclzcd with pan!c, i,a<i begun to fly In different
dl!rcetloos, scattering on the!f VIZ germs Of tho
PROVINCES pf saularn and earntoff mud reached
zaritzYn.. This last-named place ought espc-
tdslly to have been protected, heing very In.
g. es na so e Il Ra aed
through It With the rest Of Europe. Having
spreading TIL It reached null Novgorod, which
IS onIy a few houra' distant from Moscow, tho
lit Is CURIOUS fhct that some Of the Russian
papers, among others the ITatscsehbuvqa Hsda
p,osti .HAttal Neps}, pos1lstentiT deny the cx.
outbreak Of malignant tSphus, while the 81. 70.
tersturuer HUctel1chri}l aud other papers open-
" speak Of It ~ the plag1ie. Tho number for
Dec " dan y OF the prat:eaf'ounqa padon'osH
Infected provinces {Astrschsu and BarntofO to
the Minister Of tho Interior, which reports tho
| prcsrnt state Ut affatr1 a. most hopeful. Tho
mortality has decreased. and there arc very few
new patients. a most suesgctic quarantine Is
enforced. The Infected tuwns and Villages,
which ara divided Into districts, arr not allowed
To communicate With cnth other, etc. It soma
have tlie.l within week. Tie symptoms aro
described a. being headache, accompanied Wy
ferer a1ii swelling oi The glands.
draws a most terrible picture oi tic present
stats Of things ln Russia Whatever the
disease may be, whether merely cxautllcmatsc
typhoid lcyer or jeorss recarreu, Or really Tho
plague, It Is certain It would neyeT lare a--
sumcd those terrible d.nensIons II tue Govern
tncnt hsd not treated It ut 6tst with uupas1uisa-
bic neglect. II - almoat too late now to At
tempt 70 stop II, especially ss tho hussian No.
tary Arrangements, aud the 1,iacfy caused hY
,he last war and tin famine have undermined
the forces OF tho population, rendering 1t unft
u St8l4L tue tnIcctloHs AuoIuGl very ll4pusLAua
thing u want Of experienced medlcel moi, Ia
Nustia. About 'ono-thlrd Of the Kusstau
doctors died either during tho war.
OF from typhoid feyer which fol.
lowed It, and q largo number ol
Young studcnts hare bcen summoned from
hospitals and medical schools to take theit
plAccs. Ttla Vicuna Aa1fctnischs 1@och<nsehri}l
lnsists on tho impoFsancc, In Tho Interest Of tta
doctors md helping her to kesp down and 70
strain her powerful enemy. Both d.. Zolo'
ksuer a,Itl Prof. Botktn haSa decided tho dis.
ThcY have drawn this conclusion from the ex'
tfaorllnary mortality 20 per ccnt), tho raptd
spreading Of the disease, and The ycrJ few cases
Of recovery, 1t any, which haYc CONG u9dci
their potice. Tie st. PetersbuER Na!tcf'.lsta.
1sse'so.,ehri}y of Disc. 30 Jan. III, saescly 1sel
short notice on tile dlsease, stating t1at, a..
thougl. the Government persists in calling It
epidemic, Il can no longer be doubted from ths
tenor Of IL communication 10 thu official psperl
| t1ut Il IL The plAElle.n