, 1879-02-21

OrINtOSs AS TO ITS CAUSE.
Tic plague has aEaIu mud again yls!tcd Wrst-
crn lsnropu simra t!lr fourteenth century. hut
never las it bcru NJ balesnl US tlc1s. continued
20 lung, ur been attended with auclt incidental
horrors. prtsiais to ts lust outbreak, In 1GGi,
It tnyut!ed England, accoru|NE to the celebrated
physician, Syt.ent,anl, every thirty Or furty
yrArs. Although, its syIltptuss1s altt ytrutenrt
tlAye Varied at different thurs, lts general feu-
i Is always tue satnc terrible disease. :Grea,
10 lis cause. sonu authorities mafi,. III
.aln tia. 1t is exclusively propagatcd
w@hl,e Inc admitting It's cuatasiousit~s Tint It may
also he rngcn1crtl spontaneously By endemic
or cpllenfc Influences; otIlrrs agattl deny lis
contaglouaness altogether. aud assert that IL
ur!scs from, local ur epidemic catlsrs. IntclIl
mud there ts n.ass Of sound evidence 10 sustain
f.. Wlnfcver the tutlse, temperance seems to
atFctt 1t luyora1Iy ln The tropics it Is unknown,
MID tic cold al Northern climates has bren nb-
served tu check Its rayagcs. LII Elir0pc It llas
BEEN most Iatal during summer nIlla autumn, rs-
,gcialty in September. Thus, tn l.o,ldnn, In laE
l,c deaths from the sestllrilre were. in juhe,
800; IN Jaiy, 4,l23; ~ Augnst, ~: 20 oti' 70 Sep
ler, 3,sl9, wl,ilu III December they TIL le1ow
1,0Oj Tie prcc]se nature VI the tlistempcr Is
sltl unknown. Il poison whose nropGtttes cvale
all rlcmIral nnti Hltrruscnplc detection Ia ab-
after brief period II Incubation, tho quality
OF ic blood md the cunt!tlon Of tic tEsstes.
A report nadc IN raris, 1sau, to the French
Academy Of slc'ttclne, says:
still originates arc. first, EgYpt, atterward Syria
u.nt the two Turkeys. II Is probable, hUwCvcr,
ihul It nay bu Developed without importation ID
TrIpo!t, TnnEs, and Morocco.
''1. in tl.use countries the condition that de-
.crll,e null lpstcr Tic disease nre tic llal,ltation
Ut ulluylal or ntarshy grounds. u hut, moist
atmosphere. low, Inflated, crowdcd houses,
thu accumulation Of vegetable antt animal mat
tcs IN n htate of rntrctact1otl, sranty, unwhote.
sunc diet, great physical md mara! dcstftution,
negligence at the laws Of public aInl i,riValu
lIystene.
'.3. Sporadic playuc does not seem to bo
transIn!sshtc; but epidemic IL plainly ldlnlsst.
b'c hut In tite localities where 1t Is raging MlMl
buyunl such lUeai!tIrs.
VI. II IL transmitted by ,Hcaus nj 1nlasmat1,
given ul,t BY tllr bptilcs OF tic sufferers thrse
lntsslasa batu+ capable Of creating In tusc I'll.
ventilated places, rentera Of pcstlcntiai infcc-
ton. Tho nt'st rigorous observation llas fard
to SLOW thu ,rallansissibility OF tho plague by
eontact With lite Injected; but new experiments
arc nccel 10 determine thai It Is Hot TRANSMITS
tbe BY tl.e gt'ots ulil wcuring apaarrl uf pa
t.rnts. Tic result ot observations mule at The
lazasrttos for t,oto tl'an year Indicates tlmt
merchandise does not transmit tho plague
CUKE IMPOSSIBLE, =
III regard to Treatment littIy can br done tu
arrest kt:c progress u lie disease III any tndl-
rltlual case. Ihu sufferer should, il possible,
bu removed us smut! III attacked lr'In tw souFcc
Of the tlssfGlnper; u should be freely txp',e1
10 fresh ar; seerutluns should te duly reglllnt.
cd un As strength, 80 fur as may 10, carefully
Supported. Friction, with ul,ve.ull, las been
strongly recommended; but later exprrlunee
l,as not roailrlac1 the hrst favorable rrl.orts.
Like tttAcr contagious exaulhciaata II probably
runs prescribed COURSE, which raInot l,a u!a.r-
rally aAurtenel, Anu il 4ai generally been
dcrusd wtsest to limit exetttoIl II thu losal
ttcatnlcnt Of hubpcs anil rarbunrics, alnl give
the sufferer lie best hygicnc surroundings Ut
ta,nAhle. 0uneEa! tFeatnsnt atpcara to by we'll.
ntgh saauelrss, but tuucn may be ACCOMPLISHED
by guarding agalnst stacks Ut tllu beourEe.
I1lrre xan bu tttls Ipuht ttat Europeans, and
Americans particularly, uwa tnucl! uf thcfr COM
parat!yu exemption irotll tle restllenco IN ill.,
fev,cl cities III thu Ltyant IL ltielr personal
cleanliness, regular battling III cold water, supe-
1ior ventilation, and nlalcratg llablts Ut living
Ie plague IN isuat1A thts ycae bus come, us
bcfore, frQM Turkey, but tllu Nusstan authors
tir1 seem ut ptesellt tnost actlyo md euer1etc
IN measurcs to prevent tts spread. Still, 10
dEuadfu IL the pest, u lncuncels4ble afe lts hor-
ross to ltoso wlo hnyc not witnessed them, that
1t Is not arrange Auat1la, Germany, a..A othrr
rullutrlra of Eufupe should ha atarillrd. While