The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-21
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1ntl ,hr rlarar which devastated ,le
uh Nurli ii ~ fourteenth. ilFlrrn,h.
~iAi.T,i'h nltsl Seventeenth centuries a.
~ extinct liss4as. 81 Imagine That ii
eanli net nav rrevai, In sns Part III ,i,.
ilisatiuu. nainp ~ The absence ~ such
conditions II produced and fnrtrrrl II
sine. thrs have hrUnn N f.al III IN
raspN.s III lslAria they hae. hAtll,
il,eaglal l \, To the oh plapue. hn, II Va.
riAskn " II With ihe sam. deadly
name, deadly lisi,su,rr. though noll.
ina lik. - terrible ~ the ancient res,i
lsn.c ard s.,s different III il svmr.
toms and Consequences TIL. plague lii
Rnssla to-day II. essentially. " MT IN.
nVfls, VII. raias plague ~ horribly con.
snteuras In sssrv history "a tie mi.tilp
~ !, ANIL Which has never creased 10 exist
in rcri,in regions n The Easi Since
iTon. ~lian IL DESTROYED nearly halt thu
entire population IN Mar~illrs. France
ana lTTp, when II visited Rnssia anil
rnlanl, il hns until the present hepn n.
most unknown HI Western Enrope
rnr'uv the le' loo wears II has been
limited main'yto Eryp'. Avria Ana,olia
tlrrcca1l Turkey. occasionally spread.
Inv nnrihwari toward RUSSIA nn,l west.
wHf toward Malta Its true alul prr.
tnat,eni lome seems ~ In In hi. terri,
iars bordering on VI. eastern extremity
81 sae Mediterranean. whore thu condi.
tlons anil habi,S 81 the people foster
m STIMULATE H. Nnt the mass ~
Americans hive ~ little knnalelrr III.
An,l 4, small concern jnv what |. going
~ ~ That qnavlcr III the globe TINT
never thinking ~ the tdagt,e. they
naturally rreaum" It's ehastls engage.
m.nss closed long ago nm forever
w" genuine plague IN very malig.
matt kinl ~ contagious 4 srr. marked
hv 1'u'ss~, ~ sacliin1s III the lvnul,a,lr
glands Nv cnthnncrs anil reiery.Lip.
nnl without any apparent security
nyntn-t recurrence ~ ~. same pcrron
u en,nmo,tls mrniu. with II feeling ~
iil'en-. fa'ius.. slight eliilinrrs. much
nunsru, I'll 'iilss~. m.n'nl confusion
MIL lumbar ptina These symptoms
mr. speedily followed Nv i1rr,asrl lis.
i,tlm,ee ~ mind. with occasional .tn.
pr nul dsflrinm. Nv alternate pnllor
alnl Flushing II fnee. snfiasinn ~ the
esr n,iil "sn*a II extreme restriction
~ nr about thu heart, Nharp, darling
piin~ nrn experienced Id Iii. rrnin@.
hrtnpli+ an,l n'l,.r parts ~ the holy.
ras,n sic 'ee.ls1 l,v enlargement ~ the
lsmpta'ie r'aads. wltirli occurs some.
times the ilrsi ~ Second Inv. sometimes
n"i until near Tho clos. IL tl,e diSeasc.
MI NJ others MT NJ NIL. anil nl.o the
formation 81 rnrl,nnrlrn III varjuus
plaaes. A thu ,listrmprr a.lsances, TIN
tanRun grows tIr, ani brown, while the
gums. teeth unl lina arr covered with Il
dark far. tls bowels. nj firss coussi.
rsi.al. vslns. mud thn e.aeuaiiohn ARE
du~kv. offensive and sangnineona. The
patient lnscs much power III will OVER
his muscles. md presents the appear.
nnce ~ intnsisaiion. liz il more or
less faint throughout the attack, aud
usually the second Or third slny J,e,ee.
rhW purple %pots), liyid patches. like
hr'llHrs, mud lark stripes tribiaes) ntr
visible on the rkin especially iii severe
CASTS IN consequence III extrnyasnti,n
u blDol, anil nre often accompanied
with homorrlauic discharges from the
mucous membranes. II, faial cases the
pn'W gradually sinks; ihe sufferer.
body grows cpll and clnnmy: blood
fiows from the mucous mrinbranc.:
either coma Or low delirinm sets In, and
.lrilth takes plasc, either without i
struggle or preceded by commissions.
The period 81 incubation In plague
would Nsem In no CASE 10 extend ocyund
eight days Sometimes the local SWIM.
toms first show themselves, and liz
.fasst that follows |. comparatively mild
At other times the disorder II nnid ami
violent, ani cnnscs death without The
appearance of hnlncs or carlnnclct.
bntwsen these extremes. tending ~ tn,
MILD Or virnlent form. the diseAse ire.
@enis every pl,asc ~ variety. HI mild
eases. ANAL fsl spots. resembling iiea.
bites. arc seen. especially on paris where
the boiy II exposed 10 the nir, gradually
enlarge, Rst .l,aky. and are covered by
.esieles filled With inrk.h,,cl hnid.
Tho hasr II The spots i hard Crews
hlMrs, forming \ gangrcnni,s cAchnr III,
Inch ~ M inch md hull lii diameter,
AMI developing inIo carbnncle.. This
proeshs /. attended Will, more or ie.s
fever. which Ani,~i.ltn gradually M lin,
esclar y detached. Often consequent
upon tn eaFfunclr1. the bni,ors form
III th. Hroins ~ ntrnpitA ercu~ipI.nlI,
~ away sltl,0n, Anppnraiion. though
generally after forming pms s.,nrt itieb
healthy, sometimes thin and sanIpns
Bnbo.s are generally attended viii,
higher frver and greater depression u
vital force. severe headache. great rrAt.
lev ncK.. an1l vertigo. Al the commence,
nicnt ~ malignant cpisIen1ic<, patient,
hMvr died within twenty -four hours. IN,
generally II continues from ono 10 tws
weeks: the average duration IL liz Il
eight DAYS. anil. when convaIescc,,cs
tales 'lace. Il II apl IN ~ slow AND
trdions When thu disease " vjrulcnt
the majority ~ persons attacked Nv /,
die within week.
~ lierG described. In later times IN,
plague first appeared during lie four
tsaDth century. when IL actually dcHO
lsts'd the worli. One ri Tim names Il
then hnre wa~ The black Deail, from M.
black y ~ dennsinR pnirii dsrDm,x-i
tim. which, n one ~ ~ stages. maikes
tl,a sufferer. The account. then fur
ni.l.d ars incomplete snI insxact. "
th"v necessarily wnnll liz NJ such ~
c.prl, ri standardization: Int they w.
: tlurtrnt ~ si,Dw state III horrors nnd
agnnv LArd ~ exceed The rn,lrsr Hr.
Asmph'ms IT tln dreadful mainly varied
~ diiifrent lines and In different co,ii,.
tries. sni greatly changed tnwnsd III.
rL,se aIJtt.iIj ~ II. raya xrs in Europe
Among thu enneninit4ntA III the IMrii.
leDcN we're ',oiirs', palsy " The l0ng,r,
sul.Ax.L n.f. ~