Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
About the Plague.

AdNlces from Europe manlfest
a great and universal alarm con-
corning the spread Of the plague,
now becoming prevalent in
Southwestern Russia, where its
mortality is reported as frightful.
Under the dread Of visitation
by this fearful scourge, the gov
crnments Of Western Europe are
instftuting the most rigorous
measures Of quarantine, by land
and by sea, against its spread
into these countries. The Rus
sian Government has prescribed
/ a most yigilant police regulation
against any COMMUNICATION what
ever with the infected localities
within It's dcminions; and is seri-
oasly considering the ADVISABLE
ty Of committing TO the flames
the entire villages where this
dreadful disease has gained foot
hold, the inhabitants being first
removed and provided for, all else
to be burned to ashes.
Should such a measure prove
really efficient for the extinction
of this deadly contagion now
threatening that Empire, it would
/ be the wisest and cheapest thing
to do for the public good. For,
/ the ravages heretofore sustained
from former visitations of the
Plague would well justify the re-
sort to NEST extreme measures to
prevent lis recurrence. And il
Is III view OF those previous raw
ages that all Europe has become
alarmed at thcpresent indications
of the approach of this destroyer
of whole nations If men.
The origin Of this desolatirg
disease that dcfics all human
medication is traceable to Eae-
tern and Central Asia. Full five
hundred years have elapsed since
it first became known TO Europe
In 1912, it appeared in Europe.
but with no great severity. Six
years later, in 1913, it returned
with most malignant violence.
1t was then commonly called by
the appalling name of"The Black
Death. This name was given
/ it because OF the dan k discolOr-
ations of the. body as the disease
progressed towards a fatal ter
mination, which generally &C.
Cured about the second day
from the attack.
The first onset Of the disease
is indicated hy extreme lassi-
tude, chills, nausea and confu-
sion of ideas. This is speedily
followed by giddiness, increased
mental disturbance, low deliri-
nm, pains darling through the
loins, an intense cramping and
construction in the region Of tic
heart. Soon the Emphatic
glands Of the groin and armpit
arc attacked. They rapidly en-
large aud break, producing ter
.lrible running ulcers. Eoils,
decp-seated, like carbuncIes, ap-
pear on variouspar ofthe body.
Siuror cnsues. About the sec
.--.ond day livi'l spots, like "black
and blue" from bruise, appear
on the skin. This ecchymosis
spreads and grows darker. 1t
indicates the dissOlring Of the
tissues beneath the skin and the
escape ofthc blood from its prop
cr vessels. Soon this extraYas-
ated fluid pours out as bloody
-swcat through the skin. Bloc
dy discharges occur from all the
mucous membranes. The pa
tient rapidly sinks, becomes
comatose, stnpefied, and dies
without CONFUSION or struggle.
No medicine has ever been
found capable of withstanding
the rapid strides of this disease,
not inappropriatcIy named "The
Black Death"
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