Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-31
FACTS ABOUT CHOLERA.


We publish below an ex,rsct from The Cin-
cinnau Enquirer on the cholera epidemic
now creating fuch havoc in tho land of tine
Poarsohs, and alarming the nations of Ed
rope with the prospect of an early visit.
Should it reach Liverpool, Hamburg or
Havre, the speed of the steam passenger
ierries from above ports will, in Gil probs-
bility, bring ibe dreaded monster TO our
shores. 1t therefore behooves our Southern
cities TO clean up, and see that nothing ia left
undone TO insure present health and prevent
posi- ble fu ure disease:
Water is most frequently the medium
through which it is difused. In the Eas,
where no care is displayed 10 provide for
pure drinking water, the diseas is almost
invariably diffused by its sgencT. TIE air
may dihuse il. Gases arising from a vault
or pit can carry up the poison, aod being ir-
hailed is swallowed with The saliva. Tue at
IDosphere OF room which has heen closed
without cleaning or ventilation, sf,er the
ending OF a case OF cholera, may induce tie
disease. Exhala ions from sewers or drainS,
or from the soil polluted by leakage, or froso
garbage heaps in which there il cholera poi
son, spay charge the atmosphere and induce
Il. Food NAV commun cate it when prepared
by persons sffscted. Milk may be pnliu,ed
from dilu ion with injected water, or from
pans which have been washed in the water.
ole5 coming fresh from the disch argos Of
cholera patients. Fabrics used by paien s.
may cootsiu the poison and induce il. Yet
! the cho!era poison may enter the system of
person perfectly healthy and in whom th
gastric juices have their normal aciiity.
| and 1t Is killed and passes off Yet
entering the systems OF others whose
gaseous juices are not normslly active, and
the poison assumes an aggressive chsrac
and rspidly dsvelopes among the a.kslin-
huids. Hence those whose sys,e ms are VIII
| a'ed either by other diseases, or whose net-
yous forces are depressed either from fatigue,
fear or seusu alily, are e-peci .lly liable To ii.
Science hiss not. yet discovered wat wij
-ur Iy destroy the viruient ACTIVITY # choe
ra poison, but the occurrence Of h. pids mic
Can be prevented whes the s4ni AIRY condi-
| ZION OF Ihs community Is good. Cleanliness
| is Indispensable. The removal OF all d.c im
posing organic m after il niper stive. Housea
must be thoroughly Ventilated aDd cieaosso,
| clubhouse, biIf-r5 aud wateT-1loscts S.
| lated, and he v-uiil alton Of all apartment
| havipg wer copn-c,io1s studiously attended
| &c. Personal cleanliness is douply necessary
during cholera epidemic. Daily baths are
advisable. The greatest Care should be used
| in regsrd to all drinking water. Susp cted
| wafer should be actively boiled and filtered
before us. Acid drinks iudulg-d in eacn
day Lemon or Inns juice freely used. Toe
surface OF the body wsrmly protected, and
anything which suddenly checks respiration
avoided; vegetables and fruits should b.
carefully WISHED in pure water and only eat
en- when fresh and rips.
Chslers, like yellow-fever, il an exotic
generated in he 6lth CT tropical lapds. The
time must come when nations uiH be held respora-
sibie for the spread of epidemic diseases wh,ch
nloy be prsrented Caba has no righ to send
her yeary car.oes of yeLoUfever TO oar ports, and
c5mpel our goverpm mt 10 keep up an ex-
nsive guarantee 10 ward of her deadly
brorz.. The yellow fever she ssh; Us 10
1878 through New o leans, cost this country
$500 lives and $780, 900. This cinro o,
last always. Ii our neighbo:s will rot keep
clean they should be compelled to keep their
diseased cargoes from our shores. Man no
longer insults ,hs Deity by attribuiing to
Him the scourges of epidemic-. but enlighten.
meut traces epidemic diseases to their true
causes-6lth, and tbs neglect of sanitary
lave. Let us remember that scrubbine
brushes and plenty of soap are importau
factors to mans highest moral and physical
we'll being, ami that Cleanliness is akin tt
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