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HISTORY OF CHOLERA EpIDEMICs,
A Synopsis OF Their RaynGcs purirg
the Present Centurs.

1t Is idle, no doubt, u speculate at present
upon the whence aud the whither of the
epidemic of cholera reported from Egypt
AS becomes place which has experienced
sixteen attacks Of choer,, some OF them very
severe, within the last fifty year,, Mecca,
upon the occurrence of an outbreak, ordina-
rily takes precedence among the gravcly
suspected sources OF disease. During the
whole of last summer cholera prevailed
to m unusual extent IN Japan.
There was also about the same
time very destructive epidemic raging IN
the Soulou aud Philippine Archipengoes.
For the last hundred years or more cholera
has been treated as an 'instltuliDh" OF ludia,
and the mortality bills there are on II large
scale. The last notable outbreak in India
was among an assembage of pilgrims at
Alaabid, In january last year The lrsl
historical Epidemic, so far rs Europe ls con-
cernrd commenced toward the close of
1920. Cholera rearpearcd in Persia, and,
gaining fJothold in the Caucasian prov
nces bordering upon the Caspian, it entered
Russia in Europe. The capitals, old and
new, and other parts of the great empire
came under the scourgc. Grave alarm sprcad
over Europe, where the dread disease had
put Itself IN evidence for the first time. 1t
passed from Russia 10 Austria. Hungary
and Germany, the victims in the
latter country alone numbering more
than 90J, 900. Upon the 2Gh Of Octo-
Der, 1891, it was brought in u ship from
Germanyt5 Sunderland; on February q,
1889, Il appeared in Edinburgh, and ON Feb.
ruary 10 in Rotherhithc and Limchousc and
on ilurci - il was reported from Dublin,
and during the year it prevailed extensively
Al nj, At 10 mi rae L ~
exact numbers are unknown, as there was
then no registration of deaths but the deaths
of 81 54T persons were reported through va
rious sources to the Board of Hath. France,
spain aud Italy afterwards got their turn.
Between March and August $4,000 people
died of the disease in Paris, where, as in
Hungary, the people, being suspicious OF &C.
cult poisoning, were excited to madness
and murder From France the cholera
crossed the Atlantic, AMI spread through
North and Central America From Germany
| it had previously travelled Into Turkey. A
| little willie afterward 1t presented itself in
Arabia, Egypt aud the Nile dislrc', and it
| was general throughout North Africa in
| 1885. In 1871 a great epidemic broke out In
India and China, and, developing upon the
lines OF the former epidemic it reached Eu-
rope in 1917, and passing over the Continent
| travelled to America and the West lnd, s,
|
there being 40, 900 cases in Jamaica in 1850.
| 1t was in October, 1S4S, that the first cases
became known in England. On June 3,
| 1S49, the deaths in Paris numbered 1l9. On
June II the General Board Of Health
in England reported that since the
latter end of March the disease had
broken out in twelve different parts
Of the metropolis. in twcnty-seven towns
n England and Wales, and seventeen
towns in Scotland. Up to this time there
had been in this country about 1000 deaths
| out Of $1,000 attacks. During the week
| ending September 18th, the d. aths i'll Lon
don were 1888 the ordinary average then
being 1908. BY order Of the Queen the fol-
lowing day, Sunday, prayers were offered
up in all the churches for the removal of the
scOurgc The number OF deaths from chol-
era from June 18th To October 81 in London
| alone was IL, lGl. The sickness Glsappca!cd
| in the middle of October Out OF popula-
ton of II j64 $50 IN this country, 50 293
| died OF cholera and 1857 Of diarrhua.
| England has had experience OF four cpl
denies of Aslatic cholera. The two re-
naming outbreaks of which we have to
speak were much mider in character than
those already described. On September 4th,
1853, the disorder again broke out with
great severity in Newcastle, and North
Shields ard other adjoining towns suffered
greatly. July, ls54, |, again made Its
presence iclt over the Whole OF the metro
polls. The epidemic reached It's height IN
the second week ct s'piemhrr: almost on
the same Gay mat inc epluemc OF ios'
occasloneu inc hishest hlor'al'y. lnueeu,
as Dr; sutherland reported 10 the uchcra
board OF Heailh, thele was u rehlarhaolt
similarity throughout Ill inc progress
ana development OIL pun eplueHi'cs. III Wv
week ending oep'emncr thefe were IooI
death from choIcra IN LONDON. Inc tpluGih
ic reached us maximum In hihe weeks, ou,
the mortality did not laii TO thAt OF Inc his'
week until Is weeks altcr me maximum per
| London was 1850, and from dlarrhCe