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

veil vsrseu IN Inc biatofy of cholera have
long suspected that there was more OF the
disease in Port Said, Alexandria and Cairo
than had been reported. The general history
of cholera in towns is that it is most fire.
quently introduced by ambulatipg choIersic
disrrhesl C nee. These for severaI days or
more are we'll egou h TO go about a1d essily
conceal their cJndttion, as diarrheal dice ases
OF all types are Very common IN tropical eli
mates. These diseased people wander about
rs heir business, pleasures or INCLINATION
leads them, aud thus SOW the seeds of The
disorder in various and frequently distant
places, especially as the sscretions from the
kidneys are just a. poisosous as those from
The bowels. Then when the peslilence crops
out it occurs among persons who perhaps
have not been far away from their hsnss,
and have not visited any shipping, or know-
ingly been in contac. with any cases of chol
era. The first casss are generally widely
scattered aud sporadic, and no con-
pection can easily be traced from
one 10 another, and the whole thiDg seens a
great mystery. The next most productive
source in outbreaks is the introduction of
soiled clothes, either sent 10 wsshsrwomen or
10 relatives, or sold as old clothes. These
oases are often obscure, for frequently The
washerwomen, if robust, do not die firsi, but
some delicate person or child in The same
house or neighborhoot. In the meantime
the healthy washerwoman may merely have
choleraic disrrhea aud may recover entirely
and ever b. suspected, or may fnsil5 die
when five, ter, fifteen, or even twenty whom
-he has infected have gone to their graves
Toe initial case is not ways the first fatal
oue-fsr from il. The least common occar-
renee l. when ptrsons Also utelv and greatly
zhecied by The di-esee come into a place
sith such evid at -Igns sboui b. 10 tn none
N,,it t.a -, II, I. L 4
de quickly, aad rally ia NTH, no' ooiy
thsi1itiai cAse OF ev=Ty kline, bu the Fret fat
ou-. xt,- deaths Of cholera in one dag
are reported in Ctuo. II this is The Case,
toe DISEASE has Ger ainly been in tina, city for
some time, snd its presence has ben sup.
pressed. Medical masters 10 Egypt have
l'rg osen IN great confusion, especially in
Ca 70. An Egyptian was appointed on The
Sanitary Board whJ was nei her q medical
ulan nor chemist, yet he was given the pos;
OF public analyst The Saniiafy Board is
empowered IL grant licenses 10 medical prac-
iitioners, apothec aries, cbemiss and mid
wives. The co0st quence was that ID Ora
Bcy and Mcdowell fused 10 associate With
this person and resigned, ard Csiro was left
without any Sanitary Board. Finally the
Incompetent and obnexious individual was
removed, together with the ofitisl who ap.
pointed him, but too late. Cairo now has au
efficient Sanitary BoaId. The present cholera
s supposed to have been brought fr m B3m
bay through the Susz canal 10 Port Said aud
Dimiet' on the mouth OF the east branch of
the Nile, and from there To have BEEN cat
ried up the Nile toward Cairo, attacking
Merzileh, Sherbin, Mansoursh, Samsnoud,
Zitte, and oIhsr places near Cairo. But there
oss been anotEer stream Of the di-ease COM
| iug dosn from Tautab. At Tantsh every
June OF the mot horrible Of
| all Mohommedan festivals takes place, to
which from $4,000 to 100000 pilgrims are
said 10 go. Al Taniah il the tomb of Said
el B .doui, who and his priests had great
| reputation for the cure OF sterility. To this
festival and tomb all barren women have the
privilege of going, aud licentious men from
all parts OF Egypt congregate there. The
scenes Of wicssdn,ss are said to exceed all
ordinary crede1ca, and cannot be described
in public prints. The most obscene prsc-
| tices Of ancient heather worship have there
been engrafied upon the pure Mohsmmedan
religion, snd the cures effected are said 10 be
uumbt rles. Pilgrims are now coming from
all directions toward Mecca, snd tue old
scenes on The Rid Sea will soon be re-au
acted. Lieut.. Wellstadt, who spent FIVE
years on the Red Sea in English government
surveying ehips, often found The haltirg
places OF the pilgrim boats covered with
de ID bodies and graves. Jsdda is the por
of Meccs, and only forty miles distant from
it, aud all the pilgrims who come by watel
land there. lis streets at the tim,
of the festivals are crowded with Egyptians
A'abs, Turks, Persians, AIgerInes, per
soUs from Tunis, Tripoli, Morocco, Nubians
Abyssiuians, Afghans, Malays, and negroe
Of every shade. Crowds of poor Hindoos lit
ter the streets like dogs and when all ihei
money is spent the English government i
often obliged TO give from 5000 TO TO- ,00'
free passages back TO India. Jeddah ais
largely engaged IN the slave trade. aud th
elaves have to be landed at night in order L
escape the observation Of the foreign Con
sulp, The captains and JeddAh officials ar
familiar with every device for binding in
quirers. The presepce OF disease among pil
, grims and slaves is always concealed. Their
are no lists OF passengers, and the momeu
: the sick cease TO breathe they are pushe
overheard, if this Gao be done unobservee
or else their companions cover over thel
bodies and cit upon them, as if they wer
, bags, until more Convenient opportunit
| occurs.
. The native pilgrim boats upon the Persia
, Gnf are in q still worse plight, if possible
| The living csrgoss consist of men, wome
: and children huddled together like pig
; From 100 TO $50 are often crowded togethe
IN space Of forty by twenty feet, wit
| ! twenty five or more dead bodies piled abou
W. A. Shepherd says a. thee pilgrim bosi
E passed or went TO wipdwsrd the scent Va
] anything but pleasant, and it WAS difficult
say whether tbs living or the dead were mo
: oissgreesbIy fragrant. Then the Arabs iiy
1 | il g along the shores where they we're oblige
: to pass or stay, not only stop the vesstl. an
: rob the living, hnt also take the de. dooli-
= sni hold them IN pawn I'LL the piice q
/ upoa them il paid BY the SOTO sing reli
= tives, who believe shat their own souls ar
those OF their dsfunci relatives will ney,
= | reach sradiss Until hes. bodies are d.
h ported in holy grouod.
e The Persian and Tu,kish lar d pilgrim
y also distribu,e the disease Dr.. Btrto ct
e Gays at on place tbere passed 90 ,053 pi
/; grims, "a l3S basis of burden, 4564 mu.
+ teefs 1857 10 -ds Of human corps,s Of tv
st esch, VI 5674 dead bodies A another plA
J. l3, 493 pilgrims underwent qasraatins, vii
m de ,Ih- from cholera every day. The corps
9, were concealed, then either thrown i3to q
E. desert or iu.o ihe river near by. A. apoth
g. pl- ce 5000 pilgrims broke the qnaI anti
lie forcibls and threw themselves upon B.sda
m followed By other caravans stricken with d
ii scourge. The marchrs Of E1gI sh too
d through chol, ra districts in India is oft
es full oil painful interest Before raiIroa
r; came in use troops passing IRON Bangalo
a. to Madras were always obliged to 60 ,hreu
e. q certain valley, and always with the com
20 quence of an outbreak of the cholera amo
IN them. Sir Patrick Grant hoped to esca
b. with his men by forbidi ling them 10 enter q
C. native house or drink any of the wafer