Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-29
PLAQUES.
The Chances of the Cholera Reach
ing the United States
this Season.
Much Alarm Felt Among ths Au.
ihorities In New York City
on the Subject.
A Vessel With Four Cases of Vel.
low Fever on Board
Reaches Baltimore.
Special 10 The Register.


NEw YORK, July 2S.-There is considera.
BILE excitement here over the cholera scare
which was started by the report that YES.
eel loaded with rags from the infected dis
tricts in Egypt is on its way to this port.
The Health Officer has issued a notice that
no vessel from the plsguestricken districts
will be allowed to pass the quarantine sta
ton and that no csrgoes will be allowed TO
be unloaded. The recent dispatches an.
nouncing the fearful death rate in Cairo
and other points, and the fact that few
cases have been discovered in London has
given rise to feeling Of fear, which has
greatly agitsted the subject of protection.
The Theories
that are advanced to prevent the introduc'
ton of the deadly scourage are many.
Some eminent physicians here have even
gone so far as to advise the destruction OF
vessels, should they come TO this side OF
the Atlantic with cholera Oh board, and
other authorities think that this is not
necessary. The REGISTER correspondent
called On DR.. Carnochan to-day and in an.
swer to inquiries on the danger Of the dis
ease reaching America this season, he said:
Counseling Care.
When was Health Officer in ISL" said
he, "the steamer Franklin. which sailed
from Stettin, Prussia, one o[ the then IN .
fscted districts, on the 10th OF October,
reached New York on the 18th OF NoVem'
Der with G63 passengers and seventy
two crew on board, among whom Were no
less than 100 cases OF cholera, tOfty o.
which had proven fatal bo fore the ve:s'.
was quarantined. had tue sick put on
board the United States steamer Delaware
which was given me hy the goyernmen'
ior that purpose, and kept the rest OF the
passengers under strict quarantine 10
twenty days. The Franklin was thorough.
ly disinfeCted and fumiZa,ed. am hap
Nv to tate that not single case Of chol
era from that V, sSel reached New York.
The Danger of Cholera
through infection is very great. In 1866 1t
was brought into New York by perfectly
healthy woman. a nurse at Wards Island,
who visited Quarantine and returning to
the Island carried the germs OF the disease
with her in her clothing. | would recon-
mend to the present Health Officer that he
be very vigid in his requirements espec'
tally as regards the fumigation OF the ap
paral and baggage Of the cabin passengers
who generally do not think they need "a
close a surveillance as those in the steerage
Our sanitary condition should also be well
looked after, and it would be well for the
people to abstain from over indulgence IN
fruit and similar articles OF diet which
nigh, J., ediePose them ~ al attIUh Of TIE
disease"
The Only Prevention.
"Ts there any absolute danger OF AmeriCS
being scourged by the plague this year.
mo" continued the doctor, "all We need
is rigid quarantine in every sense OF the
term, besides the season when the epidemic
would spread is drawing to a close, aud il
we can keep it out Of the country but lit
tie time longer, | do not think the United
States will be infected by the scourage thi,
year. This is the regular seventeen year
round though, and il former experience is
any criterion we must exercise the most
vigilant measures for our protection. How
ever, think we will escape this year
Many other leading medical lights expres:
the same opinion as DR.. Carnochan. J.