The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-08


Discovery Of Is~ Actual C.u>e-wh~rs Il
start, and fiox u Travels ~ Ob><rsa-
lions % Koch and Other Psychologists IN
Epsdemie~ Occurring ~ the East
There are comparatively few people
now living in this country who have
ever witnessed = case Of Asiatic cholera.
and there Is probobly no disease oil
which mankind in general stands in
greater fear and which i the object 81
more superstition. The fact Of the
dreaded malady spreading its contagion
by personal contact and following iii is
march the main roads Of commerce in
dncel Eugene Sue 10 select AhasueruS
Is the personal propagation Of cholera.
especially Is Il formerly advanced with
the Slowness with which Eastern cara
vans carried the tea across the Asiaiic
prairies.
In Asia. in the neighborhooi Of Cal
cutfa. in Arabia. near Mecca, and in
Ervpf. not far from Cairo. are the
breeding places Of cholera There fam
inc il frequent occurrence. The peo-
Die crow up surrounded BY snch filth As
IN American citizen has not the faintest
idea Of. and an infections disease finds
the most favorable conditions for its de-
velopment in those unhealthy districts.
The pilgrims who in thousands yearly
proceed from Egypt 70 Mecca. ani who
live OIL the poorest food and amid the
greatest squallor. carry with them the
setd Of cholera and thus sorm the con-
Meeting link in the transmission Of the
disease from Asia 10 Africa. II we con-
slider the commercial Importance Of
Alexandria we can not wonder that the
cholera. once epidemic in Egypt. should
travel swiftly to Europe. Thus far
medical history has not recorded a
single instance 81 an original outbreak
of cholera anywhere but II the places
mentioned. Filth seems 20 De the sine
qua non 81 is development and clean
Illness the most powerful barrier 70 is
march.
The fact has been established thatthe
human heinz alone acts - the carrier
If the cholera poison. There j. no
well authenticated case On record where
rar~ ~ clothing. ~ has been proven 81
yellow fever. had transmitted the infec'
tious material 81 the Asiatic sease- II
oldcn times when 10 railroads., NJ
steamships. FASTENED the travel. th'
march Of cholera kept pace with thu
rariditv. respectively slowness. Of hu
man intercourse. The disease eithe1
followed the road Of the great ten cara
vans. which brought the high prizcs
leaves from Asia 10 Russia. or il tray
elcd the usual WAYS Of commerce acros
the Mediterranean "a Wherever ;
lar.rc belt 81 water separated two coun
tries the epidemic disease marched from
one % the other IA the same length Q
time that II took ship 70 sail ncroS
the water. such instances we saw i
the spreading 81 the contagion from ~
continent II Europe across the channe
% England. and from Great Britain :
America. IN the latter case the lniec
tious material j. not waited across n
Atlantic ocean and carried the Ion
distance by the air From the momcn
Of the outbreak OF cholera In England
about seven DAYS must II least elaps
ere The first case 81 the disease c.
happen in orr country. for the tastes
steamers need ABOUT that time 70 eros
the ocean
we knew. therefore. long since ths
neither in Europe nor IN America coul
ASiatic cholera develop itself withoi
III Germ having first been introduce
into these countries. we also wer
swareo 81 the fsct that human intcrcours
alone propagates the contagion. a
experience had taught u that Nth 4
vorci and cleanliness prevented a
spread Of the disease. N modcz
times. where public hygiene has D