Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-31
STRICKEN FRENCH TOWNS.
SOME FuRrHxR CABLE SKETCHES

respondent telegraphs under date OF Iues-
dsy: A dispateb has Just reached me from
a correspondent whom engaged last week
al the Bon Reeontre Hospital In Toiioa
which says that seven deaths took place IN
that hospital last night, and that three oc-
Cured there this morning. From points
outside the city, to which the refugees
fed, he has reports Of twelve other deaths.
The maIady seems, In fact, TO bc
somewhat fighter in Toulon than l1st
week, though the proportion oil deiths
in the hospital is greater than !: has pre-
yiously been. Here at Marseilles the Inn
provement which set in late last week con-
tinuee, and II plainly follows, a. conse-
quence in part. the enforcement by the
authorizes OF the needed health regula-
tlons in the slums of the worst quarters,
especially IN the quarters described In my
former telegram-Capelctte and its neigh
Dor.
IN THE SMALLER TOWNS.
From Aries / got no special report to-
day, but that the cholera is st,ll raging
there no doubt exists. For Its speedy de
cline saw no grounds OF hope on my re-
cent visit, fear being 30 great there, aud
vigorous work on the part OF the authori-
ties so rare. At Aix-Ios. Bains the disease
.fillt finds easy victiI.is arlong The COW
ardly and uEreasonlng people, who
have gone into as great and foolish
panic as the people OF Aries.
Nearly twenty-five places in the south
Of France, chiefly in the Department OF
the Bouches du Rhoue, are now affict-
ed with the pestilence and report from one
to three deaths each day. In these villages,
crowded rs some OF them have been with
refugees, so that strangers would lind 1t
difficult to get lodgings there for night,
the germs Of disease brought from Toulon
ard Marseilles are beginning 10 develop.
and, by means OF the water, to spread
themselves among the natives.
EFFECTS OF COOLER WEATHER.
There has been for day or two generally
cooler weather on the French hediter-
rsnean coast, the wished-for minstral hsv-
ing blown from the northwest. and the
effect has been reduction in the mortality
at the two chief cities-a greater redue-
ton, probably, than could have been ci-
fected alone by vigilance on the part OF the
authorities. But it Is still carly in the sea-
son, and a return OF severe heat in August
is expected TO bring renewal of large
mortality lists.
No bad news reaches us yet from Paris.
The city il. in fact, healthier than it usually
is at this season OF the year. No alarm has
strung up there, and about the only eyi-
dence Of the plague continues TO be the alb
sorce Of the usual crowds OF travellers.
Paris is surely taking on great dullness.
From Spezia hear no further unfavorable
news, though there remains little doubt
that the disease has appeared there. Spe-
zia, however, shares, with most other Ital-
ian towns this year. the advantage OF having
a smaller death rate than in some former
years. and even Naples, hot though it has
been, has shown Improvement.
DIFFICULTIES or CURE.
Many Of the isolated cases reported in
this region as cholera are proved on more
careful examination and better knowledge
TO be only aggragated eases OF diarrhGa.
In both diseases the initial symptoms are
the same. Most cholera cases can be cured
ty large dose OF opium or laudanum.
provided they are taken in hand early
enough. The trouble always Is that, ow-
Ing TO the swIitness OF the disease, when
it is once well started there Is little hope
OF recovery, and 1t gets well started in a
fenrfully short space OF time. Delays are.
therefore, fatally dangerous. II is difficult
to establish rule OF treatment. rs differ
ent patients are handled differently. and
the variations OF cases are at times very
WIDE. Sometimes the second stage OF the
disease, otherwise known ~ the cold stage,
comes with great rapidity, and, even II
arrested, il comes again and again, until
the natient is burned out in the alterna-
ffons. But in tnis stage much depends
upon the temperament OF the patient.
Courage ond hope are Of grest importance
TO him. II he can be kept from yielding
to despair the chances In his favor are
trshled. just as he may contract the dis
case the more easily from fear OF II, 20 be
may die Of Is the more easily from fear.
A fearful heart makes faint stomach.
Consequently anything that tends to inter
iere with assimilation is the worst thing
possible for patient suffering from cholera,
LAST SCENES.
OF the total number OF death. in France
from cholera this year probably the great
majority died inside OF nine hours after
! they were seized with their illness. Some
have not died until after being sick week
or more, bot the majority OF cases were set
| tied one wav or the other within eight oI
| ten hours. At HE start there 10 diarrhG'
! and vomiting; this usually lasts but Z
| short time; then follow the cramps and
the icy chills, and this stage has com.
monty been reached by the time tbs
| patient ha. arrived at the hospital. II the
| circulation can then be restored and KEEP
| up by the use Of from ten TO fifteen glMnmcs
| Of acetate OF ammonia, the same quantity o
| alcohol, and by violent rubbing, there i:
some chance OF recovery, though the chance
| is slight. Bat il the circulation cannot bt
kept up death Is certain 10 ensue. IN the
| last stages some patients are delirious, whil'
| Others enter into a cOmatOse condition
but the whole latter part Of the disease /
generally frightiul thing 10 behold. II /:
simply hellish torture.
Up 10 the present time there have beet
in France about $500 deaths from The
cholera. From this readers will probably
see that the totals published from day tC
d.y in the papers-at any rate, 1t Is true o
| newspapers on this side the Ocean-hav'
| been understatements. Cases which occu
| in The surrounding villages and at point
| further away are liable to be reported late
| and thus escape being included in the dali!
| bulletins.
| Gaining in Area What e is Losing in Int.
| siy.
| [By cable TO the Dispatch.l
MARsEuLEs, July 30.-The sale Of mA
| ons has beer prohibited in this city. Th,
| cholera is gaining in area what it is losing
! in intensity. The disease has made its ap
| pearance in several villages which had pre-
| yiously been exempt. Owing to populsl
| prejudice il is positively dangerous fol
| doctors to walk along in the suburbs q
| night. One instance is reported OF doc
tor who, while visiting woman who haC
been seized with cholera. was assaulted BY
ber son, who drew revolver and com
PEELED him to leave the house. Seyera
| other doctors have also been assaulted.
PARIS, July 30.-There were twely'
deaths from cbolers at Narseilee last nigh
and ten at Toulon. The force OF the cpl
demlc at those two cities continues 10 dc
cline. Three hundred fugitiyes have re
turned 10 their homes within the last tw'
days.
MlRsErILss, July 80 NoOn.-One deatl
only nom cholera has occurred here sine
o'clock this morning.
ROM, July30.-A case OF cholera Ia
occurred near Lueca.
PARIS, July 30-Eueninn.-There hav
been eight deaths from cholera at Mar
seilles since noon. The outlook continue
TO be favorable. Fourteen cases were TO
day admitted into the Pharo Hospital II
that city. Seven were discharged cure'
and sixty remain In the hospital.
A mild form OF cholera has appeared
81 Petersburg. and at Charkof and othe
towns in Russia. The sanitary condition
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