Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-07
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
TIE CHOLERA scoUR0g.
The Worse Believed 20 he over Kochs
Theory Discrsdited.


a London special 10 the Philadelphia
Times says: The record OF the week seems
10 JUSTLY the belief that the spine OF Tue
cholera epidemic has been broken, ana us
disappearance now Is only question OF
weeks II was ten weeks ago last Thurs
day that the first fatal ease Of cholera was
reported in Italy. and the deaths have thus
far made an average of nearly tnou-
sand weekly. II Is sixteen weeks to-day
since the first death was recorded In
France. making about 3T5 deaths per
week IN that country. The mastery OF
The plague In Genoa Is really the hrst
fine medical feature OF the whole siege.
Immediately after the pest broke out with
virulencc i'm that city, fortnight ago, the
authorities had the water supply analysed,
and they discovered that OF the three
sources Of SUNNY that Of the Nicolai Com
pany was awful, the municipal works sup.
ply YVES rrctiy bad. and that Of the Ger
zenii Company was pure. Immense and
costly efforts were promptly made TO shut
OF The first two sources and TO turn the
latter water into all the pipes. IN imme-
date Improvement was noticed. and the
mortality declined after eight days. instead
Of advancing for weeks. as has usually
been the case. There l. Gordon around
La Spczia still, in spite OF the universal
protest.
NAVAL OFFICERS Is QUARANTINE.
1t Is drOll fact that Admiral Caimi,
who i under orders TO command the Anne
RICO Vespucci. bound for America. aud
Admiral Loyefa dl Maria. who l. under or
dcrs to assume charge OF the Naval Acade-
NV at LcehOrn. are both confined inside
OF the La Spezia Gordon, and no power can
oXtIIcatc them.
The mortality il Naples among the bet
ter classes has been more than II has been
II any other visitation Of recent times. II
includes eleven priests. 4 score OF nuns.
and as many doctors. The temporary Or
plan asylum at Naples is crowded with
children, and hundreds Of others are pri.
vatcly cared for, Lady OtWay having eleven
in small orphaDage Of her own. Accord
ing 10 the official and municipal figures
there have been 9.j12 deaths in Italy
up To date, but people who ought to know
sly that in the terrible month OF
September fully 1,200 died at Naples alone.
and 4 Roman paTcr estimates the total
deaths Up TO Wednesday at l0.S00. out OF
sixty provinces IN Italian mainland forty
four have been infected; but only thirteen
have had more than 80 deaths, and only
In France the pest is still declining
weekly, and there seems 10 be 10 reason 10
fear that the isolated deaths in the depart
mcnis Of Corrczc and Lot mean dangerous
spread.
KCClI's THEORY DISCaEDuED.
There has been a sad decline in Or. Koch
stock during the week. since the Marseilles
Commission doctors made m elaborate re-
port OF many experiments with microbes.
ull Of which were failures. and since Or.
Klein, a Bombay official and an expert. has
shown contempt for the micTobc theory by
swallowing a quantity Of bacilli without
any harmful result. The MarscllcS Com
mission found it could mathematlcllly trace
Is cholera patients condition by an hourly
examination Of the blood. the healthy clo-
blles remaining stationary and the I'M
healthy cues flowing between columns
fcImCd by Others and taking them grad
ualy off until The column Is rupturcd
The Commission afiirms thai cholera is
not CONTIGUOUS; that there is no phlchocer-
difiS. as claimed by Nargagpi. and 10 con-
c!udcs that, while we know better than our
predecessors what the cholera is not, we
do not know what IL is. I'm the Pari, hos.
pItas. where Dr. KOch's theory has been
generally condemned. valuable experiments
have lately been made with sulphidt OF car
Ion ~ an anti>eptic and reyul>iyc agent,
and il will he tried promptly in Genoa.
Or. Koch la, Just declined a call to LEIPZIG
University. It is reported that \ chair oi
hygiene i TO be endowed in the University
Of Berlin for him. Cuisines, in Italy /, IN
q terrible condition. Large failures are
announced at Turin and elsewhere. To-
day bands began playing in public plIccs
IN Naples, and the Theatres OF the town
were rC0Ieucd tonight.