The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-10
A consul on Cholera.

washington. 9.-Frank h. Ma
son, United States sconsul aI Wa wa
settles, in a dispatch to the oIa.e
Department relative to cholera az
that place and Toulon. says: III t Hp
pears that, Notwithstanding an INC
progress in medical science anu .ne
verT lerfect arrangements for col
Ieetine and treating stricken Vlcs ms
of the scourge, more than !m9T
thirds of those attacked have dled:
Even during the first fortnight OF
the endemic, when all san"
tary conditions were most favor1
able the almost immediate Irahss
mission of the disease from loulOn a
to Marseills, and next the enormous
death rate of seventy per cent. IA
the earliest stage of the epidemic,
seem to prove that sanitary science
and medical skill Lave made DuI
little substantial progress in deanng
with Asiatic cholera; q seconu
feature present IN this epidemic Is
the rigor and deadliness OF is az
tack as compared with tire last gIest
cholera summer, 1875. Inc rapluiIy
and viruIence Of this development
are attributed in some measure 10
| the intense dam p, stifiDg heat WHICH
prevailed during most OF the Gays
since the 3Oth Of June; there are
physiciaus of judgment ana ex
ference who maintain I1at
dessication is the only effective de-
stroyer of the choleraic micrope on
a large scale, and that dfy, NOT
weather. while it may De untsvor
able for those already attacked, Is
the most effective in staying the
spread of the contagion. Another
noticeable feature Of the present
visitation has been the slmultaneous
and sudden appearance OF the NAL.
ady in all parts OF the Guy o,
MarseilIes. Fugitives' from mere
have died at AK, GrenoDle, ana
other towns in southern France, Dut
the epidemic has thus far not been
kindled there, nor have any persons
been attacked except such as
brought the contagion from Toulon'
In view of the enormous emigration
which has occurred since the out
break three weeks ago. ct Is est d,
mated by good authority at luU'o ~,
persons from Marseilles and 5O,00S
, from Toulon,) and the dis
tribution of this vast contln'
, gent throughout France. !tsly
, Switzerland and Nethetland:
, il ia most worthy of note and en-
i couraging that no authenticated cas-
of cholera has occurred among Uni
: army of fugitives at any point nof'l
{ OF Grenoole. Although q great mum
Der of Italian working people let
e the two stricken cities for Mortimer
{ Italy during the early days OF tn
D epidemic the disease has not ap
q parentlv been carried VIII
i them, or if it has, it
i not vet developed. NothiD
I in all the disputes concernin
s the origin and cure OF the deseas
It has added any effectiveness TO To
a means hitherto known for the trea
- ment of choleraic patients, and til
q proportion of deaths to cases appear
II to increase rather than diminish.
Is A momentary CLEAN of hope NJ
I. diffused by the announcement thi
1t Talents had been rescued at the co
ss lapse stage of the maledy at IL
= hospital in Toulon by inhalation
'e oxygen but this encouragement III
been elouded by the discovery tbi
the effect of this powerful Stint
liant was but temporary ar
j. patients thus treated, finally died
E. the same ratio as those treated t
ar other methods.
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