The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-28
THE CHVLENA SCARE.
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PAIIs, June 27.-The lases, news regard.
Ing the cholera is contradictory. The Gov.
ernment Sanitary Commissioners Of Paris
doubt whether the disease at Toulon is
Asiatic cholera, while kilograms from the
stricken town unhappily point in the con.
rary direction. 1t now oozaH out that the
tirst fatal case occurred ten days ago at
Toulon on board the transport Mou,ebello,
anu that through the neglect OF the officers
the deceased mans clothes were not de.
stroyed. !, -,
lie GauloiS attempted to fix the responsi-
bility ot the outbreak on the English, who.
It is asserted, had let the infected vessel
through tho Suez canal without proper ex.
animation; but there is every reason to. be.
lieve that the French have thsir own
neglect Of. cleanliness reproachr--------
The scare at Toulon and Marseilles COLI
tinues, crowds leaving both cities. Paris,
so far, Is not much excited. The paperS
sensibiy refrain from alarmist comments
and content themselves with publishing
the news communicated here. -...
INTERVIEW WITH NJ. rAsTEUR,
A correspondent had lon, interview
with the eminent savant, NJ. PaRour, to.
day, in which the question Of quaran.
tine and choleia contagion were fuzzy dis
Cussed.
a have no doubt that cholera is contag.
ious," said NJ. Paseur. "French doctors
are perfectly in accord on that point"
rrespondent-Several OF the English
authorities whom Ihad occasion to consult
laat year admit that the disease is infect
ious, but deny that it is contagious.
NJ. Pasteur-Much confusion prevails
about the use Of the tSo terms. Where
does infection ond and Contagion beginP
II l catch cholera through drinking
choleraic water, it is infection or contssion.
Corrsspondent-1n support OF the theory
that the disease is not contagious, dis
tinguiahed Euglsh sanitary inspector men.
toned to me that during the epidemic in
the north OF England Of two neigbboring
towns, one was devastated by cholera and
the other untouched, although there was
FREQ and constant communication between
Them.
IS CHOLERA TRANSMITTED BY FEAR?
n. Pasteur-That proves little. Lyons
and Marseilles have both been spared by
cholera hitherto, yet we kno.S Tor fact
that the arrival OF single ship is sufficient
tospread contagion should 1t be generally
known that there was one case OF cholera
on board. Science ia still at fault as to the
exact media by which cholera is transmit-
ted. Perhaps it is by water, and II 80, as
people travelling do not carry water bottles
in their pockets, 1t is not inevitable that
Marseilles should have the disease because
travellers have arrived from Toulon. Per-
haps the disease germs are propagated by
the atmosphere. We know little about
these things.
Correspondent-You agree with DR..
Koch, then, about bacili being the original
cause Of cholera?
NJ. Pasteur-I agree with him entirely,
though do not think the matter has been
scientifically proved yet. Perhapsit would
have been more scientific II Dr.. Koch had
been !ess positive. Had he allowed him
sell time 10 cultivate the study OF the dis.
ease germs as have cultivated hydropho.
bia germs, 1t would have made all the dif-
ference. The French doctors sent out to
Egypt were more cautious. Though they
believe they cav the same bacii as Dr..
Koch, they did not assert so much.
TIE ORIGIN or TIE EPIDEMIC.
Correapondent-All medical authorities
who have been consulted, among them Sir
William Gull, Of London, agreed in ridi.
4 culing the idea that quarantine is etIica-
cious in stopping cholera.
N. Pasteur-All the French faculty are
ats sllutely Of the opposite opinion. The
English have happy knack OF defending
theories convenient 10 them and their com.
merce. 1t is universally recognized that
cholera has been imported from India,
though the Eoglish doctors commissioned
to investigate the matter report tina, 1t orig
mated last year in Egypt. What does Sir
William Gull know about cholera? He ia
merely'a Court physician. Besides, I don't
believe that the English doctors would dare
stick TO their .theorits now.
Correspondent your views
to be correct, would it not be in logical
order for tho quarantine laws to be applied
to towns where the cholera is raging, Just
as in case OF ships?
NJ. PAsteur--That would be return TO
the barbarian OF the Middle Ages and an
outrage on modern ideas Of individual
liberty. :.
Correspondent-Do you think the disease
will spread very far? NJ
NJ. PAsteur-Iiit bs real Asiatic cholera,
about which we shall know more, 1t will
spread all over France, doubtless, but with
what degree OF virulencs it is impossible
10 say. The old.langled notion that such
and such diseases always rage with the
same intensity has been exploded. The
virus may bs Of any degree and intensity
from zero upward. have in these (point-
ing to his laboratory rabies virus almost
innocuoup, and some infinitely more terli-
Bile than that dogs die Of. This outbreak
may possibly be weak one.
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j PARIS, June 27.-Prince Victor has writ
i ten q latter In NJ Inlihnia in axnlanaA;n.