New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

-. n,. IN. e,nerenre OF the past in this city has
Ssso An each successive importaton.o OF 'ac ono -,
~ easily limited TO narrow space '"'' s fs
evtng TO the fact that we enjoys cooer c''I"'0 "-
sAo. Euronean cities in which has OF late proved ~
t.sA; then ws comparatively ieF e&re'peS ~.
nsone; our city exceedingly favoraoly situate" iV
Sasy surface and subsoil drainage swept on eitc SUI
ky Rroat rivers. and. unlike TouiOh' M"so"
Nan,cs we have comparatively no very low Sro""'' "
khs,e cities the drainage ION the upper very nuoh
waited grounds was conveyed constantly 10 INC ~"
grounds. causing there an accumulation Vi ni' ~
no portions OF this city are subjected to. , =,
The observations OF Mr. Farr. Registrar-1eher'' VI
England so long ago 1s49 showed th"' o'''oi" w
dtsEct relation to the lowness OF the SOIL an
Sf only twelve feet above the Thames MAKING So"'
a,,,nnt,on OF the cholera rates Finally, We have an IN
te,,,rent Board OF Health who understand perfectly "o
nan,tary measures necessary for Jus extmcuon' Nv
that cholera will ever become IN the c vi
n.wyork an alarming epidemic. The medical profes-
Atom can cope with the disease-we have not earned 10
do 1t from DR. Koch but from experience itunk '.io
4, uttle danger of it's coming this winter The MS
tory of nearly all the epdemcs is that they have speau
vnerally ON the other side before coming here Ihere
has always been some delay ia their reaching us.
CHEERFUL WORDS FROM DR. POST
Tn Alfred C. Post one of the Oldest practising phy-
D,cians I'm New-York and OF the best knowh-o,e WI"
has cn In every cholera epidemic since the one OF 1857
takes bright view of the situation ana gives coo'
tnx assurances based on thorough pracucai h"o"'e
of the djaease lie said last night that th'ro ""' w
,eb danger now OF the disease. unless he continued
We should have q very warm winter Co'u "o"'"oi
nuts stop TO IT, But we must admit that In some arge'
thickly populated cities there may he summer III .eno-
,ueut houses while 1t Is winter elsewhere 20 u Is Is u, % ~
pe.ar.nr. Tenement houses there are In win,ei Eree
fo, honses chiefly however because the climate IA very
cold and large amount OF Nncai bea' , !, , do wa
IJere we do not require to use 40 much neat nor uv & @
have 10 keep our houses close. Cholera ~ no une
within my recollection. has pteEme na most likely
he checked nv rhsrksSivng Day, Tor tlen our oo,u
weather generally bcsnS we may & N.Y. c ari"d nga"s
thuua h. aud such possiMl'l shohlu NC wv s, .,,
by every prccautiou. II Is more apt To come heN Sl
Choiora is disease witch docs not sni,a1 Wv p", per
sons nnniarior- person doesn't catch 1t from an
either rhc p,incipal nAunet o ts rtoplgelon ~ ~ , @
agate tao ,ilscnso fresh or recent state Ihe nul''s
AID phl lscians ~ the onoera 10 no'n as VI" In thc com
Munty. When Crplvra has Noen nee" 'h "rlV, ,",
,ho nclical n,rs''on % maa D'rn n ~ ""olcrn sorms
80 be pfopasatoi lay tHc fermentation u e oN',eu 4,
thc h,l Ia snl olohlns. ra.v etc, aud Ia H. sr'""
scner,ily folloN, unos OF lrNo. mcrohandiso. ct@
Nhcu proper care Il token to dosltoN o, % 10
ever pas,cs from the body the disrasc d's - "" ~
he pinparaicd The cphcmic' ot lS3s, ~, i' hhu ~
were very severe 9at those "ssnr,nS @ ~ HnV" been m
under the soutrol "i tue sanitary ~ ~noHH y on"i
Nh these epidonics and never REGARDED II as any l"l %
.amsHs 10 "n,"" =" Of tie dscase When chocra gets
inio country the best mole "i suatuly "t,', FIN ,, ~
"ern,Sy and cicinlly Any diet which has tendency
10 Loosen the bowels must he avoided as e,eIN M oG. G
,nrnt al the bowels has tendency Ia invite lhe ushso'
During the prevalence Of the cplIclnl1 any 81" , o
." nome 90 10 bed ana send physican carefully
avoidng taking anything thai wiil 'ncie@s ta ede1
plant If case ever occurred "ncn "'s o rcentIon
6v ooseness OF the bowels such case Is Tre eNceP'ou
"Troash all the epideincs which have Iassod have
never known 1t otherwise. For the encouiagrien o.
the community may say that have Fever w WIN @
case that did not yield to treatment IL prg,. g,i -, inc nc
Choer. Is those diseases wlc 10 De u'o" % SUI
c.ssly mast treated Its first stages at th' 'iie M
A, a. ,nni, ,eane than others less latal NO
inteigent person ought t. fear the disease NO person
ietsh ,o ' ~, w. "ts for hi. pbv stefan aud governs
tables which operate upon the noWe nor on 'to no
other hand pariakins Of anything which may eda 10
consnsf,nu Tor that Of rorse. diarrh9a alter
ward Water i. of TIE vehiceS Tor tue i
OF the disease bat need have no great rear Ia urn nm,
Inc ,ir Croton water which il cnmparatNey Tree Iom
contamination the ON skirts OF he cry cn,ufraoe
sssfe~aar1 II should be boiled and either drunk while
warm or 5eiug cooed with ice carr ~, ,nu he m
exercised in using ice however ior ~ ~ i9n ~ n, noin
germ of disease. II tneie u any uop on '' 30 M
The ice shond be paced III oon'"'' WIN ''' ''''
the water
Dr. poREuUs EgCoMJrNDs HEROIC MEASURES.
DR. L. ogden Dorcmus spoke with some asperly oi 'nc
r.rmen who were insisting upon the importation OF rags
Willie they cond make paper ont o many o'her 'InSS
He had seen excellent paper made OF shuchs e'c "ne"
the shin ,taanta arrived this port IN 1s65 win the
reporl that sixty peor had died board from cholera
there was a great throughout the city III Lewis
sayre met Dr DOremus IN broadway ana t0id MN the
news in a frightened whisper They went at once to Inc
City Hall and laid the mater before Mayor Suutue "o
Immediately told Dr. Dorenus to do anything that ne
Thought best lie went TO quarantin" ahd uis'nlete1
,eu.rstn, mpou them enormo u quantities OF chlorine
gas hch penetrated every pore o the snip rue sauo
measures were thereafter TAKEN "l'l e'oi' 9''P N
into port -. ...,o china, nav, >, sa,a the doctor 10 a
reporter In France they burn u little sulphur III a
saicer and cal that dsincctng We don't want any ol
that ki over oven there %ce he little fear
canning IoBg The best disniectdn III iy OPihph ~
chlorine gus bait mind you m large Yu"'t,i,LiG,s ~
nenetr,tel the very walls Of the wards at Bellevue @
ital with It, We spread out lar-e sheets OF le'' [ i
tnrnei up the edges ~ that they wonlu ho., % m ~ ,r
Gals for generating the gas. would have lhre or ior
assistants and when all Sere ready tne wold H , oc m
given to Polr' lhcn an "o"u ,', ll Ua, ,orythno
would be fastened and the gas peneirled eve53 h
10 have euicred the room during the .ine Nonu aNg
been certain death These the nN'asrres would
have TIA, in adopt dsinectng VesN +. me cry i Ern
the ,ic think they un-caed hut roh ana poor.
il must he remeno rc, meet n ia, sewers iG NH, si
we ncei ear the OUTBREAK cd cholera ihis Wnel @ nC"gI
tis ossble that we m, ',e w. @ nv with it when il does
come"
DR. smR,pY SHOWS THE DANGERS FROM FEAR
Dr. George r. shrady said that the feope shou ny al
mean ayoid the feeling of fear in the presence OF
ClOl.r8.
uvonld be going far probably, to say that fear
4, nnre no ,pe than disease" he said. but there can
be no doubt that 1t j. eid to the spread O usotSe'
ting a person. were, 90 hc more shsceptoe oi a'h
than he would be me nraced himself and STOOD mp
AGAINST It. don't expect the cholera thie winter Rags
have more 10 do with bringing It here than anything else
except the patients elves aud they should e he
ont unless thorough iV d,ml'S.e' ~ w ~ i,j, Wv. ~ ~ "f
,holrts an, nan who undertakes 10 slehk Ip7N'N VI
a vii 'pu his foot IN It, us the aiins gpes Men VINO
have studied II nn-t dnl Wheh ", W t1i , t Il ,'o
ANY tale rhuipa uut to he ht0uEht hrlt l, i- ~
ohsurp uf is breaking u' spontaneously, Nhe W'l' -
mo- aD. ,,ute aaianne at present the people may nave
,Vpf, uunlidpn,o Ia the uunlhhiun ulu,el ne VIZ ..
The disraao into The city tl' Winter 'h""sh '"
A is sutp io bo here hpNt YEAR 49,. -, ,.,..t.,.
sMe trldiie fisid uail,nunn from Maine "a, u'ma
nun unnu lhr can coast Ihu National H"hlh :" ''Rh
sbnud tukn ohntpr u Hnd nco that h'ir n Hlnn
u,stslanding between nu the unetia ni ~" uH'l'h'
,tis uu Nil nhuuld ready tn pu together Inc hop
snd nutlntak cunirtH W iatia ~ a 'nH Wuh!lhnu
,sry ,,n..nlnu Inc district ~ the oliA inhhhltrh lN
,h.' lt,nri ,lnug south Ifh-ANu aud ~ thn hri4h
tnr.oai 1 tnnh viii Huncr nist n the diseast hhohd
come There the are handled hhd We lrulo
nro crowded and their surroundings uhclran ~ lNhs