Daily Republican., 1884-08-01


MARsEILLEs, July 3l.-The lower class
es dislike and oppose the physicians be-
cause they have gotten the notion that
the physicians have been Instructed to
help the cholera along In order to get rid
Of the surplus population. A paper read
by medical man, In Berlin, lauding the
<holera as sweeping off beings untitled for
the struggle of existence, has been widely
reproduced in France, aud has helped to
prejudice the people against the doctors,
and to confirm them In their belief that
the Government has adopted views SINH
lar to those Of the Berlin essayist. An In
stance OF the popular hostility toward the
physicians occurred In this city yesterday.
doctor was going into the slums to A.
tend patient, when he was confronted
by party of the sick mans neghbors,
armed with knives, who chased him away
and prevented his ministering to the suf-
ferer.
ARIES, July 3l.-A sad incident in con-
nection with the cholera pants happened
recently near this city. A lad at work on
farm was seized with vomiting. The
farmer refused to allow him to enter the
house, and the poor fellow died in the
field, without care and alone. When the
ia ther OF the lad arrived he was not per-
mitted to place his sons body In the
stable, but was forced to leave it In the
open air while he went to tine town to
procure coffin. He then conveyed the
body on wheelbarrow TO the burial
authorities. who refused to give hi IN as
| sistance, and the father was tually COM
PEELED to bury the body in the cemetery
alone.
PARIS, July 31.-At Marseilles, this
svDpfun thara ha5 haav, f,,rpr daatb he fro ~,
cholera since noon. Two Deaths from
the disease occurred at Toylon today
No serious cases are In the hospitals
there, and the fears that the epidemic
would break out again are subsiding.-
One death from cholera has occurred at
Crews st. George, one at Montfort, and
one at Swargens.
PARIS, July 31.-There were only
twelve deaths from cholera at Marseilles
during the "a hours ending at . O'Clock
to- night.
CHOLERA TREATMENT IN MARsEILLEs.
The special correspondent of the New
York Times, cabling from Marseilles
under date of July 20, says Many of
the isolated cases reported In this region
| as cholera are proved on more careful ex-
animation and better knowledge tc be
only aggravated cases of diarrhGa. In
both diseases the initial symptoms are
the same. Most cholera cases can be
cured by large dose of opium or lauda-
| mum, provided they are taken in hand
early enough. The trouble always is
that, owing to the swiftness of the disease
when 1t is once well started there is little
hope of recovery, and 1t gets well started
in fearfully short space of time.
Delays are, therefore, fatally dangerous.
1t is difficult to establish q rule of treat
ment, as different patients are handled
differently, and the variations of cases are
at times very wide. Sometimes the sec
ond stage of the disease, otherwise known
as the cold stage, comes with great rapid
| ity; and, even If arrested, it comes again
and again, until the patienlis burned out
In the alterations. But in uhls stage much
depends upon the temperament Of the
patient. Courage and hope are of great
Importance to him. If he can be kept
from yielding to despair the chances In
his favor are trebled. Just as be may
contract the disease the more easily from
fear of it, so he may die OF 1t the more
easily from fear. A fearful heart makes a
faint stomach. Consequently, anything
that tends to interfere with assimilation is
the worst thing possible for patient suf-
fering from cholera.