The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-31
Twenty Five Towns and Villages in South
ern France in Which the Disease
Has Effected LOdgment
French Men-Of- War at Foo Chow Under
Steam and Ready for Instant Action.
France Proposes to Withdraw Her Claims
for Indemnity if China Will Restore
Her Privileges in the Provinces.
THE CHOLERA.
The Disease Increasing in Area but Decreas-
ing in Virulence.

The Disease Increasing in Area but Decreas-
ing in Virulence.
LONDON, July 30-The sale of melons has
been prohibited in Marseilles. The cholera is
gaining in area what it is losing in intensity 1t
has made its appearance in several villages pre-
viously exempt Owing to popular prejudice. it
is positively dangerous for doctors to walk alone
in the suburbs at night. One instance is re-
ported Of doctor who, while visiting woman
seized with cholera, was assaulted by her son,
who drew revolver and compelled him to leave
the house. Several other doctors were also as
saulted
The force Of the epidemic in Toulon and Mar
settles continues to decline. Three hundred fugi7
tives have returned home in the last two days
a mild form Of cholera has appeared in st.
Petersburg and at Charkoff, and in other towns
of Russia. The sanitary condition OF Batoum,
Russia, is bad.
cholera at Marseilles, and eight at Aries,
during the twenty-four hours ending at 8
P. NJ to-day. Record Of cholera cases
in the hospitals at Toulon, to-day, shows:
Admissions, q discharged, IL; deaths, 4; under
treatment 1877 The visit of deputation Of the
extreme Left in the chamber Deputies excited
langlid interest at Toulon. Two fatal cases of
cholera are reported in the Department of War.
Austria has quarantined against arrivals oyer
the frontier roads from Italy.
DR.. Koch the noted German cholera expert,
who has been visiting the infected districts, has
addressed report to Bismarck. Dr. Koch crit
icises severely the want Of precaution shown by
the English government in taking measures to
prevent the spread of epidemcs Should chol-
era appear in England. DIR. Koch advises the
strictest measures against all vessels sailing
from England.
Twenty-Five places in the south of France are
now afflicted and report from one to three deaths
per day. In these villages, some OF them crowd
ed with refugees the germs Of disease, brought
from Toulon and Marseilles. are Just beginning to
develop and spread by means of the water, and
terrible time is speedily in store. Cooler wealth
er has prevailed on the French Mediterranean
coast for few days,and slight reduction in
the mortality of the two cities has been the re-
suit No bad news from Paris has come as yet.
OF the total number of deaths in France from
cholera this year probably the great majority
died inside Of nine hours after they were seized
with their illness. Some have not died until
after being sick a week or more, but the majority
of cases We're settled one way Jne othcr witrlln
eight or ten hours. Atthe start there is diarrhea
and vomiting. This usually lasts but short
time then follows the cramps and the icy chill,
and this stage has commonly been reached by
the time the patient has arrived at the hospital
1t the circulation can then be restored and kept
up by the use of ten to fifteen grammes of ace
tate of ammonia, the same quantity of alcohol
and by violent rubbing. there is some chance of
recovery, though the chance is slight But if
the circulation cannot be kept up, death is
certain to ensue In the last stages some pa
tients are delirious, while others enter into a
comatose condition, but the whole latter part Of
the disease is generally frightful thing to be-
hold. 1t is simply hellish torture. Up to the
present time there have been in France about
1900 deaths from the cholera. From this read
ers viii probably see that the totals published
from day to day in the papers have been incor-
rect Cases which occur in the surrounding
villages and at points further away are liable to
be reported late, and thus escape being included
in the daily bulletins