The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-03

THE CHOLERA OUTLOOK.
A Prominent Medical journal Fears thu
scourge May Reach This Country.

A Prominent Medical journal Fears the
scourge May Reach This Country.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 30-The Medical News will
publish the following editorially in next Sstur-
days paper: The outlook in France, Italy and
Switzerland is not SO good it was a week
ago, and the late increase Of cholera at Toulon
would seem to indicate that the disease
has lost none OF its force in the quarter where Ii
first made its appearance over two months ago.
Its gradual spread throughout Southern aud
Western France, crossing the Alps ana invading
Italy and Switzerland on the one hand aud
stretching eastward TO the Bay Of Bengal on the
other, would lead US to fear that the prophecy OF
Professor Koch may yet be yerifed-that sll Eu.
rope will suffer with the scourge before it takes its
final departure.
tunate, escaping both yellow fever aud cholera,
though more than once threatened by yellow
fever ships. and at least once by choera-nfected
vessel. The Wanted sanitary precautions" sug-
gested as a preventive OF cholera and inaugurated
in many of the villages of France have IL is stated
proved Intellectual in staying the progress of the
disease. Whether this be true or not, we can not
aferd to relax our own efforts in this direction,
and We believe 1t is incumbent upon all health
authorities, municipal, State and Governmental,
TO continue the work of keeping our cities and our
We may escape this year The probabilities now
are that we Will, but the past history OF this dis
warns US that so long as it is in Europe
in danger, and that winter is no certain safeguard
against its progress; therefore 1t behOOves TO
keep up the fight against filth in every form aud
leave no place fer the disease to obtain footing.
1t is Spreading in ItaIy-The Danger Much
Increased From the Ignorance of the
People The Prayer Cure EDioined -
Deaths. Etc.
ROME Sept. 1.-The reports of the cholera
from various parts of Italy in the past
twenty-four hours show no new cases and
forty.fve deaths. A terrible panic prevails
in some districts infected with cholera. In
- e;oso - -.
minister TO cholera patients have been bru-
tally maltreated. Ia some cases they were
wounded with knives. The persons making
these assaults labor under the delusion that
the doctors are engaged in poisoning the peo-
pie The entire populace, 10 prevent the
spread of the infection, had led them in
some instances to offer armed opposition to
railroad traffic.
RoMF, Sept. 1.-The Pope has issued an
eDcylical letter which njoins upon the
fsithful that prayers should be offered against
the cholera; also for the freedom OF the Holy
See and the property of the church.
AIIcANTE, Spain, Sept. 1t is feared that
cholera has appeared here. Two suspicious
deaths have occurred in a family which
recently came from Algiers. Three others
of the family are i'll.
PARIS, Sept. l.-At Marseilles during the
twenty-iour hours ended at 9 O'Clock to-
night, nine persons died from cholera. The
disease is increasing in virulence at Naples.
PARIS, Sept. -Four deaths from chol-
era at FabTegues, near Montpelliers,
and six at Perpignan 10 day. At Carnoules
eight deaths occurred within two days. II
is believed that visitors to Fasret at the lat
ter place introduced the epidemic. The in
hsbitsnts IN many cases fled to other towns.
Soup kitchens have been opened at La
SpeZia Italy, where there have been twenty
five deaths in thiTty-six hours.
LONDON, Sept. IA doctor certified altar
officisl inquiry that boiler maker at Mill
wall, London, died Of Asiatic cholera The
sanitary officer that visited the man denied
that be had died of Asiatic cholera, but
ordered the coffin tarred and the house DIS
infected