The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-08

lipSth- lhr last epidemic inst reached
our shore, bnt iIndlng no suitable soil
for IN Development. j, lied out 81 is I
own account. after having attacked
few victims ia the filfhic,i quarters 81
the metropolis. lhe cpiicnlir- which
last Year RACED IN Egypt and Calcutia
were Totally confined 10 their original
starting points. Perhap, ihe hest proof
Of the utility ~ strict sanitary measures
was given by the epidemic IN Egypt
IL The immediate nci.llhnr.o God II The
Infected place some thousands 81 In
gllsh soldiers were camping: many for
eigners rom All parts Vi the civilized
world we're then living moi fifty miles
from the dangerous district. greatly
augmented intercourse took place be-
tween Egypt and Europe. and still the
disease never spread outside Of the san
itary Gordon or befell hut few persons
in the protected quarters.
We need. therefore. have in our
country but little fear 81 visit b. the
Asiatic cholera il we but use the com
mon precautions which mo ic N sanitary
science has taught Us All vessels ar
irving At our shores should be carefully
inspected. all ships coming from infect
ed ports should be forced To undergo
strict quarantine. al emigrants should
BE- rigidly examined and the streets and
alleys Of our cities should be kept as
thoroughly clean a. careful and unin-
terrupted attention tan make them.
Thus prepared we may have reasonable
hope 81 escaping the dreaucd visit The
united exertions Of the most enlight-
ened nations may suffice 10 prevent
the disease from spreading beyond is
original limits; still we had better
adopt the most eiiicien*meanso ourselves
70 keep the destroyer from cur bound
darie~.
4 Recently. however. q discovery ha>
been made which promises soon 70 con.
( tribute more 10 our safety than all
\ former measures. Thus far we had 70
guard and fight against ~ unknown foe
the real cause " the disease was I'M
4 known 10 rs. Now discovery has
been made which is Of the utmost inn
portance. But before we mention the
results Of the labors of the commission
which Germany sent last year 70 Egypt
70 investigate the nature and cause q
Asiafic cholera. We viii say = few words
concerning modern pathology for The
benefit OF those readers who may not be
f.r;I..r w;th nv. s,i,;ec,. Their. are 4
,.r..a, ,,r,h.r N d;seases which run 4
.'.r,.s = Ja,,n;.. ,o,,r~c n.uailx appear 4.
.n;',en,;.. .,d III infections. /. ~. their
An. ~. ~ ~ looLea ar either Id the
air we inhale. the food we eat or the
water We drink. TO these malahies'
be,onr typhus. typhoid fever. diph.
tberia small-pox. scarlet fever and the
i;re The r.searches of the last fen
xe.rS have demon y rated the fact thai
ssch N these Diseases has ! minn',
l;x;r~ or.an;sm ~ ~ own -pecial kind
which Il met with n Great numbers ii
. ~ h,..J ,nl n MI. tissues affected
Th... m;.ro.or0an;sm< are abon
nv onc two-tho,I-andth part II Al
inch n lie. and m 4 II them appeal
under the microscope as fine rods o
various shane And form. They can b
;sola,,d AMI specially cultured. whicl
Il lrst dorc On 4 ~o;i made III gelatin,
and the watery portion of The blood
There each variety develops itself aiir
4 certain length Of time in is own ne
cnliar manner Some form it'll
| mounds. Others assume star form;
others again take on the most grotes ~
. shapes or adhere together. like ~
, blood corpuscies. They al muitipl
themselves very rapidly; for instance
, one looks like rod. with three mlnnt
dots III equal distances from cacn othel
suddenly the rod becomes separate
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