New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
DECORATED BY TIE MIKADO.
DIR. ERNST TIEGEDs JAPANESE HONOR.
RECEIVING THE ORDER OF THE RISING sUN-HIs
WORK AGAINST CHOLERA.
sity, Baltimore. N

RECEIVING THE ORDER OF THE RISING sUN-HIs
WORK AGAINST CHOLERA.
DR.. Ernst Ticgel. who lives at No. 211 East
Tenh-st, has just received rare and beautiful gift
from the Mkado of Japan 1t is the decoration OF the
Order Of the Rising SUM- high political rank In the
Japanese Empire and was awarded TO the doctor aS
recognition of the rendered by him the Jap
anese National Board Of Health and 10 the medical de-
partmeut OF Toxic University during his residence
OF six years in that city, Dr. Tegel was born III swtz
erland aud was graduated from the University of Berne
He afterward staded In the strasburg University and
ultimately became professor there assisting the cele
brated Dr. Goitz In the physiological department. In
1877 tho Japanese Government. through It's Envoy at
Berlin engaged Dr. Tegel for the medical academy,
tho University Toxic Ho raised the institution 10 the
rank Of college in few and had it Incorporated
When the Asiatc cholera broke out in the northern
provinces of the Empire in 1880 the doctor, who had
been appointed general medical adviser TO the National
Health Board, sent by the Government 10 the In.
fected districts He Instituted vigorous sanitary meas
ures with great opposition from the natives In
many instances Returning to Toxic. he continued to
teach until 1882 when his health broke down and
be came to this country where he has
since lived, practising medicine and contributing
to scientific periodicals lie has written textbook on
physiology and one on electro-therapeutics both OF
which have been we'll received and translated into other
languages His speciality In practice is nervous diseases
The decoration from tho MikadO Is fine specimen or
the godsmilhs ART 1t consists OF ruby the only pre-
ter, which ypines the sun. Tbtrtytwo rays OF gold.
filed white enamel surround this These arc from
half three-quarers OF AN Inch III length Ie clasp
gold and Is lled with green and violet enamel
of japan The clasp Is attached 10 red and white rib
bOn-these national coors-and contains an IN
scriptiOn language which has not yet
been translated The design Is exceedingly artistic and
the execution OF IL has been successfully and decatey
accomplished. The decoration came packed
in q handsome lacquer box ana was
sent to the doctor through the German Minister ut
Washington. IL Is said that this decoration has never
before been awarded to any foreign private person.
While In Japan tue doctor aided greatly in Introducing
the American post Office and telegraph systems He
also physician OF the present Dowascr Empress
OF Japan.
Dr. Tiegcl said " The Japanese scrupnlousy clean
about their bodies but they do have the tntcst
idea sanitary observance about their houses. You
will frd their wells and crsspoJls within lew feet OF
each ether and ,., sGSn thing nsoovn as ais
many parts OF the country Little live stock Is Kept by
the and for that all the refuse OF the
houses carefully preserved fertize tie rice fields
the most dangerous kind This Is what makes cholera
abound III Japan. hold with Petienkofer that two
things AIRY for cholera epidemic. Fret there
must favorable meteorological and geological cOnd
OF the latter epidemic, neither can
sanitary iniquity alone. The virus may remain
latent for years IN countries nnd then
be developed when the right conditions are
realized proved this In Japan. Cholera appeared
In soe places where there had been importation for
years. IL Is now raging In some parts OF Japan. how
badly can only be- Inferred the returns are dOctored
py inc oirals For instance, you Will see that lOOO
deaths said TO have occurred the day previous
which looks suspicious. Oh. yea always advocated
crematon of cholera victims t is tho only safe and
proper method OF disposing Of them"