New-York tribune., 1885-07-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FRIGHTENED BY CHOLERA M0RBUs.
,,,s., .uoprs raISKs HR HAS AsIATIC CHOLERA

,y,s.,.uoRxR rHINKs HE HAS AsIATIC CHOLERA
his SUNDAY DINNER.
Great excitement prsyasS in the shsnty Sy district %arnt
b the nsghbOrhood Of Fhys atrSs SsIS% Rsy 0a9e a@e
m1fs aSorer hasm u the Department Of Public Works.
0ne-6undred-a d-andninstesnth-st and la.e fif,h,aa.e'
noc,ors had been called in and decided that tho
case presented all the symptomsef Aslatic cholera.
This news soon leaked out ana the wno,e exsn tbe
goats and dogs showing signs OF fear. Ohei 1aa ha
sunk so low that priest was sumnonea I'D rhe Ti,e
frat news of the case reached Assistant SuperIn-
tendent James at Police Headquarters yes.eruaty ~
morning. note from one OF ths phsS,rs ny was sure
that the case was one of Asatc cholera for IN the
hour preceding the writing OF the note tne pa'%rSs %
had had twelve "typa1tiSca, tS, tvnica discharges
we're meant. The news created great sensstisn
ahout the Board of Health rooms, ana tne
Phs by Sares. k,nd of wsrk DR.. George s. Conant.
ono of the inspectors In tho fourth sanitary III
vision was instructed 10 90 ut once andmake al ii-
DR.. Conant found O'Reilly in little back room,
iu a critical condition. The room was ciowaea
with men. women and children bot1 Oh t;"s ms 1~n
fa,silv and neighbors from surrounding snanties.
faaairy developed the fact that for his sunday
dinner O'Reily had partaken heartily Of ooiled sd
pork and cabbage and the Of dsrrh~a lie b
came steadily worse, and on Tuesday AFTERNOON
~hvsic,ans were called. The case by that lime kau
pn1arenty cot beyond their control and on Wednes-
osed the case Asiatc cholera ana one
Of them informed the Board OF Health OF their de-
c;sion After A careful examination Dr. Conant
fomnd that there were none of the typical dagnos-
Tic necuIiarites of the dreaded scourge Iherc was
M ahsence of the inoffensve discharges, the deep
sennIchral ysice aud the heavy dark-colorea per-
snir,tio, while on the other hand all the synp-
fms prese mt were those Of acute cholera morDus.
'Thn doctor also came to the conclusion that the
man was suffering from lack OF suitable nour,sh-
ment After giving suitable prescriptions ana a.
reciions DR. Conant came away, leaving " hcliy
mnch easier and with fair chance or recovery
and the Inhabitants of Shanty-Tow. with an aoso-
Int lack of faith in the ability OF the PHYSICIANS
who had been called In a.. ....;.,, 90 .h.
Mrs. Mary A. Jenkins the first victim OF tne
cholcra in ls66 was stricken down on April 80 IN
y shanty on the rocks at Ninety-third-st ana
Tb;rd-aye Sincc the talk of a visitation OF the
scourpe this year began, the inhabitants OF that
mart of the city have been on the LOOKOUT LOT us APP
nearance 1t Is this. perhaps, that led the pnysi-
cIaus to make diagnosis of the case as genuine
cholera The visit of Dr. Cona9t succeeded II ia "a;
measure in quetng the fears OF the irigRtensa n
mates of the little huts bat Pat Oheiiiys
cholera was still the main TOPIC OF conversation
last night All that portion OF t1fth-ave above tne
have bscn blasted throug leaving the centre OF the
ILL., ,mmen Sc sscs of stone. sometimes as much as
n taen .eet above the level of the streets nhaDi
tants are mostly Irish labDrers. and as Is the GUS
tom in the .od country. men women and children
live m the same apartments with goats. geese ana
dogs.