The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-05-02

ADDear i'm this GIitv-How m
is introduced, and How h
May be Avoided.
~
new ioIH II, mai-EnpreSS ,r
III. Ine1. Maiser' VINO was IN
Gn"rge OF the hmlgtanI hosPita', on
Warc 'S'ano' anu INC quarantine
iioSP'ta' curing 'he ias' choieEa GPi-
"en',c l" 'n'S country MS Term OF olnce
III tneSe INSTITUTIONS continuing from
1901 10 1906 ana VINO was deputy
neaith ohlcep OF 'ne port OF new
lork from ioo9 10 lo1o' Is regarded
aS one u 'he DeS' a!1norl'teS ia 'nI'
country oh Tue SuoJecI oi choiera'
Ia''"s 'reaIeu aI' over 9'ooo cases OF inc
disease Gs Inc doctor Is no" heaIIh
olhcet OF NE" brlghton' L. i, ne
was 'lSl'eo al ms nome Yesterday ny
IePorter lor lhe H"'',E<p'eSS' anu
asked ms OPINION regarding the com
my oI cIoieta 10 tnIs country ana t,e
oeS' 'iioue u DSnIl"g 'hc sPreau Vi Ihe
uiseaSe' lie SSlu
,, l nave no uGncC OF lIS coming mere
'h's summer IL Is aIreaIy appearing
again IN ff"hce' ana loGk 'of ~ mere
ny '""e DIV inc iaIest' lIs 'lsita''oh
~ Alnclic" % nTs' ~ lIS "g''""ru pro-
gtess' ihVariaOly i0iloWed ltS PreVa-
renee !" Europe the Preceuihg year.
""u W ahIiciPo'e IL heie 49, 'ncreiore'
on'y looking lor rePetllloh OF lis own
history an eIic'eht ana "eil-orgsh.
!zcu quarantine system may prevent
'IS 'htTouuc,lon' Ou'' Snou'u ''e "Is-
case, 'n'oGgn negiec' anu "ia'le"SHLce
OF Tue "hclals De brought 10 our
Shores a general pane %onIa ProOa-
Oly Oc 'he nrSI result III 'hlS e"lGr-
gehcy our oIale Coafu Is "of only
salcSua1u i"i0rIneu oy 'ne Respective
town oincerS OF 'he existence OF every
anu al cases. IL Snou'u Proh'o't 'he
puOilcalion OF any report not authof-
'@ed Oy II; ana should take sncf mea,
sufes 10 aiIay Puollc iear as truth ana
facts would warrant, at the same time
employing It's co"'follng power 70
stem inc extension ana progress OF
the disease But even thls VIII Oe
useless unless every CITY ana village
assumes a "a'ehtui care over ltS own
sanitary interests ,w
HOW does lhe disease SpFean
asked the reporter
IN cholera we nave III Tue SICK tne
carriers ana diSselh'nat0rs OF the dls'
ease Though personally IL Is not con-
taglous, 1t Is nevertheless infectious
a SANITARY cordoh 10 keep out inc
disease IS useless as 1t IS naPossioIe
10 cut on all intercourse OF ne" ork
with the outside world therefore,
we must make provision Tor us occur,
renee wherever II may DC tou9o' ana
not only Tor the Patieht already Oiue
ana shrlVeIied' out Tor the sn1eref IN
the nrst stages ot Ihe disease.
Bul now can thls De o9he
me eJected germ Of the dlsease'
the 'microoe OF Dr. hoch' must DC
destroyed, ana as copPeras snipnate
OF IRON and sulPhurle acld IS the cheap
est and most eneetual alsiniectaht, lis
universal and constant use IS the pest
means to accomplish that result. II
the people once understand that the
disease is not personally contagious
and that the patient himself is per-
tectiy harmless PROVIDED thefe Is
thorough dislnfectlon, 'hen there VIII
be no dlhleuity 10 teaching them the
use OF a saturated solution Of the SAT-
Or the acld ana 70 employ oi'chiorlde
Tor the alslnfectlop Of solied ilnen;
These thlpgs are very important, ana
when done the iirst step toward pro
lection and security IS taken. Indeed,
not only the hrst step, but, ! might
also say, perfect immunity from an
epidemic IS secured.
"Dr. Koch certainly merits our es-
Ieem Tor ms demonstration OF the
characteristic presence OF tie 'mlcroDi
N every cholera case but these mi
rroDf are only me larS'e IRON @hich