The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-06
The Opinion Of Surgeon General Ham.
ilton as TO the Appearance Of ChOl-
era-GOssip, Etc.
General Grants Condition Un-
chenged---All Reports Favor.
able to Recovery Were
It Possible.
REGARDING CHOLERA.
What Surgeon General Hamilton says.
special TO the Sentinel i.

Special to the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, April The Sentinel corres-
pondent dropped into the office of Surgeon
General Hamilton, OF the Marine Hospital
service, this afternoon, aud asked him as to
the probabilities of the appearance OF chole a
this summer. In reply he said:
81 see no reason to believe that cholera will in
fest our cities this season, have repeatedly asked
those who are expecting the un welcome guest 10
inicrm me on what their opinion was based as
ceived in reply statement that as cholera has
always come here the year subsequent to its ap
appearance in Europe, we must necessarily have
founded. With the single exception OF Paris,
cholera did not spread in Europe beyond the
OF France. certein Italian cities, and certain
places in Spain, bordering on the Mediterranean.
therefore, an inclined TO think that the
present panic is unwarranted by any
state OF facts at present existing. Further
more, should cholera come il is "A fact tnat
the country Is better prepared to meet il than IL
has ever been before. Local health organizations
are found in every city and village, and there
have been great efforts made toward keeping
places clean. As the presence OF filth furnishes
pIopae ating bed for cholera, it is very sstistac
tory to see that municipal ehoIts throughout the
country are being directed toward the insurlng oG
cleanliness AS ! said IN my annual report while
there Is every reason for extreme vigilance there
is no occasion for alarm.
certainly no occasion Tor panic, II the cholera
should appear, ana the present outlook is de-
cldedly against It's appearing at all.
What is the Government doing TO prevent its
appearance? The National guarantees are being
maintained on the keabO9rd, and will soon be in
working order. viz. at Delaware Breakwater. Cape
Charles, Sapeo sound. ana II the Treasury De-
partment wil usual control the Ma
uonal Quarantine Service, and, wher-
ever necessary, direct the revenue cutters. (our
coast guardl. to act in con junction with the Ma
Iine- Hospital Service In preventing the entrance
of cholera injected Ehips.. The state Department
has been requested TO re-appoint the Sanitary In
spectors abroad, for the purpose of watching emf
grants bound to our shores, and give timely nor-
hcaiion of the outbreak OF cholera IN any
OF the European ports. The Treasury orders
in regard to rags, .and the baggage of perOsORs
from injected districts, will continue TO be in
force during the present year. So fsr as cholera
is concerned IL is well known that il Is never en-
tiTely absent from Calcutta and Bombay, and, by
season OF the opening of the Suez Canal, there is
rlways danger OF its appearance in Europe and so
long public International sentiment is not
created against those countries maintaining
plague spots in their center, from which conta-
giOus diseases are propsgated and distributed, We
are always liable to have cholera brought from
thence i ought to tell you that the recent report
of resppeaIRnce OF CHOLERA abroad, upon inveSti-
CATION, turn out 10 be incorrect In every instance