The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-13
THE ASIATIC CHOLERA.
4 Condensed History of the Plague that
Threatens this Country.

Portland Oregonian.
Experience has shown that it does not wait al
ways to be communicated by travel or com
merce, but that under favorable conditions of
the atmosphere, or other circumstances not yet
we'll understood it may suddenly appear in
places hundreds and even thousands of miles
distant from localities where it was known to
exist. Cholera has appeared suddenly in
America without having been brought from be
yond the Atlantic, and may again. Originating
n Asia, 1t appears in other countries according
to the sequence of given circumstances Bartlett,
IN his work on the history, cause and prevention
of cholera, says that in the year 1917 the disease
first passed the confines of India, overspread all
Southern Asia, passed on to China and Tartary,
and closed its five years campaign at the
Russian city of Astrachan. Five years later
ing at the doors of the town of Oh1en-
burg, in Russia, and two years later it
entered the city of Moscow, where it's appear
ance produced greater CONSERVATION than the
terrors of the great confagration associated with
the invasion of the First Napoleon. Fastening
onward it successfully attacked St. Petersburg,
Warsaw, Danizic, Berlin and Hamburg and
crossed to England in 1881 The same year it
not only appeared in London and Paris, but over
leaped the barrier presented by 5000 miles Of
water and made It's first assault on the new con-
tinent-appearing in Quebec and Montreal. 1t
was on the Gath of June, 1882, that the scourge
made its appearance in New York, where it
found the city as though it had come '1ike
thlet In the night, totally unprepared for It's
approach The same summer it visited Balti-
more, Philadelphia and ST. Louis For two
years after that there were cases here and there
in the United States, and then it entirely disap-
peared. In 1847 for the third time, the cholera,
after season of rest and recuperation, left its
home II the delta of the Ganges and pursuing
the same route it had on previous OCCASIONS con-
winter overlook it at Moscow. With
the advent of the next spring it ragged in
London, and during the month Of August crossed
Orleans, and was only checked at New York by
quarantine. The next year (l849) it broke out
in New York, Philadelphia and other places on
the Atlantic seaboard. Starting afresh in New
Orleans, it overspread the Mississippi valley.
and, following the emf grant trains on their
westward course, it finally reached the shores Of
the Pacific and rested at Sacramento where for
six years milder exhibitions of the epidemic were
frequently appearing. In 1865 for the fourth
time its poisonous breath swept over the CONT
nent Of ASIA creating its greatest havoc at Mecca
among the thousands and tens Of thousands Of
loyal Mohammedans who had congregated there
to worship at their shrine. In 1866 and 1867 it
reappe AIRED in New York but was quickly
stamped out, Last year it appeared in Egypt,
whence it passed over to Italy; and its recent ap
pearance in Spain creates fear that it may sweep
over Europe and America again. The fact that
there can be certainty in fixing the locality of
its next outbreak makes the uneasiness uni
versal, for no city town on the face of the
globe can feel that it is absolutely sure of being
exempted fromit ravages. The only security
that exists is in thorough sanitation