The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-19

TO Trieste and Dalmatia and also again
over some parts of Austria and Ger
many. In the winter of 1878 the
cholera disappeared almost everywhere
and in the following year it only ap
peared In India and the neighborin!
countries. In 1916. however, it mad'
its temperance in Russia; also in Con
stantinople and other places of Europe
an Turkey, the lower Danube anc
Greece. N 184S. it spread into Germany
the Netherlands, Great Britain and some
parts OF Sweden; in 1919 it visited
especially France and Austria and also
America. For some years it remainet
IN these countries with more or less in
tensity and soon after included Den
mark, Italy and Spain in its sphere.
1t the years 1855 it ragged very VIC
lently. and Copenhagen, Munich anc
s me cities in Italy such as Tvrin, Genoa
and Naples suffered severely. The
Austrian monarchy. according &c
DraSche's statistic ("The Epidemic
Cholera" Vienna, 1860, page 1861 lost in
1855. more than 10000 souls through
cholera. while more than three times
this number were attacked by it.
With the year 1856 the contagion re-
Taxed everywhere, and in the following
year it appeared only in solitary places,
where it found favorable ground. until
it disappeared altogether from Europe.
| But the quietnesS was of short duration.
After the fearful ravages in its native
home in 1854, the cholera broke out
Unexpectedly in May. 1865, at Mecca,
during the religious festivities. where
from $4,000 to 100000 pilgrims were
gathered at the time, who came from all
parts of the Mohammedan world. By
! these pilgrims the cholera was soon
spread over Egypt, Constantinople and
the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
AT first it appeared in Malta, Mar
settles, Valencia, Ancona, Trieste, Fiume
and other seaports, and then it travelled
through southern France and rooted
itself fast, especially in ToulOn, Aries,
Paris, also the northern and western
parts of France, and remained there
through the following year.
About this time an epidemic ragged in
Italy which abated during the summer
of 1866, but reappeared in the following
year with grs at violence. The number
of victims which Italy lost during that
year is computed at more that 130, 900.
Not less terribly was Spain visited; and
Portugal Belgium and England were
not saved from its attack The conta-
gion, however, also crossed over to
America the yea foil wing.
In 1865, the cholera was brought to
Germany from Russia.
A woman arrived in Altenburg from
Odessa with her child after a nine days
journey. Three days after their arrival
the child took sick, and two days after
this sine herself died, and on the follow
ing day her sister-in-law died. The
disease soon spread and infected some
of the neighboring cities as Krimmit-
schan, Zwickan and Glanchan, but on
the whole confined itself to some dis
tricts and was satisfied with a prey of
46S persons.
But in the year 1866, it ragged all the
more violent. During the unhappy war
between Prussia and Austria it raVaged |
terribly among the brave soldiers, and |
from the bloody battlefield OF Bohemia |
it spread its deadly wings over the |
greater part OF Germany and Austria.
In Prussia alone 10, 600 persons died
in Bohemia. 10000; in Moravia. so 900: |
in lower Austli 1000, and no les were |
the losses in Galicla and Hungary the |
following year.
The year 1868 put at end to this
epidemic and the frightened people
could again breath freely. But the fire
was not out altogether; it caused great
devastation III the meantime in Asia and
Africa, made its appearance also in
Russia, Poland and the Balkan PENN
'ula, where it found suitable nourish-
nent until it broke out violently again
n 1871.
From the east the cholera came again
o Germany and Austria where it reach
ID its height in 1928 and lasted in
ome places only TO the year 1874.
At that time more than 100000 per-
ons in Hungary died of ;the cholera,
md IN Vienna, where, shortly before
he international Exposition had been
leld, great loss of life and property was
aused by this dire disease. :
In Germany much less damage was {
one. although in upper Silesia and
lunch, where shortly before its ex- {
melton the famous painter. Kaulbach, !;
ecame victim thereto; the cholera
Sted until 1SI4.Since that the disease I
as Kept aloof from US although it had
aused epidemics in Syria and Japan t
urlng that time. In autumn. 1889 it C
in Mecca, and the following a
ear in Egypt. In the summer of 1884. C
le dreadful tidings were heard that t
loiera had reached Europe and has c
Cund suitable abode in Toulon, from n
hence 1t spread to different parts of
rance. While the southern part of [
rance was severely suffering, the north a
France. Switzerland, Germany and o
ustria remained untouched. although C
lie latter countries were flooded with a
gltives flying from the hearth of the v
sease. Only Italy, which in remem- a
'ance OF the terrible losses through t;
us disease in 1867 had recourse 10
ringent measures of isolation, hut was 81
sited in spite of this and death reaped Ct
fearful harvest in Spezzia, Genoa and z
lples. Il
The heroism of King Umbert. who a
sized the cholera hospitals in danger 81
his own life. earned the admiration tc
the world. 1t was only his undauni-
courage in the cause that mich of "
e misery and wretchedness of those al
dlcted had been alleviated and MANY CT
eJudices which proved obstacles in b
e way OF sanitary Improvements were W
It aside. To-day Italy is freed from M
olera, but already it has found a new TO
Id OF action in Paris and thus ali WI
pc Is gone to ever get entirely rid of IN
VIII this be its last terminus, or will We
be the beginning of a new epoch of Oh
ntagion? W;
It Is difficult to answer this question wi
re epideminologist to whom this is CO
rlbuted would find himself in the nc
sltion OF meteorological who is ex- or
cted to fOretell the weather Tba-o :; Va