New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-20
THE CHOLERA IN PARIS.
MUCH MORE SERIOUS EPIDEMIC THAN THE
FRENCH AUTHORITIES ADMIT.

MUCH MORE SERIOUS EPIDEMIC THAN THE
FRENCH AUTHORITIES ADMIT.
TO The Editor OF The TIL b u n e.
Sir The facts regarding the cholera epidemic III
Paris have been mlsrepresented that alter careiu
personal inspection and examination deem II my
duty to place the following truths before YOU Inc
condition Of Paris to-day relates to the cholera Is
second only to that of Hamburg. 1t would be equally
bad we're IT not for It's broad bouevards, its beautiul
parks and It's wonderful cleanliness
The fallacy of calling the prevailing disease
choerine or "merely severe form OF darrhoea' Is
monstrous and criminal In its deception OF the puohc'
/, IS the genuine cholera of ASIA the variety known
as Tonqun less contagious than the Ganges cholera
but equally deadly. have seen both types In emma
and I'm Calcutta, Benares and other cities OF ihua'
and speak knowingly.
Through the courtesy of an old professional friend
| was to-day snuggled into the wards and morgue
OF LHotel Dieu the largest hospital In fars ihere
were few cholera patients In the main building
two deaths this morning., but In the annex, the OLD
building Just across the Seine there were twenty
eight cases Eleven deaths occurred there during the
last twenty four hours. | witnessed two autopsies'
There was no mstaking the character Of the pathology
cal condition. large proportion OF the deaths oc-
CURED within six hours from the onset OF the at
tack. Those surviving twenty-four hours are COM
paratively safe. At the hospital st. Antoine the
daily admissions are from so TO so, nearly 80 per
cent OF the patients die. AT the BastlOn, NO. ID
Porte Ornano the annex Of the Hospital Bchat, which
| also visited seventeen deaths occurred yesterday.
This institution IS situated at the old fortifcatlonS,
and during the last three days siXtythrcc persons
stricken with cholera have been admitted forty OF
whom are dead. OF the twenty-siX admitted
Yesterday fourteen were dead before midnight. These
statistics were obtained with the greatest difficulty,
but can personally vouch for their accuracy. Those
published by the Partisan here are deluson and
snare. The disease prevails principally IN inc
Tenth Eleventh and Nineteenth ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and
almost every hospital In the city, including La Charee,
has It's quota Of patients. Cholera first appeared In
an nvads home At Mantcrrc near Paris. an old beat
man being the nr-t victim. OF the sAty-threc cases
developed there. nlty-seven proved fatal:
The ignorance Of the public of the danger tha a.
alarm, except among the official, when one attempt,
obtain Information. statistics ale suppressed or
furnished are totally Inaccurate. In one Instance
under my personal observation eleven deaths 0c-
CURED; three only were reported There Is no as
cuson OF the subject In the medical journals. ana a.
Is the season Of vacations, there are no meetings OF
ever. for intending visitors to know the truth, and
trust The Tribune Will proclaim it.
II Is my firm belief that there were over 80 deaths
from cholera in Paris yesterday An incident that oc-
CURED during my visit 10 LOtel Deu illustrates the
actual lack OF the much vauntcd care which the
authorities say that they exercising: | was
standing by the entrance OF the building when
ordinary facre was driven up at furious pace.
and halted In front Of me. II contained a woman
whose wan. pinchcd countenancc Indicated at once
her trouble At least ten minutes elapsed before she
transferred 10 ward; where, judging from her
appearance. she doubtless succumDed within few
hours The driver Of the hacre, without further ado:
pastures without the slightest pretcrice Of disin
feeling his old trap. and ready to take in the first
person who applied for dTye at II q; rcla, rate
Paris France, September .. 1892.