New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-27
FOOLISHNEsS OF A CHOLERA SCARE.


mr. 7. L. SEAMAN TABKs ABOUT THE DISEASE
IN FRANCE AND HOW To AVOID 1T HERE.
DR.. Louis Livingston Seaman was among inc pas
sengers who landed yesterday from the steamship
servia from Liverpool Dr. Seaman has been abroad
nearly two months and has spent great part OF the
fine In Paris where he had exceptional advantages
afforded him OF studying cholera in the hospitals In
conversation with Tribune reporter last night Dr.
Seaman said "There has been more cholera In Paris
than has been made public. 1t is under cohtroi
now and, in fact, nearly stamped out. regard
the horror Of cholera something absurd II IS
one of the most difficult Of diseases to eaten lou
can eat cholera and you drink cholera, and that
,s tho only way YOU can get it, 1t is essentially
filth disease and will not come where cleanliness IS
have seen cholera in China, JAPAN India and Paris,
and have little fear of it that II they VIII Drlng
me to the bed Of next genuine case of real classical
Asatic cholera which dies, l will be willing, pro
vded the bed is not absolutely filthy. for don't want
TO sleep in filthy bed. to get in between the warm
sheets and sleep disturbed by unpleasant dreams
The regarding of cholera disease 10 be q'arahuheu
against Is relic in my opinion, Of mediaevailsm. Ii
city is kept clean. and its water supply unconannated
an epidemic of cholera impossible. II should be treated
and looked upon other diseases OF The same nature
are / will use slmile TO illustrate my idea of a
city threatened with cholera and Of quarantine.
suppose a city filled with powder magazines Peopie
coming IN with matches and fireworks would probably
start big explosion. Now is it better TO buid
wall around the city ana Keep eNeryDouN ouI VIM
has matches or fireworks, or to pour water on the
povder In the magazines so that il won't explode
and then let them come in. city filed with NTH
Is city full Of powder magazines. and fireworks
and matches cholera germs. Cnolera can not
spread or exist without filth In the clean parts
OF Paris there has been no cholera. II nos
all been IN the filthy parts Cholera was brought TO
Hamburg from Russia by emgrants, and there IL
found a rich soil in which TO grow. The
water Of the Elbe being once contaminated the tnihs
was done, for people drank and ate cholera LOOK
at the recent outbreak In Stetdn. ship went from
Hamburg to stetin In water ballast she pumped
out her ballast of Elbe water IN the river Oder and
at once some twenty cases OF choleM appeared
I'm Stetin This was undoubtedly the result OF the
Elbe water. Now as to the danger Of catching
cholera There is scarcely any danger at all.
went through the cholera wards OF the faris
hospitals every day for two weeks and saw
from 20 to 100 patients sick with Asiatic cholera
every day made eight autopSes Of people
who had died OF cholera and thought OF taking
any precau,ion except to wash my hands, when
would naturally do for the sake OF cleanliness II TOT
nothing else $780,
when asked what he thought OF the incubation
now being practised in Paris as preventative Ior
cholera the Doctor replied with some emphasis: 81
think the fool killer ought to be put ont OF once ior
utterly neglectng his business
In spesking Of the different methods employed In
treating cholera patients in the Paris hospitals ~
Seaman s0ic 1.-THE which mas gwen INC oc''
rsspIts Is a system Of treatment devised by pr
cbsnman IL consists OF binding Ice along the Spin
and of APPLYING heat 10 the other parts OF we uos
II IL only In use In hospital In Paris put .e &c
srlis have been most satisfactory. only 10 PER
cent of the patients treated have dled anu 90
nearly all were beyond any cure when the ue'ttl.h
Va annjed Dr. Chapman Is an Engllsnnan, anu u w,
French doctors seem TO have preludce agii ~ a.
system OF treatment. The results 'oo''heo " ~
however, splendid" II, NJ coaman opain en-
Tn closing tie conversation Dr. seaman isaa" y, q
,,baicaiIv stated that there was no uanseI vi q
pt,ra endemic in New York, either TINS year HeAe
lar or any other year. He conslaereu uie s0" ~
year year. U, b disease foolish in the extreme and re-
crrded a quarantine as unnecessary
VESSELS DETAINED AT 0uARANI1Nf-''
Among the ships detained at Quarantine yesterday
So ,ho tank steamer Elise Marie, from Hahp're'
scntanber T. with eight passengers; ana IAornan"'
from Hamburg. september =.
Tho Anchor Line steamship Anchora srnVeo ~
o - ua,h 232 cabin passengers. Among he' pas
oucers we're Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutton, the "e'.
Y.ane James McCOmb, Henry X. "hnga'e anu
j. p Woodruff. ,.. .,oa q,
me Ped star steamship PenDland. which arrived az
Quarantine early in the morning, has on ooaru CIV
cabin passengers and no Storage.
ON the Guion Line steamship Arizona lhere were
.hon, ,fO first cabin and over 600 second caph pas
engers Among those in the first cabin were Co4onei
and Mrs c. Hammond, Dr. Charles Gilbert laws, 'i'
and Mrs Charles f. Aegler, Horace Dohertyi d N.Y. W.;
s.s ''" hmrles orc. Iienncssy, DR.. John Lord, MISS
.nnia lord g. H. Maclay, j. VI. wall anu Mis'