New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-19
RECIPE FOR ACQUIRING CHOLERA.

objections HOW ANY PERSON NAY PROCEED
INrELL1GENTLY TO CONTRACT THE DISEASE.
The following Is prepared by physician OF ex-
perience and ability:
~so much tradition so much ignorance abounds con-
corning the general subject OF cholera, that some
directions seem advisable otherwise the lndivlduai
intent on acquiring cholera might fall altogether,
certainly would lose time II between the lines an
equally intelligent person may read how he may avoid
cholera much the better.
"Frst and before all, ascertain where the germs OF
cholera are and 60 10 them. They are not ihcIy 10
come TO you. Go to the Lower Bay, to the newly
arrived ship or to an infected dense tenement Select
a very dirty one containing the most possible dirty
people, packed, huddlcd together by dirt as applied
10 persons ships Tor dense tcnements as we'll,
mean unwashci; persons with timehonorcd COLLECTIONS
beneath their neglected ngernalls, matted bearus' u
changed garments having the most possible mols warm
soil which the baceriologist would produce Ill his
laboratory and call culture medium sucn
person when huddcd In confined space, Is prepared 10
receive from fellow passenger with profuse watery
diarhoca cchoeralc an nnocuaton to protect foster
and perpetuate tho germ which abounded In the DIS
charge The cholera patient number one IN some way
received into his digestive tract the germ
which multiplied Infinitely aud causod 'he
svmntoms Number two has II In his belong
lngs and begins TO breed 1t freely In the soil OF his
moist warm nth. lie will presently communicate II
10 his lips
"supposc my reader Is a hearty man iuddled with
these two companions. TO make sure to catch cholera
first 'spop your stomach. Cease all exercise cdp
moor food at irregular intervals and In nsu1hcienf
ouantitics This Is important for Otherwise you VIII
fail YOU will digest the you have found In It's
purity and will fall Of setting up the growth ana
MULTIPLICATION within your culture medium which Is
the essential element Of cholera, 81 starvc dc
range your Digestion get into your mouth The germ
Remember you must inocuatc with live germs
For this reason do not expect them by letters
through the mail. They are delicate plants vegetable
hingdoml once thoroughly dried (thrcS hours In
the SUM and they gone. You must not trust
them to come TO you. for they can more travel In
the air than a bluchsh. They moro helpless than
an earth worm. for they cannot crawl
"They have neither wings nor hoofs, fms nor ails'
Their sole lOcomoton Is wlgge. They can roll about
ia nuid bend or straighten. and that Is about all
Even this depends on favoring circumstances, and ON
the highest mlshap they are gone-arc dead 80 20
not expect them Ia meet YOU at inc Narr,~: AZ the
ships rail In the Hist cabin. They cannot ny anu
cannot face clean teeth and starched collars look lor
them in the darkest. mostest corners OF tue nerAge
dry surfnccs seek them in door orcvcSs, there they
are moist and warm. They may be Inactive nom loo
You have only TO water and warm them to secnrc
iuxuriant growth. II by elnnee the moor has been
washed With corrosive sublmate solution by, BY mex-
peis look for them all the same; they are there per
haps scarce II YOU are bent oontrctng the disease
stick 10 the ship unless eAp'rtly Hooded. oeucsH ana
T,n nor T' 70 hospital the very last place In the
world 10 find your incubation material. An expert
quarantine physician will ruin II for your purpose
Within ten minutes Of the patients arrval-he will
kill cvc.y germ Of them
so. my Intelligent seeker observe these rules:
81. Dehiliinte yourself
40. spoil your digestion.
-. Find the live germ and swallow II.
Then YOU may acquire cholera, but RENE inb"r fat
Won NAV even yet fail. and those who fail have no
resource but % die OF cholera fright