St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-01

Ihe matter is now being discussed by
tn. board of health. and SOME action
will probably be determined upon.
Cholerine is thus described: There
are certain promOnitory symptoms,
called by some authorities the first
stage of the disease, to which the name
of chOlerine has been given. These
consist OF general feeling of uneasi-
ness, Weakness, nausea and diarrhRa,
and sometimes vomiting; the dejections
at hrst, though frequent, are natural.
Cholerne is usually caused by eating
over-ripe fruit, and while it may de-
velop into Asiatic cholera it if not al
ways "a necessary precursor of that
dread disease. The quality of unsound
food or rotten cheese which must be
taken into the system to produce chol-
crime must be large. 1t differs from
cholera proper in this, as single germ
of the Asiatic plague introduced into
the intestines, takes rapid course, and
tile whole mucous membrane in the
course OF couple of days is eaten
away.
Not Surprised.
President Wilson, of the health board,
today remarked that lie was not sur
prised that cholera had arrived, and
that the city officials were prepared to
fight it. The island to which the pa
tients will be sent has not been made
public, although agreed upon by the
health board.
As to the danger of the infection of
the CrOton water he said that the nuis-
ance along the watershed had been
a0ated as much as possible, and the
only thing that could be done was to re-
move the houses. along the banks of the
river, but as there were $4,000 of them
hh did NOT thinty fbn han cf IN q l,1n
The board today issued circular to
ali vessels. ferries, steamboat offices,
factories, etc, where large number of
people are likely to meet or doing buSi-
ness, that adjoining the waiting rooms
or in the factories there should be
set aside an alright room.
These will be temporary places
of isolation should eases of
cholera suddenly develop. Closets, ETC..
are to be inspected daily. The board
has also fitted up 'dust-proof" room
where archaeological examinations will
be made. A supposed cholera discharge
will be cultivated until the presence or
absence of the germ is made positive.
All discharges sent by the inspectors to
the board will be examined in this
room.
Cholera without Doubt.
ty-twO persons who died on the steamer
Moravia died from the effects of cholera.
The health officer of New York, DIR.
jenkins, practically made that admission
when he returned to quarantine
after having spent the afternoon on
board the plague-stricken vessel.
The first death occurred on the
10Th. This is the doctors version of the
Moravia'S condition: II visited the
vessel and made a general inspection of
the people. [ found them all appar-
emily well except two convalescent pas
sengers. DIR. Israel informed me
board i'll within five days. Most
of the cases became ill, he
said,a short time after they sailed. Some
died in less than twenty-four hours.
The last death occurred on the 2Sth
Ten cases had occurred within twenty
four hours after sailing. Of the twenty
four people stricken TWENTY-FIVE died.
No temperature was taken. but the sur,
geon Judged the temperature of the
patients was very low from the touch.
The patients, the ships surgeon said,
were debilitated after their long rail
road rides before
EmbarkatiOn as Hamburg.
DIR. Bryan then took some bedding
from one OF the rooms in which two
patients were. This was somewhat
soiled, and offered very good subject
for examination. He will probably
know whether it contains cholera by
tomorrow. | ordered the captain
to thoroughly disinfect everything
and everybody on board. AS
| started to leave the vessel
saw tug boat. the passengers on
which tried to board the Moravia. l
put DR.. SanbOrn on board the Moravia,
with Instructions to shoot any one who
attempted to board her. l do not wish
to say who the people on the tug boat
were.
The Moravia will be sent to lower
quarantine tomorrow. where her pas
sengers will be taken to Hoffman ISL
and for disinfection. They are certain
TO be held five days at least. We are
uncertain whether the disease is Asiatic
cholera or not"
DR.. Jenkins stated that the discharge
of the patients was characteristic of
Asiatic cholera, and knew of no other
disease which had this characteristic.
None of the doctors at quarantine
could tell whether the disease was con-
fined to any particular part of the steer
age. There was no attempt to deny the
fact on the part of the ships officers
that the deaths had occurred.