New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
TALKS WITH PHYSICIANS.
NOT THE SLIGHTEST DANGER. THEY ALL
SAY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE cLEANLY AND CAREFUL ABOUT


EATING NEED NOT FEAR THE CHOLERA
"Be clean above all things and every time you
have slight pain don't get scared anu imagine you
have the cholera"
That Is an epitome Of what physicians generally In
this city have to say about the disease which Is at
tracing so much attention They believe that there
Is DO danger OF an epidemic. That few cases should
appear In this city inevitable they say but with
the measures which have been TAKEN the general con-
vtct,on among medical men is that there need be no
feor OF the disease getting the upper hand. Several
physicians went far to say that cholera need
not be feared much as typhus while Others thought
that It about on par with that disease lhe
physicians were unanimous in the opinion that there
would be epidemic.
DR. H. p Loomis of No. SO West Thirty fourth-st..
Ia member OF the Board OF Health, and for that
reason he said TO Tribune reporter that he dd not
care to IN TX much the subject He felt cohhoH''
however, that there would be no epidemic. inc
Health Board he said, had not been surprised AT al
at the appearance Of few cases In the city. bus
.verx ssncious case for some time had been treated
ersctiv AS II had been OF real Asiac cholera
80 bar as precautionary measures were concerned III
order that there might be no spread OF the disease
from uncertainty From the fact that IL was eA-
pected that few would appear In the city the
duties OF the different members Of the Board hhd all
heen manned out and he felt fear Of the disease
spreading
DIR. J. A. Irwin. of No. II West Nineteenth-st"
knew Of NO reason why the cholera should become
endemic The restrictions which had Deen placeu
upon the passengers of incoming steamers he believed
we're stricter than the occasion and the sclehunc
knowledge which possess OF the disease would
warrant person. he said, might live In the same
house with a cholera patient and still easily aVod
taking the disease while the was nuch dlHereht
with many other contagious diseases. "Ihe cholera
often appears in the big English Cities" he said but
they do not have epidemics there The disease Will
@l,a hara0 nc in
and there Is no reason whatever suppose that there
will be an epidemic"
DR.. o. B. Douglas, OF No. 1913 East IhlIty-SlNh-S''
said that people who habitually Clearly had
little or nothing to fear from cholera The cases were
extremely rare that persons OF such habits had peei
affected by the disease He had been In Hamburg
himself not long ago and he did not believe that the
worst sections of this city any worse than those
Of that town. There was little danger from the clean
portions of the city, and he believed that the author
ties fully alive to the responsibility whch reseu
upon them, and that they would see TO II that the
disease did not get hold the lower parts OF 'he
city. 1t was disease which was fully understood
and so the medical men could fight 1t iEelligently
DR.. Lewis A. Sayre, Of Thirtieth-st. ana fhlh
ave. who Resident Physician OF NeW-iorA III
1856 and who kept cholera from entering the CIT!
from the sea, though 1t stole in by hanK move
ment from NewOrleans. said: "There Is no heeu 10
be frightened Any ordinary person VINO OBSERVES II
few common sense of life Will be free from the
disease. Let the people Keep composed MINUS anu
healthy digesons, and all Will so well. All utterly
needless panic Is the thing TO be avered Ihere ac
no grounds for It whatever and Its erect Is Always
OF the worst kind l saw plenty OF choiera IN looo
on the ship Atlanta, which came into port win
thirty cases on board. From my observation there
can say positively that the disease can be con
fined What the Health Board is 10 do Is 70 huh'
down these reported and to close all avenues
OF escape for the disease
DR. Charles B. Kelsey, OF No. 20 MadlSoh'"e"
so,d AFT is absolutely absurd to look upon the break
ING ont OF cholera in the city as cause lor rear
what The people ought get In mind Is that ue
disease can be readily cured II taken IN us carry
stages It always has premOnitory symptoms t
ing two or three days. and II proper ue''''"' "
c,ven II will absolutely allay the MANDY Hio''
over a well person can go among cholera p''en'S
.,,,h ,mmn,tv If cannot be given him by mere
o,,,ct Hike smallpox or measles similar oiseases
rho Row Dr. McTrew, the Episcopal CLERGYMAN
who spent several years as missionary II, 49,
said: AT have been face TO fice WIN o"oiei "a
ten years. 1t IS not to be feared II ''ie",s en-, ~
An cxncrience OF mine will prove IT, Al barell'y We
.r - =, on ornhanace overcrowded with 800
,rIs cholera broke out among Them ana 'ieie
,roro tbirty.fve cases. The patients were rei'o''u ~
a bosn,tal only 100 yards distant ana my
nursed them there, going back anu i", alta
ornbanace daily. only seven OF 'he F"'ie,U -
s nor. others were stricken. should nave no
hocita
should not feel any alarm at the cases .
~ frank p Foster. Of No. 16 East lhfo' iiIsV
p. .ho Editor of the New-York Medical JOURNAL 9
Tsere &c no danger 50 long a. the Croton ""V y,
,amains uncontaninated. Careful people WIZ W 80
nn. poon,e ought TO understand that the germs
ris''' ,,sood hut must be swallowed There
49, ,h boiling OF all water and the careful co'n'hs
=, t,od will absolutely prevent the speau Vi v,e
-. ,.onsi,. he equally pure l haven't the slightest
fsar OF All epidemic - ,,,,, .s,
DR. A. H. Buckmaster, Of NO. o. hSS' i"'' ~
ST. Sad; Is nothing to be apprenended We have
I,s.o Health Board to manage thlngs ana ana
., we only give them chance lheS WI, at
cholera srd the Health authorities and sh9ad i, sGs
the part Of good citizens 'S '"'A'"e
all we can lnan Thompson, Of No. 10 East Thirue'h
ST. said absolutely no occasion for panic, The
There - " The Health Board arc satl'lattCla
arr ne health OF citizens gooo we are
press is what we have 70 cone with an emergency of
nmnch better prepared 10 eopo WIZ" VIZ
UNI DR. ~. Morris J. Asch and Dr. C'iarieS -
No Wess no reason for fright. All we have 70 Go
&, 10 lead proper lives ana DC rcpreyent 1t
p1S ovn rot half dangerous as ' t Thirty
WIZ Dr y J. west Roosevelt OF NO. o. f''' '''
st. sa is one of the most prevena1 hr,Ss II
which we have The Heal n ccn'operaton and sup
10 a stands,iI ahnsc There will probably be some
Lpp Nri here. but an epidemic Is ao'oi'''e' '
feared Hermann NJ Biggs pathologst to rn9 re
pepartment Of this city was seen ees ~ af his expert
porter yesterday Ielav uS The cholera germ but he
msnts. W o talk about his work in this direcuo'
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