Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-06
TIM CHOLERA PLAGUE.

spread Of the cholera over that cont.
nent. The accounts Of ia extension
over Russia are necessarily alarming,
because thus lar the plague Is travelling
over the route II has taken In times
past In ils devastating marches. One
eminent Parlslau physiclan expresses
belief that 1t will run the course IL
took In 1891 aud 1887, when all Europe
was In mourning In consequence Of It's
rsvages.
In reaching Europe this fearful
plague has generally passed from
Persia to the steppes Of Tartary, Rus
sia and the misunderstanding also to
Egypt and rurkey-thence through
southern Europe.
An authority gives the following
description Of the disease:
"Aner some hours or days Of simple ro-
taxation Of the bowels. vomiting COM
mences, and occurs again aud again,
accompanied by frequent aud extremely
cOplous discharges downwa rds. Mt FIRST
Of matters colored with bile ~ usual, but
in the end Of colorless and turbid nuid
resembling water In which rico has boon
boiled. These discharge, loi,cn to tho
oNtont OF gallons NJ liquidl, succeeding
each other with the most alarming rapid
itY. act IA a drain upon the iuids Of the
body gonorallyi aud by the changes they
effect npon tho blood, con tribute to bring
about ,he state called collapse. In this
condition, the patient lie, motionless and
apaiheilc, except when tormonted by
cnmps which are offrcquont occurrence;
the surface Is cold the hngcr-onds, lips
and tip of the nose becomo liyid, the eyes
are deeply sunk In the sockets, aud ohcn
hlOodshoi; tho tongue IL clammy, tho
breath without any sons iblc warmth
whom caught on the hand; the pulse is
suppressed ut the wrist, the breathing
extremely slow aud feeble. the heart Just
audible through the kaleidoscope. Purg-
ing and vomiting have ceased; even tho
urinary secre,lons /, dried ut It's source.
In fact, all tho vital processes arc nearly
brought to stand. aud unless reaction
comes, few minutes, or nj most fow
hours. suffice to bring life to a close.
Reaction In the most favorable cases IL
gradual and without accident; Il IL not
unfrequen,ly, however, accompanied by
fovor, closely resembling typhus, and
constituting, at least Ia tho temperate
zone, one Of tho chief dangers OF the pro.
gress OF cholera"
Medicines are almost powerless In
the treatment Of the malsdy, except in
the first stages. The leading pre-.
ventIves consist OF cleanliness Of per-
son and surroundings, strio. attention
to diet aud the avoidance OF impure
water.
The cholera plague visited the
United States on June q vt, 1889, ap.
pearing first In New York City aud
extending rapidly to other populous
centres. II reappeared In this country
In 1884, since which time II has not
existed in epidemic form In this re-.
public.
When II was prevalent In New York
the Ieading physicians OF that city
agreed upon n presc rlptlon for the pre-
vention OF the disease and It's cure In
It's incipient stages, as the best formula
within their knowledge Mt the time.
II was, for the benefit OF tho public,
iirst published In the New York Sun,
and In consequence has ever since
been known as "the Sun cholera mix.
tuTe."
A good many years ago the formula
was published in the NEWS. Numbers
OF people used II with excellent result,
in cases OF ordinary cholera morbus
The preparation is probably too power
ful for use in tho cases Of very small
hildren, but excellent result
have been derived from 4
by persons Of more advanced
years. The demand for II becam,
quite extensive, and since the tim,
referred to the drug stores Of this city
have generally kept 1t regularly oil
hand.
II has been held by some physicianI
that tho real Asiatic cholera coulC
not exist In our western climate, 1
Ia to be devouIly hoped that this view
Ia correct, In this Inter.mouutair
region we have, by the mercy Of God
been Tree from man. causes OF devas
tations that have ALI Ioted the worli al
large during the last few years. II ia,
plague ia destined to sweep over many
portions OF the globe, may the same
immunity enjoyed here with regard tc
other oalamitous conditions be accord
ed by Divine Providence in relation t
that dreadful visitation.
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