Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-09-22

3 premonl;ory dIarrhuA. Later come
Vomiting. cramps, exhaustion, and col
iapse. L. some cases the advent OF the
disease is sudden sud is course and
;eimiaatiou rapid in other cases The
disease advance. no farther than the
-tAge n simple dlsTrLua, eases that
are fraugh, with grave danger 10 the
public. a. their true character i often
overlooked.
HOW IT Is SPREAD.
Cholera is a. infections disease. hut
t Is infectious only il certain WAYS.
|: j. not catching" IS smal po1 and
scarlet ;,Ser are understood TO be IL
Calcutta, where cholera i AWAY. pres
eut, hundreds OF cases have been treat
I'd in tile general ho>l i,a!, ana often IN
The same room. with patients ,.ck with
tAer diseases. wIthou; ever being s.
source Of infection to them. Physicians
and nurses who care far ths SICK are
ilttlr, If any. more liable - take the
disease aa Others, Aud set aa the
aitler na-4, single case may poison
many other individuals. AID give RE
III $ widespread ana Very fs;al e&plo-
>Jua 81, the disease. How eaG We ac-
count far tbs psraioxicsi behavior Of
cholera In this way The cholera
po.suu exists pri1cipaily in tre dis
charges from The bowel. sui i'd the
vom!tei matter, If,his poison i com
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case.
Articles Of clothing from cholera re-
gioLs, especially If soiled with the chol-
era excreta. NAV carry the disease
long distances. During the epidemic
Of 1873, clothing packed up in Hol-
l4nd. Sweden and Russia, made Tie
ocean VOYAGE and the railway Journey
with 40 harm to persons on the wav.
but started cholera eoidemies in tile
FAR West when the articles were
opened'
be Treasured by the fact that cholera
comes not from a mysterious epidemic
constitution Of the atmosphere, but
that II comes, IS explained above, IN
accordance with certala laws which are
now well understood. Remembering
TINS. al unnecessary alarm may be
ayolded-only that salutary fear is de-
sirAoie which shall lead each Individual
10 avoid and remove those conditions
which tavor not only cholera but ty-
phold fever and other diseases.
HOW PREVENTED.
When the imno-ts,io, NJ chol.r. i
threatened q Grave responsibility ras,s
upon State and local .n,bori,;as r.
paciaIly AZ norts en,sgad in fora;,,
commerce. vigilance sbould .ba con-
slant and action PROMPT when reonired
If cholera should be allowed TO efrec,
landing. the soil aud the water NAV be
contaminated and the stamping out
OF The disease made impossible.
SPECIAL RULES.
]. Experience has ebsadantly prored
that toac. Dr. district Nth dian soi
/ pure ar dHd pure tcater, may bid den