The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-30
IT'S SHEER NONSENSE.
NEW FORKS QUARANTINE SYSTEM.
30 says DIR. MoGuire-uc Tells How onc
Takes Bath in Sweden, Aided
bya Woman.

DR.. Hurtcr Mcclure arrived in Rich
mond yesterday afternoon at 2:3S o'clock
after a two months vacation, which ne
spent in the various countries OF Europe
/ called on DR. Mctiuire last evening
and found him looking unusually wen.
When ] asked him to tell the readers OF
The Times some of his experiences dur
ing his trip abroad he very kindly CON
scented and made in substance the loi-
lowing statement:
"On nv arrival in New York from
Europe | was detained in quarantine Tor
Eve hours.
This measure is simply n farce rs II
is carried out in New York. lhere y
very little fear in Great Britain - 10
the cholera, while | found III New l"Ih
almost a panic which seems 10 he yer!
difficult 10 overcome.
'SOon after we left Queenstown one,
of our cooks died from heart disease ana
ON that account we were kept IN quafih-
tine for a few hours. Our baggage was
disinfccted. but the process OF IL was
very simple. the outside of the trunks
being washed with a weak solution Oh
carbolic acid and water.
SHEER NONSENSE.
Five hours time was deemed suiicleht
10 see whether outbreaks of cholera
coulJ no developed. OF course such Il
procedure is sheer nonsense. Each pas
senger then received a certificate. which
was mere matter of form. without any
possible good effect. My certificate
reads as follows:
Immigration Station.
Ellis Island, Pert OF New York.
Sept. 2S. 1892.
hereby certify that II. Mcclure, a native
OF the United States. an American citizen,
landed this day from steamship TeutOnlc
free from infection, clearing from Liverpool
Septcmber y. 1892. and arriving at the port
OF New York September 2S. 1872, has been
under observation by the quarantine officials
for half day sufficient time. in their
oplnion. 10 determine s.--. he has not the
germ Of cholera or smallpox in his person
or effects. and that his effects have been
subjected by them to such dsinfection rs
they deem sufficient. abOve-named pas
,enger is en- route for Richmond. Va.
w. A. WHEELYR.
Surgeon L. s. Marine Hospital Service.
JNGIAND'S PhECAJIIONS.
'"The sanitary precautions taken in
Great Britain are almost perfect, al
though that country is exposed 10 the
cholera germs fifty times as much as
the United States. on account Of the
lerge number of vessels which land there
from the various parts Of the continent.
The sanitary protection is SO complete
that cholera cases cannot be found eX-
cept here and there, where they nave
been imported, and the grand trial OF
sanitation has not caused the slightest
scare.
Although Paris has had cholera ever
since April the authorities have been abe
10 keep the disease in CONTROL and only a
few deaths occurred there daily. on
course cholera is not catching like many
other diseases, because it can only be
contracted Icy drinking and eating 1t.
NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
Il found the people of Norway and
Sweden very gentle and kind. hot very
Primitive in their ways. We stopped al
n railroad station for u meal, ana On
1, red large room. in the centre Of which
We found big table and upon 1t spread
out the different articles Of food. We
were not waited on. but helped ourselves
10 what we wanted. We could drink
wine OF beer with oNr meal, and when
we left We had to pay a small sum Tor
the same. They simply took our word
for what we had consumed.
in Sweden when you ask for bath
Won are admitted to the establishment
md when You are ready to battle a
woman comes into the room TO wash
YOU. The people there consider 1t a
woman's duty to take care of you as II
YOU were a child.
"Shc rolls up her sleeves and takes
hold of a brush, which she dips into Il
basin of soap suds and starts III to work
ON YOU with kissing sound. like a
hostlcr in this country grooming the
horses.
You may be sitting on the edge of the
tub. wondering if the water VIII be 100
warm for you to battle in, but AT her
appearance You dive into the water WIN
out further considering It's temperatures
and she at once begins literal scrub
Hing You NAV protest rs much as You
like and tell her that YOU don want
her. that YOU are married and respecta-
lie gentl, man and competent To bathe
Yourself. 1t does not matter. She re-
niles in a peculiar language. winch You
don't understand. turns You over IKE Il
child ard scrubs every portion Oh your
body before she lets YOU go.
AS TO RUSSIAN JEWS.
81 am sorry to see that offended Rabbi
Colisch i'm the letter which / wrote to
The Times while in Europe. wherein
stated that the cholera had been Imported
I'm the countries Of Europe by RUSSIAN
Jews. | referred 10 them as transferring
the disease 20 q greater extent than any
other race. because they are now peise-
cuted i'm the most unInercifHi manner by
Russia. and | thought that these people
brought the disease 10 Hamburg, not he
cause they were Jews, but because thcy
were human beings coming from an III
fected country. The atrOcity OF KuSsia
towards the Jews has. | hope, excited the
Indignation of the whole civilized world.
II have brought over with me ipr
George Foy, of Dubliu, who wished 10
nay visit to Virginia The Doctor Is
very much interested in our people ana
this State. and. indeed, in the Whole
South. He is one of the most prominent
surgeons of Great Britain, highly ecu
Gated. and very clever gentleman. re
is n Fellow of the Royal Academy OF
Medicine of Ireland. surgeon to the With
worth Hospital. DrumcOndra; author 81
Science and Civilization, Medicine
During the Commonwealth. DR.. Roy
will spend several weeks with me, and
then return to Ireland. his engagements
compelling him to be home by October
22d.
Major Gnter and his party left Lon
don for Paris on September 10Th. He
expects to sail in the Majestic for the
United States on October 9th. Thy were
all in good health when | left them"
/ asked DIR. Mcclure if he had met Pro
fessor Nerchow in Berlin during his
recent visit. The Doctor replied that he
had stopped only for two days in Ber-
lin, and that the cholera scare drove him
away. He had intended to visit Karls-
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