Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-09-09
THE CHOLERA.

limited States-that is, it has been
brought here by vessels from the 9TH
er side OF the ocean, although, as the
ships have been placed in quarantine
and their passengers not allowed to
90 ashore, no case has yet appeared
ON land. The steamer Moravia from
Hamburg arrived at New York on
"Wednesday of last week with the
cholera on board. A day after the
vessel left Hamburg the disease ap-
peared among her steerage passen-
gers. and by the time she reached
New York twenty-five deaths had oc-
Cured Saturday two more steamers
came from Hamburg, the Normannia
and the Rugia. Cholera was on both
of them, though the deaths had not
been as numerous as on the Moravla.
All of these vessels, with several
Others from infected cities in Europe,
have been placed in the strictest
quarantine, and every effort is being
made to prevent the disease from get
ting ashore. The passengers are be-
ing landed on islands in the bay
where they are bathed and fumigated
and where their baggage is put
through a severe process to Kill the
cholera germs. In spite Of the efforts
10 conquer the plague, however, new
cases and more deaths have occurred
each day on the infected ships and on
the islands where the passengers are
being cared for. A Gordon of police
has been placed around the ships to
prevent other vessels from approach
ing them, and Of course no person is
allowed to leave the vessels under
any circumstances.
1t is hoped that the rigid measures
taken by the health authorities will
prevent the spread of the pest. but as
the mails are taken ashore and dis
tributed it is possible that it may get
ashore in that way.
In Hamburg the dreadful scourge
is still ragiug with undated fury. The
new cases in the Inflated city average
nearly a thousand day, while the
deaths are from three hundred to four
hundred. In other parts of Europe,
however, the outlook is more encour-
aging, and the disease seems to be
well under control.
\ great many persons nave very
erroneous ideas about cholera. 1T
cannot be taken through the air. 1t
is not in the air. The only way to get
the disease is to take the germs into
the stomach or bowels either with the
food or through the medium OF con
taminated water. The germs must be
swallowed in some way or you cannot
have cholera. Cholera is infectious,
but not contagious. One person
might bring cholera gerIus with him
and brush against another, but unless
the germs got into the stomach-as
they might in a hundred ways, by
passing the hand to the mouth, by
eating anything handled by infected
people-there would be no cholera.
The food, and especially the drink, is
what should be particularly watched
in times Of cholera.
The following is the celebrated rem
edy for cholera, and for all complaints
like diarrhGa, dysentery, etc, that
has been published by the New York
Sun so often during the last twenty
years. 1t is said to be a most effica-
cious cure: Take equal parts OF tine
ture of cayenne pepper, tincture of
opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence OF
peppermint, and spirits of camphor.
Mix we'll Dose, Is to 80 drops in a
little cold water, according to age and
violence of symptoms, repeated every
fifteen or twenty minutes until relief
is obtained.
The health board of New York city
has issued circular on the subject of
cholera which is timely The circular
says:
Healthy persons catch" cholera by
taking into their systems through the
mouth, as in their food or drink, or
from their hands, knives, forks, plates,
tumhlers. clothing, &c. the germs of
the disease; which are always present
in the stomach and bowels OF those
sick with cholera.
Thorough cooking destroys the cholera
germs: therefore
Don't eat raw, uncooked articles of
any kind, not even milk.
Don't eat or drink to excess. Use
plain, wholesome, digestible food, as
indigestion and diarrhga favor an at
tack of cholera.
Don't drink unboiled water.
Don't eat or drink articles unless
they have been thoroughly and re-
Gently cooked or boiled, and the more
RECEIPT and hotter they are the safer.
Don't employ utensils in eating or
drinking unless they have been re-
Gently put in boiling water; the more
recent the safer.
Don't eat or handle food or drink
with unwashed hands or receive il
from the unwashed hands of others.
Personal cleanliness and cleanliness
OF the living and sleeping rooms and
| their contents and thorough yentila.
ton should be rigidly enforced. Foul
water-closets, sinks, cellars, &c,
should be avoided, and when present
| shOuld he referred to the health board