New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-25
CHOLERA IN CALIFORNIA.
SOME "REMINISCENCES OF THE EPIDEMIC IN
40 AND 80.

From The san Francisco Argonaut.
The Argonau,s OF 1s4o Will remember iie terrible
visitation OF cholera In California In 1si050. during
the months OF the rainy season, IL was brought ~
steamships from Panama and Nicaragua: ana by emf
grant trains tho plains from The Western states
At the tine san Francisco was most endangered by
reason Of being the chief port OF arrivals BY sea
and rs larger population ana next In degrGe OF dagr
cities from which tho multitudcs Of miners started
for the northern and southern mining districts, me
population OF snn Francisco was then about 10000,
Of sacramento above 10000; and Of stockton about
The disease first broke ont in san Francisco. and
mgcd violently during few weeks. a number OF
' nd,sS w S Sn t. bc Sds '1S %r
and social fnvortc. and sam Nlinturn. host OF Del
a tilesr ' fsme lad the cry hospital at which most
Of the cholera patients were treated by DR.. smith
sporting and fine dogs. Best known IN practice were
br Cot. father Of Toward Colt; Or. Dlnon, who at
son, formerly Of the British surgical STAFF; DR.; Gerry.
DR.. Gray, DR.. Hastings. who married the sister OF
Among other incidents Of the time, IT was one OF
the Wild freaks of the great lawyer luius LOCKWOOD
who was lost on The Central Am' ib diE a
eat forbidden food and drink to excess stalk about
in Ge % S IN S@ G Gs D S@S eS S SSd tho
good citizens 1t was daily carrying on. lie passed
San Francisco. Some died through fright. drny-
H asked physician "t he vas o le 1" 1oi ho"s%
case Of cholera on his return to his post in few
minutes the drayman-of strong frame ana a., robust
naturc-wnS taken suddenly III, ana III al hour WIS
dead. similar occurred. .
some Of the doctors seemed to care more for their
S sses ' on for As t Of s pn y" SSes
Peach BRET questioning convinced Che Eruii r Sd
yonns men ' impIored Nelson 10 accompany them,
and, finally, offered him small bag Of d-dnsn
brother. Dr. Nelson pointed to the Office OF a neigh
boring mcdco, and said Go there; give the money
and from the dead on their return to their tent
they found their brother corpse 49,.
account Of It's sloughs and tho rank growth II titles.
lis low and fiat situation. and the disregard for clcan-
sailors. that cholera would rage most terribly and
fatally there The rGyr,s" was he rart, L~,, than ma
none OF them citizens Of prominence. Neither did
the coningon llnger In the slough city, nor upon the
mt upon the Sacramento. from It's mouth, far I'M the
river. and in Marysvc and along Feather and luba
In Marysvlllc many We're fatal and In the ratio
Of population the exceeded every interior city
sry The" were about 200 deaths Nos con-
splcuous Of the physicians was Dr. T. J. White. OF
Ic was member of the ,,.5 Assembly ii in
r"mcnto and was elected speaker. F. J. G. Kewen
first Attorney General Of the state. married the dauch-
plains DR.. Wake Rriary. also Of the plains emigration
OF Is4o-arriving In Aucns-was another II the skilled
had each Witnessed tho ravaccs Of cholera In the states
one in 81 Louis and on The M,,sss,gp Ia hc G,ne. IN
The two with a dozen Others Of the profession. Amer
CEN. English and German were hourly Kept busy In
attending cases, which became daily more numerous
NJ the cnntac.on sprcod Age and youth and infnncy
men and women. hoys and GIRLS. were attached and
Inc rronor;ion ~ deaths was exceeded noworo in the
United States. exccrt IN tho National capital at Washing
ton. II sngrarlv MALIGNANT owing. II was
thought TO the nncared for condition Of tho new city.
Emgrnns daily arriving from m" tedious ana ex-
hnus'lnr Journey 81 the plains reported many cascs
OF cholera and FRI mi proportion of fcnths Trains
81 from twenty IN hundred strong lost average
az ono IN fve NJ their number without pourlShing
food lnsuncenly clad tho lack NJ proper care md ~
good ATTENDANCE without medicines medra aid tho
AFFLICTED clcrantS dlcf sheep with tho rot and their
ZONES ef' ~ark the tracks ~ wo"illy stricken
tecraief trains MANY ~ tho arrivals Wore ~ red"c''
condition and aost N shed. sost Of them fell qct
victims 10 the appalling malady. Burals were riaSv