Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-26
BRAVE AS A LION
= New York Herald Special
Correspondent
DEFlES The CHOLERA MICROBE
lie Eats, Drinks and Sleeps N Contact
VITA the Deadly COntagion 70
Test a Preventive.

Test a Preventive.
T Nav YoRK, sept. 25.-rhe Herald
prints very remarkable story. sent by
spseiai cable. copyrighted by James
Gordon Bennett, from SPECIAL CORES
poudent at Hamburg. The story de-
scr.bes the reckless daring OF the cor
respondent aud Is calculated 10 freeze
the bioot IA ones veins. lie writes;
'GoOd God. how you resk Of cholera
Tn.s vas the cheerful greeting Of a
young physician, whO IS busy IN the
cholera wards here. tie had slept dur
Ing the past night IN one OF the pavil-
ions It Was On the floor We slept and
g was luxury compared to the night
N ward r. / had been amusing my
self By taking the temperature Of the
doctor. our heads were very near to-
getner, and We were both looking at
the thermometer. wnen he made IN 9
exclamation. You wlll be down with
70 today" he added pleasantly. "It ls
tina. Elbe Watsr you took yesterday
us Makes Test
This being the case, / have hurried
through VITA this letter. and will have
&c posted az once, for know how sud
denly cholera dIsabies a man. both
morally and physically. Thus Is won
deFfully good news. and has chcered
me up Immensely. II | am struck
d0wa the result will De OF negative
value, because % will merely 70 to show
that 80 far the Hatkine iuOculauOn Is
null Oh the Otner hand, II | DO not
have cholera, and can yet snow that I
have passed cholera germ, through my
lntest.nes, tins viii 70 further than
augnt else 20 show the value OF
the incubation to which have
submitted. IL . i 80 the Her
q Will have made a great discoy-
cry, interesting 10 every human beng.
/ suall proceed at once TO have the
necessary Meteorological examination
made. 1 must apOl gize 10 those gen
tlenIen With whom | sat down to eat
TINS eysAsng. / had omitted 20 take
tie dHal precautiOn with my hands,
whieh, had they known It. reeked of
eSofera. You laymen possibly DO not
,.laow now Overpowerlng the smell of
cholera "a. You professional men do.
l DO. Bat | behaved loyalty at that
meal, / touched nothing that did not
eat. Nothing that /. with my cholera
smirched hands had touched, went be-
yond me.
Ate Win UncIeaned Hands
Ia this continuous effort l nearly
chOksd myself eating large piece II
black bread. / could not leave II.
Any mOrsel Of 1t would probably
nave been infectious and II had
10 20 down. one of tine prln-
clpal warnings, and upon which Herr
Director Rumpf tIad land stress, was that
winch prohibited eating with uncleaned
hands. This IL the surest way to take
the illness. There was yet another
ulle which was looked upon as one of
itha principal. and TO which Rumpf had
specially called my attention. 1t was
that referring TO the extreme care
which should be taken not 10 put ones
fingers 10 the mouth. All through the
day I handled cholera patients IN every
condition should not be IustItie IN
beng strictly aud technically medical
IN detailing too much Of the realistic
side of the picture; u would be too
grucsOme for the general reader. Suf-
Zee that understood all the details of
nursing cholera patients but the pom.
OF AL Is that | constantly not only rub
led my bands over my mouth immed-
iately after touching the SICK, but IN
serted my fingers into my mouth. This
l repeated probably twenty times
day.
Drank from n Tainted Mug.
In the evening. at half-past 10, had
lust served Theodore OHermanu with
seitzer. tie was one OF the cases
marked very bad. When be had fin
shed with the mug took it into the
bsth room and drained out the rest Of
toe soda water. carefully allowed
my lips ~ dwell on the edges of the
mug exactly where his mad been. Ger
tanaY tins pilt me INTO immediate con
tact with the cholera micrObe. Oiter-
mann snow one Of the gone cs-es. Thus,
in one day. w "a my system thoroughly
0pen 20 infection, which acts quicker
upon a stranger coming into contact
with the disease than with any other. /
have touched food with hands virtually
reesing with cholera. have handled
cholera patients constantly. afterwards
putting NY fingers IN my mouth. have
drank from the same mug after
cholera patient. touching with my
mouth tns edges where hs had
touched, have slept in the bed OF a
dead cholera patient. between
two patients n an sctive state
of the 4 sease, have drank OF
water which comes from, the She. and
which = the cause ~ az of the illness
here. got the water from outside
she door 0f Ward p. / have drank
water from the E'he taSsu from the
river itssif. ~ point just OUTSIDE the
water works VII ch supply the town.
This .sst test made yesterday, drink
ing two glasses a. O'Clock in The eve
ming Ny temperature vas then s6 3
cpnfrigrsde. have eaten a roll and
butter. winch bad been m the pocket
II my canvas Jacket several hours n
the ward, and ste & inmed ately after
hsving supported and handled one Of
our very worst eases. The case vss
one Nhich came m yesterday sitter
noon.
Ate WIN Hioodv Hand.
n vas lsid in ths bed where schultz
had disd She night previously. lie
Wa fn state of collapse. The SAT-
water infuso1 wss tired. strangely
er,ruEh he bied prafnseiv Ats quar-
ser - hs came n. a. twenty minutes
past we. ho Ding rs rsht arm, his
p.tlss had become very wesxsed isilesi
sntirnfv. lla vas dead Inn,edfatsiy
atsr hat. viii NY hands covered iiu
h = t.roti snd A strong suelt of choices
upon then. z a. nv hFsad and hut-
tar ~rtaout Washing my hands Tbs.
81 course. vas strictly againau tNa ru es
81 t.,- -ari. or ud sci any ether vsrt