New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-08
HOW TO CHECK THE CHOLEHA'
DR. KENfPSTER SAYS IT'S PREVENTION Is A
SCIENTIFIC CERTAINTY.
HIS OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT THE EUROPEAN
POWERS ARE DoING-PRoFESsoR KOCH
METHODS AT HALLE-THE KEY ~
~ AND.

POWERS ARE DOING-PROFEsSoR koCh'
METHODS AT HALLE-THE KEY ~
| THE PROBLEM HELD BY ENGLAND.
| Washington. July DIR. Walter Kempster VINO LOT
| six months past has been travelling abroau a. ~
accredited agent of the United states Goverh''" y"
| the study Of cholera and its prevention Is "Pp'''"
ing the completion Of his voluminou' ana "p''"'''
| report. His mission mainly 10 study 'he "l'
OF preventing the disease; the Investigation % ~
| medical aspect was only secondary point Hp'aN'
H., Generally NJ the results of his Investigations Ut.
kemp,tcr said
The prevention OF cholera IS not theory ou' d"
| absolute scientific certainty To find ont WIFI wv
Enropcan Powers were doing was one ol INV ~"
| poses Another and most important ooJ'c' vas ~
investigate the commerce by which chol'Ia e'
might be imported this country. TO hnn ;" 'i ii"
no,siblc whence and how they might be brought ana
| what precautions would best prevent tl'r '"'"0.
MANY seaport towns were visited for this purpose.
| travelled over a large part Of Europe. went mo
Egypt and Turkey and visited the lonian lSahuS
| THE superior system Of the European fo"'rs
| ,or dealing with the matter Is apparent ApP'""'
ons which would be considered here very pera' "l'
made 10 the schools and scientists who are pest aui'i
| fed to carry the work. As an insanc" OF "na'
can be done under the best conditions there Is he
| history Of the epidemic last winter In the insane
1
| ont when Professor Koch put In control inr
Mace was reeking with It, He quarannn"d the puiiu-
ings absolutely. and then struck at the origin OF the
,rouhlc In twelve DAYS he turned the asylum In
side ont renovated all the draining and water system
and slammed the cholera out With both feet had
tLc pleasure Of seeing him do It, Many medical men
were there 10 take advantage Of the opportunity LOT
study. II fine objoct-lesSon
1.-THE home Of the cholera. everybody Knows
Il in India. Every seventh year when inc MA
! bometans indulge in their pilgrimage TO Mecca a
wave Of cholera Is started abroad which reaches
over an important part Of the world. No doubt
their religions pigrmages are pniseworhy from their
moral point Of view but rather hard that the rest
Of The world-ovcn as far of rs Amerca-shouid l."
made 10 suffer the effects OF them.
Great Britain holds the key to the situation. II
she would restrain the pilgrims from coming across
the suez Canal 10 Mecca there would b. compare
lively little danger OF cholera Invasion OF turoP
put her interest, oppose such solution OF the prop
lem. Her supremacy In India Is assured onlN -"
Yong A. she humorS the religious customs oil inc
natives" 49, -, a. .
chorra from a city when the surrounding towns ar.
tainted or keep II from any hons" In an injected
Cv. But the cApcn-e i great ana u" trouhl' "N
ce,ds the expense. In illustration Of THIS he told
of a honsc I'm Hamburg. which was barred from the
ont side world during th" plague. MI provision,
were taken I'm on 4 booked pole. the food cooked AZ
once and the w1Plns' burned. All Ihii ,ll., %
the house escaped safely. although mon We're dropping
down and dying in III" streets out,if". by proper
precautions evcr- phy-can who worked I'm IN" hos
pita escaped from the disease" ..,..
Cholera must h. eaten" said the doctor. puflnG
Il opicrammatcalv. o. II cannot b" absorbed or
hreathcd The germs must be- taken into the stomach
II people realize his and govern themselves accor
inry they escape, IN case the germ should r'erh
this