The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
THINKS CHOLERA MAY COME
Miss Kenealy Warns New Workers. to
Prepare for the Asiatic Pest.
She Says the Disease May Make Its Appear
ance in the Crowded Tenement Districts
of the Metropolis at Any Time.

New YORK. July 9.-Miss Annesley Ken
ealy, appointed jud ge of the hygenic SEQ
tion of the worlds fair by the ladies COM
mIttee of the royal commissioners, arrived
mere, yesterday. on the steamship New
York. from Southampton. Miss Kenealy
is widely known in medical circles. She
Is lecturer on technical education to the
British county councils. aud has contrib.
uted many important medical papers to
different journals. Miss Kenesly was sur
prIsed at the striD gent quarantine regula-
tions which exist here.
Quarantine ia, of course. necessary"
she said. yesterday. but 1t seems to me
that II is overdone here. l do not think that
cholera could make deep inroads in this
country. and if 1t does appear here it would
take only q short time to stamp 1t ont.
The prevailing, and | think the best treat
ment TOR cholera. is the saline injection.
Ia Hamburg IL was used extensively. saw
ing 60 per cent. of adult cases and % per
cent. of children. AS much rs two quarts
were IDlscted st one time. The fluid IL OF
the same specific gravity as the blood. and
is injected warm. Hot baths and warm.
stimulating drinks are administered at the
same time. IL Is y simple and etlclent
remedy.
You need not be r bit surprised if you
have cholera right at your doors In the fall
or before" said Miss kenealy. lyon were
very fortunate last y ear In escaping IL. but
l fear you cannot :his year. What | say to
you may be unpleasant. but it is best to be
warned In time. There are already two
thousand cases of the disease In Mecca. and
ir is getting "a big fOOthold in France. You
have been told over here that 1t Ia impOssi-
BILE to contract the disease unless You re-
ceiye the germs In your stomach. Expert
ence IN the Ham burg epidemic proved the
fallacy of this proposition. l acted
as nurse III q hospital where there
were two thousand patients. We noticed
that every Monday morning there was an
alarming increaee In the number OF new
cases. IL soon became evident that these
were largely due to the congregation of
persons at the churches, beer gardens and
other resorts. SO convinced of this be-
came the authorities that they ordered the
people to avoid assembling SO far as possi-
BILE. The churches were closed and so were
the other resorts. There was q dimlnutIon
ii the number OF cases at once.
Il would like to ask those who contend
that cholera cannot be contracted except
through the digestive organs 10 explain
how it was that it used to take six months
for caravans TO bring In the disease from
India. while to-day IL M along In live
weeks. The germs of the scourge can be
carried In the clothing. OF that ~undan
proof was furnished az Hamburg. True 1t
is that filth caused the disease to spread
and bad water and food helped to increase
the mum Der of victims."'
do you think cholera germs have lain
orman In this city during the winter and
are Ilkeiy TO seize upon persons at any
tImef" she was asked.
Il have no Doubt of it. You need not be
astonished if the disease maks itself mani
feat In the crowded. filthy tenement dis
trlcts at any time. Your peop Q are packed
together In this big city so ii at | wonder
how you can breathe. | wonder that you
have not had cholera already this season.
/ am not an alarmlst Dy any means. / am
only anxious lest you may be caught nap
ping. The disease may come over on any
French steamer. 1t is practically stamped
out in Hamburg. / think"