The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
nr,yryo OF 4HE COMMA BIc1LLus.
Doe, IL. Presence siGniry Asintie ChoierAt
An Enriish Commission of Inqnirr.

| Doe, IL. Presence signiry Asintte Choiernt
An Enriish Commission Of 1nquirS.
A recent letter to n newspaper in this city
| brought the news that the English Govern.
| mont was about to appoint commission to
determine exactly the difference between
what is known as ordinary English cholera
and tho gravor Asiatic type.
This inquiry has been prompted by the dis.
trust medical men feel respecting the cases u
so-called Asiatio cholera which occurred In
England during the past summer. notably
those Of the charwoman In the House OF Com
mons and the thirteen cases in Derbyshire.
Nine out OF the thirteen persons In Derbyshrs
who drank from village stream. polluted by
sewerage, afterward died. DIR. Klein who rep
resented tho local Government Board. has
stated that Koch's bacilli are present In cases
such that Of the charwoman, and that tho ba.
GILL OF true Asiatic cholera were declared to be
present In the cases In Derbyshire. In one
OF these cases. however, was contact with au
infected seaport or with any cholera patient
from the Continent dem onstrated. Many Der
sons believe that the cases In England durius
the past summer recorded as Asiatic cholera
we're no more than some violent , form Of diar.
settle the question that has led the British
s to nt .hH
Koch and his followers maintain that the
comma bacillus is the cause oil cholera and is
always present In the disease. Generally tho
discovery OF this bacillus In g case is enough
TO have It pronounced case OF cholera Tho
is a little disputed, although Koch's theory
that the comma bacillus y the , cause ~, Of eh9lGra
Koch has been disputed In Germany as well MS
in other countries
this city to learn whether or not they believed
that the comma bacillus is a distinguishing
feature OF cholera. But 1t Is a fact that the
sSes to no" bs wSy id nthsr
ease. The cases OF cholera in New. York last
sSnsns yesr agI to he
showed tho presence of the comma bacilii in
every one Of the eleven cases. The fact that
re rea ns But 's the Sae
SOB nSs ',P the eo
important factor in Asiatic cholera. although
%eo aia W RH tina that ' tie O. Comma bss
is the cause Of cholera.
shrady. in which the presence Of the bacii.
LUIS could not be detected, and. on the other
e
In illustrating this fact pr. shrady spoke Of
s to p
bO%9n eHitnTe mixed VIII solution Of soda
than an attack OF diarrhGa;
that %ss sS' fAs last
need not worry himself. however about Gis'f he
disputes OF ihysicIsns over over the power Of the
whether the doctors decide that the comma
at present Koch's theories are founded on re-.
search as scientific In its methods as 1t is Dos
sible for any one to accomplish"
All but one OF the experts questioned by the
reporter, insisted that the presence Of the
e Of R hs sernn the the
Government officials maintain that the comma
bacilli might exist in other diseases.
physician who was conspicuous in the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Investigations Of the cholera in
the city and bay last summer told the reporter
This physician. who is one Of the most promi-
IN . ana not to have his
TT, There l. a bacillus present in other dari
examination be mistaken for the comma ba-
cillus: but they could not be COMPOUNDED after
positively not present in any disease 0 except
cholera. believe that the cases In Derbyshire
sqs for shefe Is other
much, stress must not be laid on the statement
that the victims had not been brought into
contact with the residents OF an infected sea-
cannot always be traced"
Dr. j. NJ Byron Who was pupil Il Of Proi Koeh
and has had the valuable practical experiences
passou htthck ol AslatlC
the NINA bacii is decisive. Dr. Byron said:
a., 1T is true that many physicians doubt that
the comma bacilli are the cause of cholera.
favor OF that theory. The only bncii that are
SO much like the comma acilli that they are
very difficult to distin Euish are those found in
cheese and in certain diseases OF fowl The
REGULARITY OF the cases in New York last year
was that there was only one secondary case. II
had not found the comma bacilli upon inves-
tigation ght have doubted that they were
genuine cholera. / think the cases In Jersey
City this year were very doubtful"
DIR; Byron said that all the doctors who had
handled the cholera patients at Quarantine
last year swallowed more or less OF the bac
Il was practically impossible to avoid doing So
favorable to the Propagation Of the 6sciii.
and none Of thom contracted the disease. This
seems to disnrovc DIR. koch's theory that tho
comma bacillus always causes cholera