The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-27
PREVENTION OF CHOLERA.

The Baltimore Ouh says: - :
Walter Kempster, who 70: x
months rast ha, been tave
as the accredited age i # UHt
States Government for y tudy 0
CHOLERA aud It's prevention, Is -
preaching the completion Of Ii
voluminous and important report
His mission was mainly TO study the
means Of preventing tie dis, ase: :
Investigation ot It's medirei SO. e,
was only second.r: point. SpeaF.
ing generally of be resolts Of his
investigation DR.. Kempster said:
"The prevention of cholera is not
a theory, but an absolute scientific
certainty. To find out what the
European powers are doing vas one
Of my purposes. Another and most
important object was to Investigate
the cemAerce By which cholera
germs might he imported to this
country, to find go far as possible
whence ard bow they might be
brought and What precautions would
best prevent their coming. Many
seaport towns were visited for this
purpose. l travelled over a large
part of Europe, went into Egypt and
Turkey and visited the Ionian Is
lands. The superior system of tho
European powers for dealing with
the matter is apparent Appropria'
tions which would be considered here
very hbeta al are made to the schools
and scientists who are best qualified
to carry on the wo'k.
GAS an instance ol what can be
dOIe under th.. BIS, c,...'tt lDu- there
Is The History Ut epi';eInic LIST winter
In the insane asy Ian al Halle. More
than 100 cases had broken on when
Professor Koch was put in control.
The place was reeking with it. He
qaarantined the buildings absolutely
and then struck at the origin OF the
trouble. Ia twelve days he turned
the asylum inside out, renovated all
the draining and water system and
stamped the cholera ont with both
feet. | hei The yisasGre of seeing
him do 1t. Many medical men were
there to take advantage Of the OPP
pOrtunity for study. 1t was fLe
object lesson.
"Tbe home of the cholera, as
everybody knows, is IN India. Every
seventh year, when the Mahomme.
dans indulge In their pilgrimage to
Mecca, a wave Of cholera is started
abroad, which reaches over an i'm.
,o7tant par: 81 the world. No duuht
their religious pilsrlmages are praise
worthy from their moral point of
view, but it is rather hard that the
rect Of the world, even as far off as
America, should be made to suffer
the effects of them. Great Britain
holds the KEY to The situation. If
she would restrain the pllgrima from
coming across thu Soez cauai To
A~cca there would be comparatively
little Gsnger OF cno!era invasion O.
Europe. But her luteresus oppose
such a solution Of tao problem. H.
supremacy in India g assured or
80 long as she bumors the rel,gio:
customo Of the natiyes'
DR.. kempster holds that it is DO
sible to keep the cholera from a cit
when the surrounding towns are
'Nh:t... y keen i frnun any hou>e
n an CO q cit. But the expense
l. grt !, "nf the trouble exceed
the s1pen~s. As 40 illustration OF
his be told of house in Hamburg
which was barred from the outside
world durios the plague. All pro-
visions were taken IN on q booked
pole, the food cooked at once and
the trapDings burned ALI inmates
OF the house escaped safely. although
men were dropping down and dying
IN the streets outside. By proper
precautions every physician who
worked in the hospitals escaped the
disease.
''Cholera must he eaten.' remarke d |
the doctor, putting it epigrammat-
lcally. "lt cannot be absorbed or
hreathed. The germs must be taken
INTO the stomach. II people realize
this and govern themselves accord. |
lhsly they ca escape in case The
germs should reach this country"