Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-01-03

Eocrrca-crco Of q Terrific Sccu-ro
n TUcEcetcS.
Como CT tho Envaccs of tho Ercnd Cis-
casc-zsc rrichtiri Mortality Con-
fecueas Upon Its Waits to
I'u- PC.

of the outbreak there CT the black
death il 4 very virulent fern, some
thirteen hundred people dying CT the
disease il snail town inside CT ST.;
days. The black death, says the New
York Sun, i3 an unfamiliar name to
raodcr-, times. but in the middle ages
it was n current term, mover spoken
without . sense Of horror. Il passed.
under different names ct tirncs. sa h az
the great death" the "bubo plague
the plague and. indeed. it was the
plague Ct the anoicnt3. 1t was the
r,aguc CT the tinc Ct Trajan md WAC
first mentioned historically hy tho ply
oioinn Erfus, Ct Lphcsrs. ard fer e.uoo
years it Las paid pcriodi, al v,sits. chef
II u Mediterranean shores. In the
fourteenth century it extended al over
Eurorc and the mortality WIS fright
frl, fully es,ooo.C0o Ct people having
sucnulnbcl u the scourTe. whiie ut the
Same time il t,,c cast $4,000. 900 and IN
China l3.aoo.0oo persisted. II 1850 some
100000 people were carried OFF in Eve
months By the plague in f.apics. Len
don had been visited many times by
the disease. when what Ia known rs
the great plague e London" pre-
vailed in 1904, and about onc-si:,th Of
the population CT the city was carried
CT. In Toulcn in 1871 cnc-thirl of the
population pcrishcl
Almost the last appearance CT tho
black death il Europe was il 1917 and
1871. il Irr,:ey and Dalmatia. II haa
never appeared in the United States.
Our first accurate knowledge CT The
bcorrgc dates from its prevalence il
Egypt frcm 1883 to 1S4J, where it vno
studied by European phyei ans rs carc-
fully rs could be done With tie rcstrict-
cl PATHOLOGY 81 tcachinC3 of that t,rac.
Since then there have been outbreal:S
an lralS on he Euphratcs in 1907 and in
1879, IN 1876 ct BagdGd. in 1877 o. other
points on the Tigrs. and again IN 1861
IL the same parts Ct Mcsopota.nia. In
1873 Europe was thrown into II PAM, by
the appearance of the plague On tho
banks CT the Nolga. but it WAS rnild in
character, and Gicd ont spontaneously
IA short tine. The various govern
,n"nt5 sent corr-iisaions t. The rpot to
ctudy and report upon the disorder but
it had quito Disappeared when the
commissioners arrived, and consequent
~ our scicntii. knowledge CT tic di9cr-
der was not increased.
We know it to be the most fatal Of
ell cpidcmis dIGeasos. The mortality
varies fror, sixty to ninety per cent. of
these alta ,llcl and occasionally every
person affected dies. Not only human
beings sutic-, but rats, cats, dor3. cat
tic and other animals become victims
to the pcstilcacc. 1t IA undoubtc Nv al
a"utc Infectious ,!iscasc, caused ly some
rri,.o ORGANISM which has nnr--'iy
ioahGnant proclivitics, and IN n null
triples with cncrrop- raplohty within
the body. Deaf IA sometimes takes Place
in = very few hours. Among tao fynp-
toms viii h have contributed to itS vari-
ous designations are enlargement and
snppuration Ct glands and the forrla-
ton CT carbunclcs, whence the name
''bubo-plaguc;" and hcncrhagis spots
and petcchico under the skin, rendering
the body quito dark or black, whence
the origin Of the phrase "blac,S death"
Like thc' cholera and smanpox and
several other Contagious diseases, it
haunts the habita.ions of tho poor, the
ohiftlcss, aad She s1uali1. Modern
civilization il Europe, with is1 in
proved sanitation of cities and perfected
water supply, has gradually cratli9at
nc5t OF the cpidcnics that So ravnScd
medieval peoples, but pcstilcnec still
fingers among the Oricntals, whcro
everything ie demands for is crstcn-
ancc and pcrpctuation is furnished with
prodiyal libcrality; foul water, decay
ing food, vile habits, filthy houses, IN
clean vc5trlcnts, and streets rocking
with glroly, AL o1al. 8, bag as
those conditions persist, and urhappily
they do persist even under the foster.
ing care CT European governments
having control in these regions. SO long
will the cast be q constant menace to
the health of civilized mankind. While
il is hardly probable that the black
death will eyer again visit Europe in q
form SO calanitouo rs formerly still
conditions might ct scnc time become
20 favorable for the growth AID prop
ayation of it, fern tia. it nigh.
cause great havoc in certain continental
citic3 such % Astralshaa. Conston-
tinoplc, anl the lilo where sanitation
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