New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05

In Russia the cholera continues 10 spread with
Increasing virulcnce. and there seems murh
danger that II may complete ia progress as
usual by visiting all the European countries
and even mcnacing oar own. II T. most - be
dreaded among communities whore m" condition
~ sanitation Is defective and ~ Russia Is be
hind all the European countries In this respect
e. is not surprising that The Eastern plague. in
rs rccurron, Western progress. always visits her
with severity Tho diecas" has its root In UNI
.i.anlv social and communal and personal con-
diiions and whore these prevail It's spread is
always most rapid. and its action upon the In
dividuals attacked most dangerous An inter
national sanitary convention was held this year
In Paris f0r the purpose Of formulating rules
which would finally become laws with reference
- the spread ~ cholera and IN" methods ~ re-
slstlrg lts approach and minimizing its virulen"e
Three distinguished American physicians at
tended this convention. and rs procedures and
conclusions are now available To medical mon
everywhere. and Will undoubtedly be found 20
hav. added materially 20 our knowl"lg" 81 the
dreaded disease and to the proper modes Of OPP
posing its periodical invasion.
Cholera was first recognized 10y the medical
profession in 1917. There had been visitations
~ II AT intervals for two or thre" centuries. but
they had never spread widely nor caused great
mortality In that year however an out
break occurred I'm Calcutta which attracted
the attention 81 an English physician resi-
dent there who published paper upon
the subject conveying the first knowledge ~
the scourge to the medical authorities Of the
Western nations and 10 the world AZ large. This
initial trrat3e yer ranks as one II the most abb
and scientific papers upon the subject which
have eyer been written. The disease spread from
Calcutta through most Of In" peninsula and
It's surrounding islands. then appeared In China,
proceeding northward and 1t did not stop TIL Il
had gone round the world. II took fifteen years
t. reach this country appearing I'm 1892 in Mon
treal among some European immigrants and
from that point the history OF the epidemic
among us begins II revisited us In lS49. and
again in 1854. and still later In 1873 It's terrors
diminishing with each visitation on account OF
the promptness and skill exhibited by the health
boards everywhere and the energetic admins
trativc expedents brought to bear against 1t.
An outbreak begins In India. II follows the
great routes OF travel; along the ocean ways
and the caravan lines across the desert and
through the passes Of the Chinese mountains.
the paths Of pilgrimage to the innumerable
shrncs Of thos, Eastern lands. that OF Mecca
H. particular Every precaution has been taken
to diminish the danger from these sources and
50 far as possb" 10 isolate and quarantine all
bodies Of pilgrims among whom the disease has
| az pearel The Paris invention IL backed by
the authority Of all the nations participa-
ting and It's recommends tiOns. so far a.
| their execution among the Eastern peoples
IS concerned have the force W DEGREES
strict regulation Of the conditions OF Pill
grimage to Mecca Is ordained ana enforced.
Mecca itself Is turned into great sanitarium, as
II it were puryed and aspersed with the waters
| of It's sacred WE'LL Zcm Zcm that flows In the val
Red Sea- the point Of debarkation Of the pilgrims
for Mecca. another great sanitarium Is To be
| erected and To- be- placed under the most vigilant
| and competent direction. This. with tn" sys-
| tens of quarantine In force AT all the ports of
| entry OF the maritime nations of the West. Will
| b." about all that can be done to fence out the
disease ana conrinc 1t to the land of it's origin.
| Among the delegates to this convention were
| representatives from Egypt and Persia. and
some other Eastern countries. so that So FAR AZ
the Mahometan pilgrims. generally the bringcrs
| of the pestilence are concerned. they may
be- washed and fumigated and guaranteed ana
! physicLed by their co-religionists. according To
| the therapeutic and other codes laid down In
the Koran ana sustained bv the authority Of the
| Prophet. II was Il useful and timely convoca-
! ton and it's proceedings should be studied with
peculiar interest at this time when the cholera
seems again on its periodical march toward us.
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