Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-15
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1908 MAIN ST.,
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THE CHOLERA IN 1893,

THE CHOLERA IN 1888.
& ian Medical and Surgical Journal
ID cholera epidemic this year was in
4 "A contrast to that of 1890 and
3 There was not the invasion and
Il progress across Europe as in
years, but a relighting of the
Z. bns eenters Of disease left smolder-
frrinr the winter; and In every place
sel this year the disease was light
q easily controlled. or virulent and
&al. lust in proportion to the amount
'&leanins up which had been done
"A The months Of freedom. Never
"A better example of this truth of
|'preveniiye value of cleanliness and
Iknt isolation than in the city of
Aburg. Last years terrible epidemic
IN the lesson. and this year. owing
De improved sanitation and purified
u supply, ihe total number of cases
Il only O few score. The epidemic
: chiefly European, and was not a
A ncusiOn from India, us last year.
& February it mad pretty nearly died
. al over Europe, aud even Russia
Y declared free from the disease,
III there is strong reason to be-
NJ that there was unavowed cholera
Nj in st. Petersburg all winter. in
A Of the great cold, which reached a
Is PUN Of 1875 degrees Fahrenheit,
~ than has been recorded for 13S
~ In POdOli0 and the NOlga pro-
II there were nearly thousand
II during January and the first half
4hmary.
N March is cholera appeared in a
M form at Odessa, and was sus-
n to he increasing in st. Peters
r. though denied by the government.
|Hishout the Russian provinces it
Z steady gain, not along any definite
r. but appearing simultaneously in
~ places. Astrakhnn, Moscow, Mini
frprod, lNeff and Pololia We're first
Shlefy Infected. Shortly afterward
made their appearance In Austria
f9utheastern Hungary and in Cali
{fheFe was brought from Podolia.
III middle of April all the southern
lIlces OF Russia and the neighhoring
Hers mad q large.y-increasing number
NJ, many Of them fatal. AT this
lhe disease, which had been casu-
Exported from Lorient, near Brest,
Il ahee, assumed serious proportions.
i9allaneously cases occurred in
y PAGES IN Southern France and at
M FhN m Northern Italy. Up to
salAe Of May, Russia bore the
VI u, epidemic, Podolia especially
Arge number Of cases. In
eHuhgary il spread slowly along
On INV 81 t ,Sn WIN lso4aleu
itN nm M. lue hrSt case was
llarseilios 'IIt ~ " ana me same
la jbfectoG Ia l'o'hehe ana Ioulon
most so,so, ID
iloda h. V org outhreak OF the year
been fs ro@ oPieurahse m Mecca, which
Tho pilgr IRON disease during the
M s' ova i1S. 40 % LIN May, and by the last
IN yser 5000 pilgrims had passed
Il ,rss' and by the middle of
B ionosnso estimated that there were
r. 4 Nlor1, persons gathered ut the
HIN g cala ready to start for Mecca.
& ne number grew rapidly Re.
81 as,b ioll aud the 10Th there were
l Gins' me next day 1856, and by
' ,hw day 1000. A few days
4 .ne disease broke ont nt TadIah
|steip,ns IN Al mere were 5000 deaths,
|& ii Inli grllnage began the first
~ M sug and by the middle of
+. Mil einueemlc had come TO an
I'll M ueath roll of some 10000
IN faa ns quarantine established at
BILL nsefr, isllrnlng pilgrims served a
d ma ~ purpose. There were 49,
Z i. " ~ Az. o. Deaths only, aud the disea ID
M tbe sl, XVI past into Egypt.
II M 4, middle of July cholera had