The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-09-14
CHOLERA THIS YEAR.
It Exists In Many Countries and
It's Victims Are Numerous.


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tsry Agencies.
For another year this country may
be regarded as safe against the chol-
era. Up to the opening of the month
of August it had not appeared in any
country Of western Europe, and the
autumnal weather will prevent it from
approaching the European ports with
which New York is in communication,
saws the Sun of that city. The health
officer of the port, who made all prep
arations early in the spring for dealing
with immigrants bound hither from
the infected districts of Russia, believes
that any danger which might thus be
incurred has passed away, and. though
the Jewish Russians are yet closely in
,pected upon their arrival at quaran-
tine, the inspection is rather for gen.
eral sanitary purposes than for any ap-
prehension of the cholera. Advices
upon the subject have been received
from all parts of the world by the au-
thorities of the marine hospital serv-
ice, and DIR. Wyman believes that it
there ever was any ground for fear,
there is not now the least.
During the present year, and up to
this time, cholera has existed in Euro
pean Russian, Arabia, India, China and
Japan. It is unfortunate that trust
worthy statistics concerning it cannot
be obtained from Russia, or from any
of the other countries in which it ex-
lists. with the exception of Japan. 1t
ravaged several of the western Rus
sian provinces last summer; it did not
entirely disappear last winter, and it
has been epidemic since the early
spring season. During the month Of
July it has prevailed largely in the
provinces of Volhynia and Podolia,
near the territory of Austria, and,
also, to some extent, in the Vistula
provinces, on the confines of Prussia.
It is said to be Of an unusually malig-
nant type, and it's victims are speedily
carried off. In order to keep it out of
Germany, the Berlin government has
established a sanitary Gordon" along
the frontier, and all travellers from
Russia are again this year, as they
were last year, subjected to most rig
orous inspection. Austria also has made
some provision for guarding the bor-
der, but it is mach less complete than
that made by Germany, and there have
been many cases of the disease in Cali
cia and BukOwina.
The cholera appeared in Arabia on
the borders of the Red sea, early in the
spring, brought there, as in other
years, by the Mohammedan pilgrims
from India to Mecca. Alarming accounts
of it's fatality were sent out in the
spring months and up to June, but moth
ing has been heard Of it for some weeks,
and it's ravages doubtless have been
allayed. All the efforts made during the
past two years by the international
sanitary commission to induce Turkey
TO ADOPT the precautionary measures
by which it's baneful power might be
checked have been unsuccessful.
From that part of India in which the
cholera is nearly always epidemic there
have been reports this year similar tc
those of other years. The permanent
headquarters of it are in the valley OF
the Ganges, and it is from there that
its infection is carried into other coun-
tries. It is only from the British East
Indian records that any knowledge OF
the number of cases of it can be OBJ
tanned. ,A4se's-~-.-
There can be merely guesses as to the
extent to which the disease prevails in
China. In the dispatches there are oc-
casional references to it's existence in
the Liao-Tong peninsula and in the
kingdom Of Corea, and there is every
reason 10 believed that il has been very
destructive in these regions. 1t was by
the Japanese soldiers returning home
from the Liao-Tong peninsula that it
was introduced into Japan few
months ago.
From the Trustworthy statistics that
are kept by the japanese authorities, it
is learned that up to the close OF July
there had been nine thousand five hum
dred cases of the disease in Japan, more
than one-half Of which had proved
fatal. This fatality may be regarded
as part of the price paid by Japan for
her victory over the Chinese. but that
price was greater yet, for many OF the
japanese soldiers who are yet in China
have fallen under the disease. 1t has
recently been epidemic over . large
part of the Japanese empire.
In some other countries besides those
here mentioned, including Mexico and
Cuba, there have been cases OF cholera
during the year, but It has not been
epidemic in any OF them
It has been estimated by good an
thorities that the average yearly num-
Der of deaths from cholera the world
over is close upon quarter OF mil
lion. It is now known that in Russia
alone last year there were nearly one
hundred thousand cases OF the disease,
about forty-five per cent OF which
proved fatal; bnt the ravages OF the
disease among the Russians are light
as compared with that among Asiatics.
Very likely 1t has been as widely prevs-
lent In western Russia, eastern Austria
and Turkey this year as it was last
wear. The governments Of these coun-
tries do not desire that the accurate
statistics Of It shall be published. and
the ofacial reports given thereffom to
the world are always wide Of the true
mark
The exper3encs a. Germany IN recent
years has furnished = reanaxkible dam
ons&ration Of tn e1lciency of scientific
aud sanitary agenc3es ip keeping ont
the dreaded disease. Not lean inter
esting = The expience Of England,
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