New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
CHOLERA ON CONTINENT.
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in The professor added the important
inf,.roa tioi that the Pasteur Institute had just
received special detailed reports upon the actual
cholera cases in Germany and said he considered
from the archaeological examinations MADE
under his personal direction that the cases are
unquestonably Asiatic cholera NotWlthstana-
ing this, Professor Metchnikoff expressed the
most positive conviction that the German au-
thorities could cope with the disease and pre-
vent its spread in Europe.
Professor Metchnikof's position chief of
the Pasteur Laboratory during its most famous
contributions to science and his works on phag-
ocytosts and immunity give him recognized
place as one of the foremost authorities of the
world upon cholera and other epidemics. He
said
[ can assure you, from the inquiry ] have
made and from personal familiarity with the
cholera cases in Germany, that there is no
ground for anxiety relative to a general out
break Of cholera its spread through Europe.
This opinion is based on knowledge OF the eX-
tremely rigorous and effective measures the
German authorities have adopted to prevent It's
am satisfied that they can keep the outbreak
within its present limits Therefore, there is
no reason to believe that the disease VIII be
come an epidemic, as in 1897. L have received
infinitely detailed reports upon the cases in Ger
many which are really Asiatc cholera, that fact
being thoroughly established by bacterloloscal
examination
However" added the professor earnestly,
there is no fear concerning general epidemic,
owing to the thoroughness of the precautionary
measures adopted"
Can there be any danger to the United States
owing to the steamship lines connecting Ham
burg with American" the professor was asked.
Il do not think So the reply. Every
body in Germany is on the alert to prevent a
spread of the disease, and it is my opinion that
extraordinary precautions Will not be neces-
sary in the United States"
Dr. Saint-Yves director of the Department for
the Prevention of Epidemics. said:
You may be sure there is not any cholera in
or near Paris, and thus far we have had no &C
casion to adopt any precautionary measures.
The Ministry of the Interior would be the first
an epidemic frontier, an on being ad-
viSed we would adopt the necessary measures
for the protection of Paris.
The last outbreak of cholera in Paris was IN
1898 and began in April and lasted until No
vember. The total number of deaths in Paris was
sos and the total in the suburbs S91. The origin
of the outbreak was never clearly established,
but some persons attributed it to having spread
from other points. But the records show that
the first case discovered, al Nanterre, a suburb
of Paris, prior to the appearance of the dis
ease elsewhere in Europe, and it was not until
June that other cases were noted on the eastern
shore of the Caspian Sea Another theory was
that soldiers brought the disease from Cochin
China or Tonquin. but the records did not sup
port this theory. The mortality in Paris was IL
per cent, and the proportion was three deaths
for every 10000 of the population. The number
of cases cured was 300. The experience of 1872
afforded valuable lessons in methods of treat
ment and dSinfectiOn.