El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-16

France On September 8, there were
thlrty-one cases and thirty deaths and
the number did not vary materially for
three weeks 1t increased with con-
siderable rapidity in Genoa after It
mad sensibly declined in Naples The
whole numder Of deaths in Genoa was
not Tar from six hundred; or in pro-
portion to the population. abont one
NTH as many as in Naples. Again, in
1880, the scourge ravaged Spain and
Italy from June to October. though
not with the violence Of the preceding
year In 1886. during the spring and
summer months, the scourge again
appeared in northern Italy and in
Austria Hungary. It is matter of
record that cholera travels quickest by
water routes.
Cholera Symptoms.
Inc uniform symptoms Of Asiatic
cholera are purging and vomiting, fol-
lowed by great prostration and by
IataI collapse. The disease is prob
ably of miasmatic origin, fostered by
conditions which favor its local de-
Velopment But whether the disease
ought to be called contagious or not
IS one of the most warmly disputed
points In medicine It is certain that
hanltuaI personal contact with the sick
IS often not followed by the disease
Is often propagated by drinking water.
by others, that its germs are taken up
from the air the patient breathes. It
Is regarded by many as certain that
the disease is largely propaga from
the discharges Of the sick All such
discharges should be treated with
powerful disinfectants, and deposited.
II possible,i in places not frequented by
those who are well and especial care
h <oT--
thrown into vaults in common use
During an epidemic all drinking
water should be boiled even when It
Is reasonably certain that the sources
OF supply are free from contamination
The Treatment.
without describing the various
stages Of the fatal disease It is enough
to say that treatment should be chiefly
preventive" says Willard Parker. No
diarrhoea in cholera season should
be neglected. During the active stage
Of the disease cold congresses to the
bowels are sometimes useful The ad-
ministration of diffusive stimuIants In
small doses during the stages Of col
lapse should be persisted in Friction
by the hand may relieve the spasms
OF the muscles Great care should be
taken for long time lest a relapse
should occur, and the food of conva-
IeScentS should be Of the very highest
and blandest character for some days.
In 1910 the ravages Of cholera which
had ragged in Russia uninterruptedIy
for the previous three years-carrying
off nearly 100. 900 victims-attracted
the attention of the entire world. and
was spoken Of in the press as an in
ternatiOnal mer3ece Germany and
Italy had some cases OF cholera, and
our own government began to take
extraordinary precautions at the ports
Of entry The epidemic attacked al
most the entire Russian empire. The
outlying districts were hotbeds Of the
plague, and so helpless was the health
bureau that it could not keep the cpl
demie even out Of the capital and
other large cities From June to Octo-
Der there were 3,18S cases in St.
Petersburg and 11O7 deaths In Moscow
alone was the health department.
sufficiently organized to resist the
epidemic successfully. The figures
available at the St Petersburg sani-
tary bureau show that during the cpl
demic there were 1e1. O76 cases with
SS,716 deaths throughout the empire.
Turkey and Hungary were also
widely affected. In Italy there was a