The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
RUSSIA CONQUERS
CHOLERA PLAGUE
IN UPHILL FIGHT
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from Samara with his
wife, who ~ also Ia physician.
Together they had fought day and
night to defeat the plague which
was killing hundreds every day.
Neither is a Bolshevik. but b4th
praised the promptness with which
the government met the danger.
modified its medical forces ard
checked the plague.
Worked Day and Might.
Samet's wife and he labored day
and night with other physicians and
medical students. For two weeks
they met little success. Men AMI
women died horrible deaths while
they watched.
They perservered. however. SAM.
tary regulations were enforced. the
disposed of. to avoid infeo.
ton of the living. In two weeks
victory was in sight.
We first heard Of the plague last
July" Samet said. The drought
had become effective by that tina
and all sorts OF disquieting rumors
were afloat
AT first we thought little OF ".
Then we got word that we couldn't
doubt. Cholera was raging. and
from 1900 to 2.oo0 persons were
dying every week.
Mrs Samet nodded confirmation
Of her husbands words.
Government Meets Emergency.
The government quickly met the
All physicians were
called in. Medical students were
asked to volunteer for service IN
the plague region. too. Most OF u
were glad to go.
Special trains fitted with medical
medicines and other
supplies were sent into the region
with US. 1t was a most strenuous
against disease, and II
deserved to win.
"Sickened by the conditions which
We faced. we gave 1t all our
strength. I slept only by minutes
and my wife got little rest with
her constant nursing and calling on
patients.
within a fortnight we had
gained a victory. The death rate
had fallen to forty or fifty per
week.
The fact Mrs. Samet and are
here on vacation, with many others
who worked in Samara. confirms
the government announcement that
the scourge Is losing power.
7 found that there has been some
cholera in Moscow. Prompt action
here quickly exterminated II, and
there Is not now q case on record.
Despite the hunger. which I'M
exists, and the hardships
which the people are meeting, the
general health is excellent"
Rich and Poor In Need.
The famine is becoming more
acute despite the efforts made to
combat II. The situation is espe-
cially grave in the Tartar region
and along the Kama River.
Food stores there. are exhausted,
was told. and rich and poor alike
are in the greatest need of relief.
Everywhere / went today heard,
however, that the governments eff
forts to better conditions were hav-
Ing their effect and were winning
approval.
The steamer volodarsky, loaded
with food, was sent down the Volga
not long ago. 1t couldn't carry
enough to help much. but witnesses
told me that the voyage did a great
deal OF good by bolstering the peo-
pies confidence in the governments
Intentions.
Peasants Thank Government.
Revorts here sail that peasants
Of the Tartar region adopted a reso-
luton Of thanks to the government,
including in the document a prom
ise to make the greatest efforts to
harvest a bumper crop next year.
The famous Russian health resort,
Staraia, has taken in 5000 refugee
children from the volga region. The
children there are housed in COM
fort they never suspected to exist.
They are also fed we'll, considering
that the stocks are none too plentt-
full anywhere.
Other towns on the verge of the
famine district are making similar
efforts to protect the children, I was
told.
Much good was said to have re-
suited from government order
freeing food parcels from all post
age charges.
have found much interest here
in the governments announcement
of a change in the control of indus
try. The feeling prevails that II
will do much 20 better living con-
ditions. Leonfd Kressin, NJ Bog
danov, NJ. Kryshanovsky and other
leading economists have formed q
to deal with firms which
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