Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21
InUSS|A'S TYPHUS WORST
PLAGUE FOR 400 YEARS
Between 100000 and 5000.
600 Deaths in Four
Years.
SPREAD WITH ARMY nnEAk-ur
League or Nations Joint Sanitary
4 Conference Reports Between 20
60o,000' mud io.onu.0o0 Cases al
Dread Disease.
fRy United News.

| By United News.
WARSAW. POLAND, Nav 2o.-
Not since the great cpidemics OF the
Middle Ages has there been anything
to compare with tho epidemic of ~
plus which has devastated Russia
and Eastern Europe during the pas;
four years and which again increased
the last winter
Figures. as accurate as 1t VIII evcr
be possible to obtain. are now avail
able for the first time to the West
ern world. through the reports HOW
being made at the Joint sanitary CON
ference called in Warsaw by the
league OF nations
Between 2oo0C.0oc and 100000
CASES OF typhus have OCCURRED in Rus
sia during tho past four years-about
ono case for every four or five pco-
pie In the country. Between 100000
and 5000, 600 deaths have taken place
from This cause alone. The actual
population OF the country has definite
~ decreased due TO it
These are the statements made by
Professor Tarasscvitch. i'm tho report
which has attracted moro attention At
the conference than any other pr.
Tarassevitch il Well known among
European medical men as tho prcsi-
dent OF the Scientific Medical Council
OF Russia.
Many Not Reported.
The actually reported cases listed
by the health authorities during
these years were 100000. But for
large part Of this time there We're
no reports from the Ukraine or from
Siberia where the epidemic was at
IT'S height, or from other districts
where civil war was raging.
Any doctor in Russia can give anec-
dotes showing the terrible strain put
upon the medical profession during
these years. l recall woman physi-
clan in Samara who was put in charge
OF 500 patients. all lying on the floor
with no bedding. no change of cloth
ing, no SOAP. Il gave them on" look.
she said. and I knew would ha
down with the disease in two weeks
There was simply no chance to as
cape infection and knew the "X-
hausting labor ahead OF me would
leave me without vitality to resist.
Rnn lts Course Unchecked.
All the doctors in Russia faced tho
same conditions. But all the efforts
OF the doctors were without practical
value in checking the epidemic. says
pr Tarasscvitch. due to the complc;"
absence OF means for combating dis
ease Typhus ran its course un-
checked. as did the great plaques OF
the Middle Ages. until all the nopu!a-
;inn either had it or developed inn
munity to II. For. In spite Of modern
medical knowledge and great sacri-
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