| Show THE PLAGUE PROSPECT THE situation in relation to cholera is becoming more and more serious owing to the arrival of infected ships at now new york if this source of danger continues president harrison Harrl soo intends to take steps that will lead to the prohibition hibi tion of the landing of emigrants from infected ports professor virchow an eminent frenchman insists that cholera in faction can only be communicated by actual contact and that it cannot be carried in the air we do not believe b a lieve this is correct this and other epidemic diseases are liable to break out where actual contact with persons persona or articles exposed to surroundings where oases cam ot of the particular malady have occurred has been apparently impossible this can be said of instances of outbreaks of diphtheria in isolated places in the mountains of this region during the last visitation of cholera to great britain the idea was general that the infection was carried about at that time in the air in those days when travel even between was exceedingly limited for want of facilities the circumstances connected with the spread of the plague apart from scientific investigation seemed to warrant the inference that the infection was conveyed by serial transit numbers of simple experiments were made to test this theory oe of them applied in a village which was infected is remembered by the writer A fresh leg of mutton was foiste iona on a high pole in one of the sections where the disease was raging the mutton was only exposed for a few hours yet when taken down it was positively sAvely po putrid thic thia test may biot be considered actual proof but it showed the presence of disease germs of some kind antho in the atmosphere and if they could be held there they could certainly be carried about by earial the cholera germ is so small that its diminutiveness can hardly be described by comparison each of these germs when it culminates breaks and two complete cells are the result and so the production goes on by this rapid process of multiplication the indescribable so of the germs adapts them for conveyance bv at atlon we bellove or dr cyrus edson to be right when lie he says in his bis article in the current number of the north american review ap M that each person infected becomes in turn a centre of infection for others and the disease would therefore move from country to country like the widening wide circles in water were there no travel whatever Is if this theory be corrects correct it seems indisputable th then en new york is in imminent danger aside aide from any and all precautions that may be taken A gate gale from seaward sea ward might easily nullity nullify all measures to prevent the intro I 1 action of the dreaded dibease di d if ease pease dr edison gives some advice in ad van vanci of an outbreak in this country he says should the cholera come here we must then see to it that all germs are destroyed destro y ad by heat before taking them into our bodies it is necessary too that the most absolute cleanliness especially ol of the hands be observed and particularly for those who handle food the germs may easily be found on such huoh things as a stra straps s in cars cara ba lusters 0 on public bubli ways door knobs money and the stair 1 nw I 1 cannot too strongly state the fact ll 11 the chances of infection were the th cholera to break out to loany any extent would b most innumerable and that no i al amount amon n of precaution therefore can be to too great fortunately for us when we health we can resist disease gerins are ar in n if they are taken into the system eve T care for ourselves during a cholera th break is therefore merely that out we should properly take at all times care vs mut must take plenty of sleep a fair amon we of exercise eat very plain food thorough th orono 1 ly cooked drink water that has haa K boiled and allowed to lo cool in bottle been ice lot let raw fruit alone wear light fl on nels and in general generali lead as rational fiala life as we may y I 1 amm ava the bring in a suspected ease of cholera in chicago achl the victim being a swedish irnvia irn mia Z two doat doctors ors who examined her a before death state that the he oh oon T I 1 era ey symptoms were very strong hn 1 an another other says that it WM was a case while t disease cwi wwi j |
