| Show CHOLERA NOT WIDELY FEARED simple precautions only necessary to ward off disease the possibility of a cholera epi demic has naturally occurred to a number of lay journals since this ats ease has made its appearance in eu rope in former times the march of cholera around the world was watched with apprehension due to the decol lection of the dreadful results of its past visits to america but the tone of the press comments today to day is so reassuring that there Is public indof ference rather than panic several lay journals have given quite accor ate accounts of the bacillus and the methods of killing it and have shown that with ver simple precautions it Is somewhat difficult to contract the disease there seems also to be a growing opinion that the quarantine and health authorities are wholly corn detent ao deal with any cases which might be imported the people are evidently not disposed to lose any sleep over the matter and are inclined to leave the affair to the duly conati buted expert authorities it has now been widely published that the germ is easily killed by dry ing in the sunlight or boiling so that even it it does get into a water sup ply it can be made harmless but they now know that it Is essential to con fine the cases merely to disinfect the excreta in regard to infecting those around them the sick themselves are about as dangerous as one having typhoid and that is not a great dan ger they require similar manage ment to prevent spread of the infer alon the present epidemic seems to be marching around the world rather slower than on previous occasions a result probably of the intelligent checks it receives whereas formerly it spread as it pleased for no one knew when or how to attack it since the bacillus seems to lose vitality dur ing its excursions from host to host in an unaccustomed climate there Is a possibility that sanitary measures may hold its march in check until all virulence Is lost american medicine |
