CHAPTER X 



ASIATIC CHOLERA 



HISTORY records many tragic stories of 

 sudden outbreaks of fatal disease which, 

 spreading like wildfire among the people, have 

 brought untold miseries and countless deaths. 



In early times these frightful whirlwinds of 

 disease were looked upon as penal visitations 

 of the Supreme Powers, and, in the utter 

 panic which they so often induced, little was 

 done in the way of studying their nature or 

 staying their progress. 



Among the more important of these tragic 

 epidemics which have been experienced and 

 carefully observed since science has with- 

 drawn the veil of superstition from them, 

 stands Asiatic cholera. 



In some parts of the world this disease is 



constantly present and claims each year a 



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