MICROBE OF CHOLERA PLAGUE 209 



the centuries has it raged. Endemic in Asia, many 

 and many the epidemics spread over Europe. Mil- 

 lions upon millions by the invisible foe have been 

 doomed to a premature grave. 



The plague is yet preventable. Present knowl- 

 edge conquers the foe. Rigid quarantine, vaccina- 

 tion, perfect cleanliness and sanitation are equal to 

 the emergency. 



Formerly, the epidemic that overspread Europe 

 came to this country, found its way from Atlantic 

 to Pacific. 



The light of to-day prevents that repetition. The 

 plague made its last attempt to visit this country 

 late in the fall preceding the World's Exposition 

 at Chicago. A steamer from Hamburg fetched 

 cholera cases into New York Harbor. Had the 

 plague come ashore, it would have found its way 

 to, and broke out in, Chicago in the Spring, ex- 

 ploded the Exposition, scattered it to the four 

 winds of the earth. 



But that infected steamer was diained outside 

 the harbor, quarantined, cleansed, disinfected. 

 Not a soul on board could step a foot on shore until 

 danger was past. 



The foe was conquered. Chicago; was safe. The 

 Exposition a success! Up-to-date knowledge, 

 timely applied, is our safety. 



