GREAT EPIDEMICS ASIATIC CHOLERA, 



ON Monday, the 26th of March, 1832, epidemic cholera 

 made its first appearance in Paris. Four persons, living in 

 different parts of the city, were attacked during the day, 

 and died in a few hours. On the 31st of March, thirty-five 

 sections of the capital were found to be invaded, and the 

 thirteen others the next day. The patients all presented 

 the same group of symptoms. Already noted by physi- 

 cians, who had studied the disease in neighboring countries, 

 these symptoms soon became as well known to the prac- 

 titioners of Paris and the rest of France as those of any 

 other malady. 



How did the cholera get into France ? In the month 

 of August, 1817, it raged with uncommon violence at Jes- 

 sore, whence it soon spread over the whole province of 

 Bengal, from the mouth of the Ganges to its junction with 

 the Jumna. In 1819 it prevailed in the lower Indies, at 

 Sumatra, and the Isle of France ; in 1820 and 1821 it 

 seized upon the whole of China, the archipelago of the 

 Philippines, and Java. At the same time it crossed the 

 gulf of Oman, extended along the shores of the Persian 

 Gulf, and made its way into Persia. It ravaged the latter 

 country for a long time before it penetrated into Europe. 

 At last, in 1823, setting out from Recht, in the province of 

 Ghilan, it passed along the coast of the Caspian Sea, and 

 crossed the boundary of Russia. By the 22d of Septem- 



