GREAT EPIDEMICS—ASIATIC CHOLERA, 
L. 
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- 
