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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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public were alarmed by reported prevalence of the disease in Europe. June 15, from Albany via the clay-boat, we learned of the existence of the dreaded cholera in Quebec, brought across the Atlantic by immigrants, and appearing in a virulent form. The Common Council appointed two physicians, Drs. Rhinelander and DeKay, to proceed forthwith to Quebec and report their views as to the means to be adopted to alleviate the scourge so soon as it appeared here. They proceeded and soon returned, and among their remedial preventive recommendations, one cited brandy and water and the other port-wine. It was for a long while a standard and oftrecurring joke with those who availed themselves, in the manner of such refreshment, of every opportunity that was presented to repel the dreaded cholera, announcing their preference for "Dr. Rhinelander" (brandy) or "Dr. DeKay " (port-wine).
Mayor Bowne issued a proclamation forbidding the arrival here of all conveyances with persons afflicted with cholera. In the churches prayers were offered; but on June 26 the cholera appeared in New York. It was in virulent form. The Board of Health was required by duty to visit the Staten Island quarantine, and within a fortnight from the time of their visit all of them save one (Alderman Hall) were dead of the epidemic. A coroner's inquest was held in the case of a man found dead in the street from cholera. This was late in the week, and by the next Monday nine of the twenty persons concerned in the inquest were dead. A special medical council was appointed, and five large public hospitals were organized, besides establishing a special station in each ward.
Nevertheless, the city manifested a degree of calmness and self-control, in actual presence of the disorder, that was somewhat remarkable. Business proceeded without noteworthy interruptions, and the streets wore their
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