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CHAPTER XXIV.
Cholera and other Diseases—The Causes of Cholera—How the Soldiers are
Protected Against it—Sudden Deaths—Fevers—The Teraj—Contempt
for Death—The Cholera Hospital—The Sistersof Mercy—The Princes
Tagore — Hindoo Family Customs — Hindoo Gallantry — A Hindoo
Fete.
The cholera has its home proper in India, «- nd reeds in
the Bengal lowlands after the rain v season, wintu closes in
the fall. Its ravages are most pronounced in the month of
December, but cases are quite frequent the whole year round.
During my second year’s sojourn in India it was very violent
in December, but I would scarcely have known of it at all if
my official duties had not made it incumbent on me to
report from the board of health of India to that of the United
States at Washington. Now and then I was reminded of
the existence of the malady by the sudden deaths of my
acquaintances. On three different occasions I enjoyed a
pleasant evening entertainment in company with a number of
friends, one of whom was not only dead, but even buried
before the next morning.
Although India is ravaged by different deadly diseases,
especially a kind of fever of which people die after one or two
days’ sickness; still, disease and death are scarcely ever
mentioned among Anglo-Indians. They don’t like to talk
about such unpleasant things. A friend is suddenly and
unexpectedly snatched aw^ay from social circles, but his death
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