[XXIX-39] Rocha, Cód. Nic., ii. 165; Costa R., Mem. Min. Gobern., 1852-3; Id., 1884, annex A.
[XXIX-40] Elephantiasis is not common, but occasionally found in the upland regions. Only one leg is stricken; the swelling often reaches above the knee. It is considered incurable and fatal. Costa R., Informe Sec. Interior, 1864, 9-10; Nic., Informe Min. Gobern., 1871, 7; Guat., Recop. Ley., Gob. Democ., ii. 21; Wells' Hond., 548.
[XXIX-41] Journ. of a Voy., in Am. Register, iii. 147; Soc. Mex. Geog., Bol., viii. 507; Costa R., Col. Ley., xxiii. 259-63; Id., Mem. Sec. Gobern., 1884, 99-100.
[XXIX-42] But few cases appeared in Hond. down to 1856. Wells' Hond., 549. A malady presenting some of the symptoms of cholera did considerable havoc in Costa R. in 1845, and it was apprehended that it might degenerate into the Asiatic type, but it fortunately did not. In the same state the government, to ward off an expected invasion of the disease on the 9th of Feb., 1849, established a strict quarantine, which was raised on the 9th of April. Nic., Registro Ofic., 107; Costa R., Col. Ley., xi. 14-15, 20.
[XXIX-43] We have seen how previous to and during the Walker war cholera destroyed a conservative army in Managua, and later one from Costa Rica, and how for a long time it hindered military operations. Perez, Mem. Hist. Rev. Nic., 140; Costa R., Mem. Min. Rel., 1856, 9-11; S. F. Herald, Sept. 5, 1855; Id., Bulletin, June 6, 1856; Id., Alta, Oct. 2, 1857; El Tiempo, Aug. 14, Sept. 15, 1857; El Estandarte Nac., Sept. 15, 1857; El Eco Nac., Oct. 1, 1857.
[XXIX-44] Costa R. by timely precautions escaped the infliction. Nic., Gac., Dec. 22, 1866; March 9 to Nov. 9, 1867, passim; Jan. 25, 1868; Id., Decretos, 1867, 50; Id., Mem. Min. Fomento, 1869, 7; Costa R., Mem. Sec. Guerra, etc., 1867, 8, doc. A, 23, D, 31; El Porvenir de Nic., Feb. 18, 1872.
[XXX-1] Thus were established in Salv. the Colegio Seminario, which subsequently assumed the name of Colegio y Universidad del Salvador, in Nic., the Universidad de Leon, and in Guatemala was founded the Academia de Estudios, with which became incorporated the old university of San Cárlos, the Colegio de Abogados, and the Protomedicato, which had existed several years of the colonial period. Squier's Trav. Cent. Am., ii. 390-1; Squier, Compend. Hist. Cent. Am., 36-7; Astaburuaga, Cent. Am., 22; Dunlop's Cent. Am., 181; Montúfar, Reseña Hist., i. 333; Guat., Recop. Ley., i. 798-806; iii. 11-214. The Colegio de Abogados y Junta Académica de Jurisprudencia had been installed June 5, 1810. Diario de Méx., Sept. 22, 1810; Juarros, Guat., ii., p. vii.
[XXX-2] See laws, official reports, and statements of travellers. Costa R., Col. Ley., iii. 223-6; xi. 158-215; xii. 156; Montúfar, Resúmen Hist., iii. 562-4, 640-1; Ministerial annual reports, 1848-54; El Costaricense, Nov. 10, 17, 1849; Molina, Bosq. Costa R., 46-7; Squier's Cent. Am., 468-9; Wagner, Costa R., 186-8, 219-29; Costa R., Bol. Ofic., Jan. 10, 1856.
[XXX-3] There was a normal school for training teachers, at San José, and institutes for secondary instruction in several cities.
[XXX-4] It was created May 3, 1843, made pontificial in 1853 by Pius IX. Costa R., Col. Ley., viii. 25-8, 121-82; xi. 9-12; xii. 268-75; Montúfar, Reseña Hist., iv. 412-14, 419; El Costaricense, Dec. 1, 1849; Wagner, Costa R., 220-3.