The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-06-11 00:00:00, page 4

A MEDICAL correspondent, who hid ob
served several mistakes in the accounts pub
lished in our papers on the fubjed of this disease,
begs leave to lay before the public, for the bene=
fit of his countrymen, the following short account
of it,taken, froiri notes of lectures delivered by the
profeffor of the theory and practice of medicine*
in the college of Philadelphia# sass winter.
The Doctor denied that the influenza was
produced by any fenfibie or unwhoiefome quality
in the air ; but allowed that if was a good deal
influenced, as to its violence and many of its
symptoms, by the heat, cold, motfture, dryness
and sudden vicissitudes of the weather; He ad r
ded, that if was not a new disease ; that it had
only -acquired a hew name; that it had been
known in the early ages of Phytic by the name
of the CATARRHAL fevbr, and had been de
scribed very accurately by Dr. .Cullen, and other
writers, by the name of Catarrh. It differs from
what is commonly called a cold, in being produ
ced wholly by contagion. The origin of this
contagion is involved in as much obscurity as the
origin of that of the measles or small pox.
Records are to be found of the prevalence of
this disease in America, in the years 1733, 1749$
1761, 1771, & 1789. It is remarkable,'that the
weather and fenfibie qualities of the^air were
different in each of the three last times of its ap
pearance. ■
*Dr • Rush.
" SEAT OF THE MUSES,
Pity in vairi Stretch'd forth.her feeble hand.
Children of affluence ! heat a p66r man's pr„%
O haste, and free me from this dungeon's gloom
Let not the hand of Comfortlefs despair,
Sink my grey hairs with sorrow to the tomb !
Nor blam'd his Cruelty—:nor wiih'd to hate
Whom once She lov'd—but pitied and forgave,
Then unrepining yielded to her fate,
And funk in lilent anguilh to the grave.
Though deeply hurt, yd, swayed by decent pride.
She hufh'd her forraws with becoming art,
And faintly strove, with Sickly smiles, to hide
The canker-worm that prey'd upon her heart.
Where could I seek for comfort of Ibr aid ?
To whom the ruins of my state commend ;
Left to myfelf, abandon'd and betray'd,
Too !ate 1 found the wretched have no friend !
to guard the sacred wreaths by Hymen wove;
While pale-eyed Avarice from his sordid stand,
Scowl'd o'ef the ruins of negle&d love.
E'en he, amid the red, the favour'd youth;
Whose vows had met the rendered warm return;
Forgot his oaths of constancy and truth;
And left my child in solitude to mourn;
In evil hour, to specious wiles a prey,
I trufted—(whom from mlts is always free ?)
And the short progress of one fatal day,
Was all the space 'twixt wealth and poverty.
frar different thoughts effiploy'd my early hours;
To views of bliss, to scenes of affluence born,
The hand of Pleasure ftrew'd fay path with fiowers,
And every blessing hail'd my youthful morn.
Unus'd Companion's tribute to demand,
With clamorous din wake charity's dull ear,
Wring the flow aid from Pity'sfloiterihg hand;
Weave the feign'd tale, or drop the ready tear.
But ah ! how quick the change ! the morning gleam;
That chear'd my fancy with her magic ray,
Fled like the garifli pageant of a dream,
And sorrow clos'd the evening of my day.
Such is the lot of haman bits below,
And hope awhile the trembling flow'ret rears,
'Till unforefeen descends the blight of woe,
And withers in an hour the pride of years.
THE DEBTOR.
(By Sir John Moore.)
CHILDREN of affluence ! hear a pact lean's
prayer,
O haste, and free me from this dungeon's gloom ;
Let not the hand of comfortlefs despair,
Sink my grey hair with sorrow to the tomb !
THE INFLUENZA.
London, march 23.,
THE following extraordinary, yet well af
tefted fad, is copied from Brand's Hiffory of
Newcastle, lately published. The fa& is menti
oned and corroborated by 7 question from the
Harlean MS. No. 880—87. A weaver in Scot
land had, by one wife, a Scotchwoman, sixty two
children, all living until they were baptized ; of
whom four daughters only lived tot be women,
but forty fix sons attained to man's estate. In
1636, Joseph Delaval, Esq, of Northumberland,
rode thirty miles beyond Edinburg, to be fatis
fied of fhe,rUth of this account ; when he found
the man and woman both living, but at that
time had no children abiding with them ; Sir
John Bowes and three other gentlemen having
at different periods taken each ten, in order to
bring them up, the rest also being disposed of.
Three or four of them were at that period (16'30)
at Newcastle. ; : .
The disgusting Toads of artificial hair, which
have so long disfigured our fair countrywomen,
begin to difapftr. The natural ringlet again
flows on the neck, and rib woman of fafhion is
now affiamed of her own hair. This sudden re
volution, which originated with French liberty
has deprived many ingenious artists of employ
ment, particularly the hair weavers, and the wor
fhioful comoanvof wip-makars. ‘~ •
.IKARIS, MARCH 26.
YESTERDAY the King lent the Following
letter to the President of the AlTembly:
" I am Surpifed, Sir; that the Assembly has
riot taken into deliberation the proposals which
have been made from me by the firft Ministers of
the Finartces, for establishing a Commflion of
Treafury,the Members of which I mean to take
from among the members of the Assembly. I
think this difeuffion as tifeful as urgent ; and I
demand that this objeft may be presented to the
deliberation of the assembly."
The following paper has been flack up in ma
ny parts of the town—“ Citizens, we are trifled
with ; our misery increases every day, and nothing
is decided. They give us ^ number of good
words, but they leave us to starve. It is time
to fee the end of our misfortunes. If, in eight
days we fee no change in affairs, the National
Assembly may have reason to fear the conse
quences which may follow."
Where the pulse is weak, and a cough at
tends, without much pain or signs of inflamma
tion, the remedies should, in several particulars;
be different from those which have been men
tioned. Bleeding Ihould be omitted. Warm
punch, wine whey, sage, cammomile, dittany or
pennyroyal teas, ihould, in this case, be the con
stant drinks of the patients. The cough Ihould
be composed by a few drops of laudanum, taken
occasionally during the day, or by pleasant syr
ups of any kind. A fufficient dole oflaudanum,
or asthmatic elixir, fhodd be taken at night, to
procure fleep #
Should the fever prove obstinate, and the symp
toms be alarming; blisters ought to be applied.
The patient Ihould, mcreover, be indulged with
pure frefh ain
In both dates of the disease, frequent chan
ges of linen will conduce much to the comfort,
and not a little to the recovery, of the patient.
During the convalescent, or recovering date, the
diet should consist of broths, soups, and light
animal food ; and the drinks, of malt liquors,
and a little wine. With these Ihould be blend
ed gentle exercise in the open air;
Philadelphia, May li, 1790.
Where the pulse is full, and the habit pletho
ric, especially if it be accompanied with delirium
or acute pains in the tides or breast, blood-letting;
gentle laxative, or (if attended with sickness at
stomach) a vomit, abstinence from animal food,
cold drinks &.cold air, were advised. The drinks
Ihould consist of toast and water; barley water ;
balm, flax-feed or bran teas ; or water, in which
raw or dried apples, peaches or cherries, had
been infufed when it was boiling, and fuffered to
remain until it became cold.
The treatment of the influenza, recommended
by the doctor, was different, according to the
symptoms, constitutions and habits of the pati
tents.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
BY licence from the Hon. Judge of
Probate for the county of Rockingham, will
be fold at Public Vendue on Monday the tweny
firft day of June inst. at One of the clock afternoon,
at the dwelling house of Elizabeth M'Clary
in Epsom, a'l the remaining part of the
Real Estate ofANDRE wM'CLARY,Efq;
late of Epsom, in said county,deceafed—Conditions
of sale to be known at time and place,
Elizabeth M'Clary, ridminifratri*;
Epsom, June if, 1790.
CASH, and a generous price given
for LAMB-SKINS, with the Wool on, at the
Shop of William Kelly, near the Academy.
Exeter, May 27, 1790.
CASH and Writingpaper given for
I/ ' clean Linen and Cotton and Linen RAGS, #
DISTRICT of New-Hampshire, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given,That the
D'ftria Court, which by Law was to be hol
den at Exeter in said Diftrid on the third Tuefday"
of June inst. will then be adjourned to the fecorid
Tuefday of july next—of which all persons concern
ed will take notice and govern themselves accord
in^y- , #4
By order of the Judge.
JOHN PARKER, Marfoal.
Pdrtfmoutb, Jane, 2, 1790.
STATE OF N EWHAMPSHIR E—ROCKINGHAM, SS°
An ACT to continue in force ah Ad parted at
the last Session of Congress, intitled, " An A&
to regulate Procefles in the Courts of the U
hited States."
BE it ehaaed by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress alfembled, Thrtt the Aft inti
tled " An Aa to regulate processes in the courts
of the United Stales," pafled on the 29th day of
September last, Shall be, and the fame is hereby
continued'in force, until the end of the next fif
fion of Congress, and no longer.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBURG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
joHN ADAMS, Pice-Prefdent of the United
States; and President of the Senate.
APPROVED, MAY Z6th, Iff
GEORGE Washington,
President bf the Unted States.
(true tOPY)
THOMAS JEFFERSON; Secretary of State.
An ACT to prescribe the mode in which the
public A&s, Records and Judicial Proceedings
in each date shall be authenticated so as to
take effed in every other date.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of A
merica, in Congress assembled, That the Ads
of the Legislatures of the several States shall be
authenticated by having the seal of their refped
ive dates affixed thereto ; that the Records and
Judicial Proceedings of the Courts of any date
shall be proved or admitted in any other Court
within the United States by the attestation of the
Clerk, and the seal of the Court annexed, if there .
be a seal, together with a certificate of the Judge,
Chief Judice or pfefidihg Magistrate, as the case
may be, that the said atteflaiion is in due form:
and the said Records and Judicial Proceedings
authenticated aS aforefaid, mail have such faith
and credit given to them in every Court within
the United States, as they have by law or usage
in the Courts of the State from whence the said
records are, or shall be taken.
, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice P eJident of the United
States, and Prefaent of the Senate.
APPROVED MAY 26, 1790.
Prefdent of the United Stateh
(true copy)
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
FREDERICK A. mOhIENBURG,
Congress.