The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-30 00:00:00

CHOLERA MORBUS.

SUNDERLAND, Nor. 27.
(From the Times Correspondent.)
As I had anticipated, three of the aged women
seized with cholera in the poor-house died during
the night of the attack. They had the rapid and
most violent type of the disease. It is never at-
tended in its unmitigated progress with much cramp ;
the cramps, if at all experienced, are slight, and the
patient has little or no vomiting or purging. The
symptoms present are those indicative of immediately
approaching death : the prostration of strength is
sudden and almost complete, leaving the patient
motionless, the pulse disappears in an exceedingly
short period, the natural hollows of the face are
deepened into ghastliness, the nose is sharp, the
lips thinned, and the skin cold and livid,—in short
it may be said, that this type of cholera begins wit h
ending symptoms of other fatal maladies.
Had the poison which excited the rapid type of
cholera in these aged women operated on young
persons of sound constitution and moderate suscep-
tibility, we might have expected a very different
train of symptoms, and which, if treated early, might
have been subdued by proper remedial measures.
In such young persons the pulse remains at the
wrist for a considerable time : there are marked
vomiting, purging, and cramps; the heat of skin
slowly declines, and the extreme signs of collapse,
described above, would only appear in the second
stage of this the protracted type of cholera, and only
in case the first stage had resisted all treatment.
Sunderland is the place for singular occurrences.
I had lately occasion to mention to you, 'hat before
Government received information of the arrival of
the Indian cholera here, suspected vessels were ad-
mitted to pass through, and almost in contact with,
the shipping in the harbour, in order to ascend the
river 'Wear, and take their allotted place of "obser-
vation" at Deptford, which lies above a mile and a
half inland of the town. A striking antithesis to
this :code of procedure has just been reported to
me. A vessel from Hamburg, that intended to
enter into the harbour, was compelled, as a, precau-
tionary measure, to turn back, to hoist the yellow
flag, and to enter on a period of quarantine outside
the port, There is an old adage about locking the
door when the steed is stolen, and certainly it seems
exemplified in thus enforcing quarantine on vessels,
i lest they should communicate cholera to a town
which had been dectated unanimously by the Go-
vernment authorities to have had the cholera for a
period of three weeks.
You are aware of the complaints made regarding
the partial operation of the sanatory restrictions;—
' the sea-communication from Sunderland being see_
milted to a long quarantine, while the land-passage
is open on every side. The foLowing circurestanes
will show, as it were practically, the apparent injtese
tine complained of. 'When on the line of road,, this
morning, leading towards Newcastle, I
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in a ream in Mill-street, where the were cholera
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mild symptoms last night; but feeling himself rather
better in the morning, he had thought it advisable
to leave the infected room, and proceeded to New-
castle lkith his comrade. Here, then, was the cholera
on its road to Newcastle !

M. LARREY, OW Celebrated Paris
has lately effech4 same cures of hydrocele in a novel
manner. The. process appears to consist in making a
puncture a the hydrocele with a trocart (surgical instru-
me;t) defended with a sound ni elastic gum, and leaving,
this sound in the tunics vittinalis until an adhesive in-
flammation is developed there. He instances several
cures, and one in which hydrocele accompanied with hyda--
tides was cornplOely cured in this way.
A HINT To NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBERS.--
Ac American cotemporary thus concludes an obituary
notice:—" In the death of this man, the cuainatinity in
which he moved has lost a worthy mernlar—the church
one of its brightest ornaments—liis fai4ily an affectionate
lrwisand and parent—and we a prompt paying sub-
scriber !"—Scotsman.

A DROUTHY NET.—One hot, sultry Sun-
day, in July, w.eral years ago, when a late: Minister of
Carnwath '.vat discharging his important duties in the
Parish, Church, to a crowded audience, thee attention of the
ctingregation was diverted from the discourse of the Rev,
Gentleman, by the following singular occurrence :—An
individual, whose appearance bespoke hint as denizen of
that quarter of the parish, " where heather blooms, and
moorcoslta craw," yclept Lang Whang, and who has since
become celebrated through all elydesdile, as the Poet of
Wishawtown, left his sett, walked along the passage to the
pulpit, deliberately ascended the stair, and grasping with
both hands the basin of water which was ro be us. d
celebrating the ordinance of baptism, coolly drank off the
contents, to the no small astonishment of the whole assero_
bly, then replaced the utensil, and resumed his seat with
the greatest composure. The bellman Laving proctlred au
additional supply of water, the services of the' day were
concluded in the ordinary manner, and the ALnister giving
the kirk-off,c,er a hint to watch the delimpent at the dis-
tnissal ofd the congregation, and mines; his attendance in
thsitnessina-honse. The Bard appeared aceordinely, when
the following colloquy took Well, JAMES, what
was the reason of your exttoordinary conduct this day, in
drinking the water set *part for celebrating the sacrament
of baptism." " -.indeed, Sir, ye neeiln speir that, I
think : I was, in a stove o' heat, and like to perish wi'
droutk r I could not help it ; it was the last shift."
"The last shift, JAMES, could ye not have left the church ?"
" Ou, I dare say j ;;tight, Sir, but it wad alarmed my
freens; and do ye no min' saying yeersel, that whoever
was thi7ssy, was to come and tak the teat, r o' life freely."'
" But that was in a apiritual sense, JAsars." " Aweef,
• eon waught o' caller water put With lite an' spirit in me,
I assure ye, Sir, if it hadna be n it I wadnt beard you to
amen, an what the waur was JOCK. n' trottin awa'
ior anither jug fun' the time o' the Psalms ; ye've much to
mak a wark, or else no ;" and so asying, the Poet turned
on his heel, and left the minister and his elder gaping at
each other in silent astonishment,—Scoisman,