The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-22 00:00:00

This day was published, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
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A NOVEL.
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THE QUARTERLY REVIEIN,
No. XCIX.
Will be published TO-MORROW.
1. 134,4 CONTENTS:
ThON D'HAUSSEZ on GREAT BRITAIN in 1533.
aI‘IeABDTPts7EonWtIAieTIENIII,I RMITIES of. GENIUS.
DUCHESS of BERRY and LA VENDEE.
'O3( and POSTHUMOUS WORK of ARCHDEACON
VII b,"I'VEYS of AFRICA and MADAGASCAR.
.ERGAMI et la REINE D, AN GLETERRE, en cinq
kll. GRIMM on the INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES.
TCYNNING HA WS LIVES of the PAINTERS.
t REFORM MINISTRY and REFORM PARLIA.
Murray, Albemarle-street.
hhn
nRITISI-1 COLLEGE OF HEALTH,
Hamilton-place, New Road, King's Cross, London.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Memorial of James R. Manley, Resident Physician of the
City of New York.
A, TO THE LEARNED DOCTOR AND TIIE PUBLIC.
rculter an attentive perusal of the memorial, what is the
Di..nt? What inforrnation does it contain ? Does t
ope- attempt to explain the cause and nature of Cholera!?7
1)0:8 !t Point out to us any preventives of the disease .
td `I It hold out any remedy to cure it ? Does it teach us
tsayt seulapian wisdom by the experience of 20 years,
iCt:',two hundred years, has gained any light to guide
ttle,Leither to prevent or cure? Have these men laboured
is,'" time in darkness, total darkness? Is their ieno-
tte-vec,as been
as at the commencement ? IVhat have
litt4'een doing ? Have they been experhnentalising ?
th v-htheY, in multitudes, fallen victims to death ? Have
41' , their charlatanry, empiricism, quackery, and mal-
eenti, sent millions to their long home?
(1. asel tnis gentleman confess his total ignorance of this
igno°, its antidote, and that of the 1,000 medical
fratialtnuses who have written on the subject ? Does he
Pra -,,,Yewn that the whole medical host of Esculapian
es,e,-"oriers know nothing to aid them to prevent or
the the disease ? Can he and his brethren, then, have
ittli,!'dacity to come forward as instructors and guides to
Ifiduals, or the constituted authorities ?
sosab(° suffer the blind to lead the blind, may we not rea-
k!,°xpect that both will fall into the ditch ?
reign. We not with horror, chilling horror, with sove-
roost :"tempt, with decided disapprobation, with the
advii;'°nstinunate disgust, turn from, and abandon such
tar ? Would it not be better for us to trust to na-
torte' t° Prevent and cure, than to be bled, poisoned, and
1:;;rd to death?
is„ °We say they may do us good? May not the most
tr,i)rant old woman, sailor, mechanic, or African, do as
''ll as they,and on the same principle of ignorance, ran-
tLi conjecture, experiment, try this, try that, try any-
la,ng, try everything? What a pity the medical world
e?v° to science, no sure knowledge, no fixed principles,
tv'll established theory, no safe and efficacious medi-
eLi 'l' to be administered as preventives, or curatives, in
den°,4eras Were this the case, we might have some depen..
thei"; en them, some confidence in them, some hope of
velaulagcibin us good; but these are at an end. Their
f hteti u„:"'ess, their whole employment, seems to e to
Pr'g ;‘"' t° spread alarm, terror, and dismay, among our
4h41111111,114t-n' '0 frighten us out of our senses, to make us
to th-? 11 reason and nature, that we may become a prey
Ateillr ignorance, cupidity, avarice, maltreatment, &c..
ca,„a 't there not be a physical, predisposing, efficient
thiy °f all disease? Has the Cholera no cause? Does
katsc?attlr° " defy the philosophy of medicine" to investi-
eah it not possible to learn and understand the
„se?
tea! , Does not the Memorialist almost stumble on the
Of 014118 e? Does he not admit that the blood universally
its Cholera patients " has been deprived of a portion of
551t.:tistituent principles—is deficient of water and nutrent
taste dark-•coloured, thick, tenacious, possessing neither
of a: or smell ; that this is not a consequence, but cause
hied ease." What a pity that the Doctor had not stum-
-11 41.1ttle further and found himself in the right road.
have "Is matter of fact, if properly understood, would
cane led hiol and his brethren into a knowledge of the
theb of Cholera, but instead of discovering that cause—
,t„ real predisposing, primary, and efficient one, the next
restg'r, while groping and travelling in the dark, that he
1;;:, is to find the cause of Cholera in a deficient cause.
" tin" can that cause be ? Nothing more nor less than
th,otfieiency, or depraved condition, or combination of
)'gen of the atmos here." Does he think it doubt-
a4tlW-Ich ? No wonder, since he knows nothing of the
thei:te or cause of cholera. Should it not seem, then,
bet titlbe 4tolosphere should be treated and regulated, and
that ne Patient? Hive the sons of Esculapins yet to learn
audt,-n",e Cause, the efficient, is in ourselves, in our bodies,
of in the Creator, or in water, air, or any other part
e 1511411 •
we review the matter of fact of the blood of
tisa.-4 subjects as given by the memorialist, " that it
,4lta...7°loured:tbick, tenacious—deficient of water and
hs,tuDis condition not a consequence, but a cause of
laotalq-',,"°•" What is to be learned from this? What
It. medical world learn from it?
i'utrs,o; That disease is seated in, and arises from corrupt
thick 'ts in the blood, which change its colour, make it
24. and
That these give it that tenacity.
alid bad humours retard the natural action
erierp°Peration of the blood, destroy its elasticity and
ali ir,Y,, choke up its passages, disorder the bile, corrupt
der ttn; animal fluids, produce convulsions, spasms, &c.,
(ise„,!he stomach, bowels, and whole system.
,reotbythat this corrupt, vitiated, acrimonious,. and.
°Nu " state of the blood, and other animal juices, is
a
aY, hut by slow degrees, not the work of an hour or
01. ri,P,Niaaps of weeks and months.
tiinleien, 'at these humours are the cause, the proper,.
t cause of Cholera, that instead of philosophising
Ihl4-htn°sPliere to find the cause there, we should be sen-
; :La.! the cause exists within us.
t 1 tb,:lf What are called the premonitory symptoms "are
ItniZ".`o the disease itself,"—the first stage of it, then the
let -`a, lit time is without delay to strike at once. at the.
tie? source, and cause, by evacuating those iinpuri-
Preisa°.' of the system. Does the Memorialist think those
ot y " can be successfully treated ?" Does
444)*,,thericlnultbelliscured ? No. Treating and curing
jti'al different.
11:hiela i&eti he not allow something predisposing, without
to ,-oolera would not attack us ? Has that gentleman
moved,. iearn that those corrupt humours can easily be re-
,ls hen they first begin to accumulate? Does he net
i;:oilke'd"atWhen they are so. removed, an effect will he
!stance ~eause giveairy advice in, or as it relates to Cho-
). ghoul he knows of no preventives or curatives?
41/)kb,--ould We in the least trouble ourselves about any
kean neitherpreven, prevent or remedy ? Does not his
00kee 0111°11nt to this . I like a fool, speak of what I
Vits? nothing of, and you, like fools, may follow my ad-
t)4l'
,brains t 0 Precautionaries, neither to prevent nor cure,
ss are not Esculapian enough to discover any
4t 'l:,W,i'dotri in them, common sense teaches any man
t ,•41' 'ndLinesa and temperance: in all things are always
Wl:4'e to health, and are proper preventives of disease?
41° knYod°es that gentleman recommend animal food as
abler ? Does it contain more oxygen than ye-
a 00t the, 'Mite? Do not the latter contain the most ?
nt „, the most wholesome? If nothing can pre•
t7it'ionsic„ure, why change our diet and mode of living ?
Need': we believe changing it is detrimental. We are
Thatt
u subsist on our accustomed diet.
,t" Vegetable Hygeian Medicines will prevent and
th sYtte,,- against Cholera, we are confident. By keeping
hie bad, Purified and clear from the predisposing cause,d
t„'od, ',NIA humours of the stomach, bowels, a.n
~,aPerllte 44111 have nothing within us for the contagion
q 'hat thauPnn, and be safe from the epidemic.
Glatt, at, " who may be attacked by it may be cured,
setidieine c.unfident by commencing the use of the Hygeian
tlthaults.tu season, or in any other stage of the Cholera,
411,4470°1: nt strength of doses of No. 2 Pills, the cause,
alidsn, I's' removed, health would be speedily restored,
l'rniif of which is already before the public.
'WI our •
~yo
untiaii,. medical men all come out. frankly, like the
`, they would soon pull their Babel on their.
°id 'lt and all men would fly from them, despising
'Plan ;,,
snortince, confusion, craft, and maltreatment.
HYGEIANUS.