The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-19 00:00:00

I'lll'lSn COLLEGE OF HEALTH,
4nilton-place, New Road. King's Cross, London.
'• 1 THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
'°rJames R. Manley, Resident Physician of the
City of New York.
ttte, Nit LRARNED DOCTOR AND THE PUBLIC.
*- a 0 attentive "ttrntive perusal
of the
memorial, what is the
qten vnatinformation does it contain ? Does it
it h,,Pt to explain the cause and nature of Cholera ?
4rat out to us any preventives of the. disease?
ell.4otit any remedy to cure it ? Does it teach us
' 011,,i 'Ptah wisdom by the experience,. ofiit 2,.0, yeuairdse,
sithe°l.hondred years, has gained any
NI tin, to prevent or cure? Have these men labouredgino
.st ;'e 41 darkness, total darkness? Is their
, tte rr0,16),00,1 as at the commencement ? Wha.t. have 2
ethil I'4 ? Have they been experimelalisHmagve.
citZ,lll Multitudes, fallen victims to death
al.
t;heitt,
lel' eharlat.anry, emp.iricism, quackery, and m
% th; In millions to their long home?
or :4° gentleman confess his total ignorance of this.
sott;i°
antidote, and that of the 1,000 medical
4 4,ehl Who have written on the subject ? Does
.he
'tisanes" that the whole medical host of Esculapian
the d. know nothing to aid them to prevent or
"d
kill"se ? Can he and his brethren, then, have
'id Yto come forward as instructors and guides to
1144, or
As t..„. the constituted authorities ?
lo),
enter the blind to lead the blind, may we not rea-
141:Peet that both will fall into th- ditch ?
0 eo eNA With horror, chilling horror, with love-
eo,:„tetniit, with decided disapprobation, with the
h? mate disgust, turn from, and abandon such
to would it not be better for us to trust to na-
g°,
etdrePtorelaznatthlid cure, than to be bled, poisoned, and
t 1 Y they may do us good? May not the most
4I: d oman, sailor, mechanic, or African, do as
ea„,le,eYa and on the same principle of ignorance, ran-
., `'cture, experiment, try this, try that, try any-
hrY everything ? What a pity the medical world
Oki -knowledge,fixed
ell hence, no sure no principles,
tAtttithlished theory, no sate and efficacious medi-
c,'" be administered as preventives, or curatives in
oh „Were this the case, we might have some depen-
goireini some confidence in them, some hope of
elj us good; but these are at an end. Their
tea as net's, their whole employment,. seems to be to
atio,; t° spread alarm, terror, and dismay, among our
00--,..' t° frighten us out of our senses, to make us
ii •-"Q° and nature, that we may become a prey
ti4ttpeorence,
cupidity, avarice, maltreatment, &c.
of there not bea
physical, predispesino, efficDo s
tio,lidisease? Has the Cholera no cause ?. oi:
?, I itdefY the philosophy of medicine" to investi-
r b-- notpossible to learn and understand the
tiniee?'l not the Metnorialist almost stumble on the
I %el_ Does he not admit that the blood universally.
• toitituvr4 Patients " has been deprived of a portion of
4 dent principles--is deficient of water and nutrent
or tnsarlt•Colotned, thick, tenacious, possessing neither
it`,7ll; that this is not a consequence, but cause
,01.c:11 What a pity that the Doctor. had not stuami.
4.1 e further and found himsel in the rightd wouldro ied'hlOatter of fact, ifpro'Pf'orlyaunhilneortsvtloedoge
ofthe
of Cholera his. brethren i
kal , but instead of discovering. that cause—
,c„, Predisposing, primary, and efficient one, the nextb
',../vhile groping and travelling in the ddrk, that e
,st- find the cause of Cholera in a deficient cause.
ielPo that cause be? Nothing more nor less than
hy,-,letleY, or depraved condition, or combination of
'1143f the atmosphere." Does he think it doubt-
or No • No wonder, since he knows nothing of the
tht °toile of cholera. Should it not seem, then,
die :4toint44l, °sphere should be treated and regulated, and
thtr? Hive the sons of Esculapins yet to learn
lot itte"B, the efficient, is in ourselves, in our bodies,
1155:4 Creator, or in water, air, or any other part
ell ~,
tra a-he. review the matter of fact of the blood of
k•eoti,,leets, as given by the memorialist, " that it
hiti-"e'd, thick, tenacious—deficient of water and
i ate :°°dition not a consequence, but a cause of
i _,What is to be learned from this? What
' Thtilcuieal world learn from it ?
rata isat dis-ase is seated in, and arises from corrupt
004 ,the blood, which change its colour, make it
I,lZve it that tenacity.
°p ,1
these bad humours retard the natural.. action
treli" of the blood, destroy its elasticity and
tillio3ll4P its passages, dieorder. the bile, corrupt
ki ' thQ I, fluids, produce convulsions, spasms, &c.,
Li` That 4°,4°h, bowels, and whole system.
444 this corrupt, vitiated, acrimonious, and
t oat cf the blood, and other animal juices, is
' 41% bY slow ttk pet% w degrees, not the work of an hour or
Thin "Ps of weeks and months.
ILt ado these humours are the cause, the proper,
',la, otpit:e tif Cholera, that instead of philosophising
6 Nt-th`re to find the cause there, we should be sen-
ltthi;Jf web eltise exists within us.
`4 the It ere called the premonitory symptoms "are
~,Ot ti•"''ease itself,"—'he first stage of it, then the
"4 .41e la without delay to strike at once at the
%kt "%tee
11,11 . and cause, by evacuating tl.ose inipuri.
i4to t, e ',Mem. Does the Memorialist think those
ti, Ph'' tYllito s " can be successfully treated ?" Does
litirlY ;4'4_4 be cured ? No. Treating and curing
Ittl• k"etit.
Ch i' he not allow something predisposing, without
It' lest4her'it Would not attack us ? Has that gentleman
`she th thus. corrupt humours can easily be re-
' „thatillbLeY first begin to accumulate? Does he not
4'd het en they are so removed, an effect will he
i, 4,11:Y lose the. caus.e. is removed ? What should
) 4114 a h,,4 1, give advice in, or as. it relates to Cho-
A:1141w" knows of no preventives or curatives?
V" eq,-,se ?II the least trouble ourselves about any.
is Jtitio„ "either prevent or remedy? Does not his
? %%414 ha
g a this: I, like a fool, sp.ak of whatd-
:hrt:t4 tO",;' en't you, like fools, may follow my a
Sieso ..r•eeautionaries neither to prevent nor cure,
Iti,e Iv VI riot
Escul ,plati enough to discover any
4e-'441168-1411 in them, common sense teaches any man
li.tite to-7,1 4," temperance in all things are alw,tys
Its! doe, ,ekal' 4. and are prop .r preventivis ..f disease?
41:st„tiPtir-olp:eura,tt?s Doe: it contain
?
gentleman recommend animal food dfi
more i.xygen than ye-
tievY °Ot th Do not the latter contain the must
%.,eure
~,s most wholesome? If nothing can pre
7,y, w's.BY change our diet and mode or living ?
'', to ~,uelieve changing it is detrimental, We are
Rth, violet on our accustomed diet.
00 tigliienPetable Hygeiati Aledicin•s will prevent and
Iwiri6tedc:hcilera, we are . ontident. By keepin
t g
and Clear from the predispo ing cse,
sib,turki .0
othourm ~f the stomach, bowel,, anti
- opho "“ve nothing within us for the contagion
laci, who ote i and be sate trim the epidemic.
may be at:ack,d by it may be cured, ties
in by commencing the use of the Hy geian
'lliffieieit:ita'on, or in any other stage of the Cholera,
boattiOloot.,:
retrength of doses of No. 2 Pills, the cause,
11 fitonc")°ved, health would be speedily restored,
,c1!)(1•0(ii,- of which is already before the public.
polite,
acrd"
men all come out frankly, like the
c4t'sd,, ittul oould soon pull their Babel on their
NI, hd ail
~ rnen would fly from them, despising
'l3.iorauce, confusion, craft, and maltreatment.
HYGEIANUS.

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