Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-07-14
ImboYtaqtt Medical Communication
ON
TIE DISEASE OF SmoLDING.

TIE DISEASE OF S1oLDLNG.
FROM the days Of the Spectator to the
present time, periodical writer's nave lndui-
ged in invec,ives against seeking, from an
evident mistonceptlon OF the uue nature,
principles, and practice Of scoldrg. Nay
; our ancestors were more to blame, because
they went farther, and considering scoldlng
as a crime, invented pupishnlt NJ Tor 1t.
Muchlig!,t has never been thrown upon the
subject; but as have ma lie it nay parsicu-
lar study for the last IS years, that IS ever
since entered into the happy SUITE OF ma
trimony, hope shall have it in my pow
er to dispel the darkness Of ignorant and
prosecuting times, and contribute some
thing to eradicate fhose unreasonable preJu-
dices, which many gentlemen OF our own
days entertain against scol,.in5.
The theory Of scoiding has been gross
y mistaken That WHOA is a disease has
been cons dared a a fa1le; whereas in
fact Seeding is disease, principally Ell the
lungs and when the noxious matter has
been long pent up, it effects the organs CT
speech III a avery extraordinary manncr, and
is discharged with violence which, while
it relieves the patients, tends very much to
disturb and frighten the beholders, or per-
sons that happen to De within hearing.
Such is my theory Of scolding; and
if we examine all the appearances which 1t
nracan,o -, ,(;Q.a,,. C,,>, ,lac 1,,a cl,1ll Gud
that they all confirm in this doctrine. 1t Is
therefore the greatest cruelty, and the great
est ignorance, to consider it as crime. 4
person might as well be in goal for q fever
or transported for the geut, as punished Tor
scolding, which is to all intents and pur-
poses a disease arising from the causes al
ready mentioned.
Nor is It only disease Of Itself, but 1t
is also, wden Improperly treated the Cause
Of many ether disorders. Neglected scoid-
ings has often produced fits, Of which a re-
markable instance may be tound in trea.
ties written by Doctor Colman, entitled
The JEALOUS WIFE, in the fourth Chapt.
or acg, as he calls it OF that celebrated work.
On the other hand where the scolding mat
ter has been long pent up, without any
vent, have little doubt that i may bg,ny
on consunptions of the lungs and those
dreadful hystericsl disorders, which # not
speed. f. al, at least e.nbitter the lives OF
ot,manv worthy members OF society. All
these evils mightha, e bcenayerted 1.-THE Ia
Guilty had Considered Seeding il the;IigEtoi
disease, & had treated it accordingly. IN
pursuance OF my theory, ne" proceed to
tac
SYMPTOMS.
The symptoms Of scollling are these =
a quick pulse, generally aboat one hundred
beats in minute the eyes considerably
inHamed, especially il persons Who are fa;,
orfeside near Wa2Ping. 4 iiushngin the
face very often 20 great degree; at other
time in the course al the fit, the colour goes
and comes in most surprising manner
and irregular ba: violent motion Of the
hands and arms, and stamping with the
right loot; the voice exceedingly loud,
and as tae disorder advances, i becomes
coarse and iuarsicula5e, and TIE whole
frame is agitaGed. After these symptoms
have continued some time. they gradually
and IN some cases very suddenly go off /; a
plentiful eflsion e water comes from the