Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-11-06

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Peafonce, however st;iSt they may be
cannot be deemed harsh or severe. when
the magnitude of the object for which
they ars fram@i is considered. Nor in,
deed is'here any reason 10 fear tha, IN,
good sense OF the nation would not readil,
ecGuiesce in measures, the utility and adj
saDtsges, Is well as the necessity of which
would he obvious.
itshould be observed, that the following
Regulations are founded chiefly on expo.
rieiice IN what hiss been called the plague
by way OF pre-eriDence, or the plague OF
tss Leyant. Bat us no disease can be said
to equal, sfili tess 10 exceed this, IN It's
infe6lions and fatal na.ure, il IS not IN
Reasonable to presume, that the preesu-
tions which have been found sufficient TO
cuarl against that, would likewise DC es-
fsSlrai, atsinst the sickness which lately
prevailed st Gib:sta or any other con-
tagious and mortal distemper.
The experience of many centuries has
shewn, That the plague has spread By near
approaches TO, or actual contact with, the
person Of the SICK. and by cloaths and APP
pareb which having irnsibed the poison,
arc capable of retaining it. Hence it is
oni? necessary to keep at a certain dis
tance from those in Of The disease, and
from such things as have been exposed 10
II, in order to avoid the contsgion. This
Is the great principle we are all along to
hcepin view. All the regulations ofuua-
rarlire rest upon Tins foundation. The
separation of tho sick from those that are
we'll, furnishes the only means which pro.
misses any reasonable security against the
spreading of such calamiiies.
OF tie success Of these precaulions we
have raany signal ins, aRces. Since the
atal year of 1870, at Marseilles, several
persons AZ different periods have been az
ficled with The plague in the Lazaretto ol
that port; yet by careful prevention ol
Intercourse IL has not spread. Also per-
soHs under the same rop6 in different 4.
Fsrtmeris, wien all communication has
been cut OF, have not suffered. The prac
tce IN the factories at Aierpo, ard else
where, OF shutting. up" as it is termed,
affords well known example of the same
kind. where the merchant continues in
perfect security in he midst of a surround
ing pesiI:snce, whilst The nhabiraRls OF
Contiguous houses, pot Co, off from the
in'crc0uise with the common people, be-
come victims IF the disease, In The year
l77l the plague yaEed at Moscow, and
ju the mooth az September DESTROYED in
that city q 600 persons, while the nobi-
hiy aad oPulent gentry, Who confined
themselves en- their palaces or houses suF
fercd very little. And Alertess who was
a physician on the spot, informs us, chat
j, broke or, seven different times in the
ofrhan charity here, containing 400 per-
sons, and was IS often suppressed by
means of careful separation.
Likewise OF the pssulca;ial disorder,
Isicly so ia,a! az Malaga, we are inform.
9 ed. that tie ahabisa-,ts of Medina Sido-
ria remained sninfeeled SO long as the
Rosernor kept ,he gates shut; bat upon
intercourse bsing permitted, the disease
presently attacked lhen; yet then, by a
ylgilant and jad;cious police, it was COO.
fined 10 one quaIter Of the town, and dix
net extend lis ravages further. The p!auu,
Appeared in our army during Che lac Clio
rious campaign in Egypt several times
.---but from the good care thas was same
dia,e.y taken TO separate the sick from TIL
sound, and 20 prevent such Intercourse a
is allowed by the Turks, the mischief
oscascnea vas comparatively small, an,
the disorder was suppressed.
These and other similar faas, point GU;
in a very conviucing mamie, tie adyan
fsge to be- derived from careful separati
on, and tSs necessity &c striel observa
ton Of the regulations to be laid down fo
this purpose.
To Be coafinaca.J
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