The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-04-01


Meiiage, makes the following remarks:
The Mehage ofthe PRECEDENT is much longer, but
we have given faithful ketch Of it,. BY IT'S perufal,
It mutt be teen that the moment when our own
fears are dpased, when the motives for are gra-
duai'y disappearing from the continent of Europe,
that oil North America appears threatened with new
eonvuhons. II is but too certain that long, both
the i"f, and p0iy Of the u. Stair, will be in d,es
eepst'" to 'bet of the fri"eiaaipov Of Europe"
~ +. Com. ddv.
We depart from our common rule by giving the
following medical obEervations place in our
paper. They may be found ufeful.
10 THE EDITOR.
SIR,
In the lit of deaths at Baltimore for one
week in this month, obfcrve fix children who
have died of the Group, and it being probable
that many deaths, from the fame diforder have
happened in other places, during the cold,
change ibe weather of March, offer for publ
lication the following cafes of fuccefs, from 4
tree ute OF the lancet. give the names of the
families in which it was uied, that the facts NAV
be verified, fit is thought neceTary. was cal
led in the night to that fine, promifine girl of
Mr.. lno. Davidfon's, about years Of age; fhc
had been in the ftreet mott part of damp cold
day, and continued out till late in the evening.
Early IN the night t was difcovered fhe had Ia
ken cold, and was hoarfe, which increafed BY
~ CLOCK 10 much As to alarm her parents.
found her with high fever, face much furbed.
a'tronbleiome, dry, rough cough, comfortable
wheeling and difficult breathing. AS had in
Tome previous unfortunate cafes of Group, tried
the uiua remedies of vomts, bliiters, large dofes
or calome', the warm-bath, fquills, aGafetide.
ienecka or rattle-fnake-root, which has been &c.
iebrated as a fpeci6c in the. cure of Group, in
digo, and every other remedy which could he
thought OF, all without being able to fave life,
mad determined TO bleed freely in the next
cafe. Mr. Davidfon's daughter was bled imme.
d'ateiy from large orifce, 70 as to difcharee
the blood IN fall ftream, and five or fix ounces
tat>n away, which produced palenefs and flight
PAINTING; the child was inftantly relieved and
went to lleep, without having any return of the
cToupy affection fhe was confined few dsv,
with lone fever, hut foon recovered her ufnal
heaith, excepting fome palenefs and weakness.
from the lois of biood-fhe had fqul!s on bar
icy water, with a purge, which was all the me-
dciHe given to her.
In the month of October Ian, was called ont
OF bed about O'Clock in the night, by Mr.. D.
NJ. Randolph, who informed me that his child.
boy about 7years of age, was i'll of the Group.
ihis child had been fuddenly taken fl,ort time
before, with wheeling, difficult breathing and
ory hfIdulous cough, 70 charaGferiffic of TIE
Group; his pu'te was uncommonlv quick, with
great reitlefsnefs about him he had been ont
mott OF the preceding day, which was wet and
rainy: propofed directly to bleed him, and
had his arm twice tied, when Mrs. Randolph
objected, and requefed other remedies might
De tired. An emetic ofipecacuanha and emetic
tartar was given. which operated efficiently,
amcharging much phlegm, with forne relief; a
differing platter was applied to the throat 70
as TO cover the hyperion part of the wind-pipe 4:
the child had dofed lone after the emetic, but
at eight O'Clock he breathed as hard az before.
Dr. Crlngan having viGted him ALTO at the fame
t'me' requetted that he would enforce the ne.
Gently OF bleeding, when Mrs. x. left the room,
with pcrmiffion for me TO ar as T tbongbt rro'
per. Immediately opened vein in the arm,
and took away two cups of blood he went 10
ileep rs foon as his arm was bound, was much
renewed m his breathing, and had no return of
croupy ,iymptoms; he had fmart fever for
ieveral days, from which it is probable that a
few hours more delay of the lance q, would have
made him irrccoverable.
The next child law was Mr.. B. Ellet's, about
months old it is a fat, hearty child, and was
taken m the night Of the lit Nov. I was called
10 u at clock in the morning. An emetic
vas directly given, which operated frequent
~, d'icharging each time, large quantities of
p'N6", ph' tle relSf was only temporary, and
by l2 O'Clock it was 70 i'll that bleeding appear
ed the only remedy, which could fave ita life !:
TINS child being very fat, its veins finall and
deep and at the fame time fruggiing with great
trength, could not open the vein fuff,cieutlv
on the arm, and requefted that fome other per-
ION fhould make the attempt. By the afIif.
lance of Dottor M'Caw vein was opened on
the foot, and efficient blood difcharyed to
give immediate relief; it reftcd we'll that night,
and by the next morning was out of danger.
On Sunday morning the 9th of this month T
was called at O'Clock in the morning 10 Wifi
a child OF colour, at Mrs. Pages aged nine
months; It is large, 0rong, hearty bow, very
tat who bad been taken at 10 O'Clock the pre.
ceding night, and had frugeled co.RantIy
lince for breath. AS fooD as could find vein
bled It till palenefs and ficknefs approach
ed 1t feened to be relieved before the lioa.
ture was removed, fell to fleep direaly, with
out any return of croupy fymptoms. An eme-
tic was given which is generally neceGary to
bring up the phIcgm which collects in the throat
and wind pipe; by the next day he was az well
as before the attack, excepting paleuefs and
week.-Mrs..
The laa child have feen with the croup. wa,
MIR. Thomas Hooper's on the l4th day of hi,
month, about months old, which for a dav
or two before bad wheeling, dry fhrili cough
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