Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-24

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These causes may mingle Together, and
sometimes modify each other. The al
mospherc may become 50 ionpure, as 10
PROSTATE ihe strongest, the heatihi.st, the
highest spirited man. A, other times.
! there mny be degree OF impurity, too
weak TO affect the strong man, While i,
,riumphs over him who is already preJls-
posed Tor The reception of lis influence.
IL Is possible too, perhaps probable, that
AN atmosphere may be IN such a state of
inpurily from local causes, as 10 produce
only siiShter degrees OF bilious fever
whea a purifying cargo of coffee, The
close ana corrupt hold of ship, or the
persons OF seaDien sick of the fever, and
breathing horrible etiiuvium nom their
lungs AMI pnres vi the skin, may conlri-
cu'e ST. much 10 the corruption OF this
atmosphere already Impure, and heated
Dy summers sun, Is 10 .-eneraie a fever
OF most malignant description. There
| Is slight aSue and fever which visits the
lower country OF Virginia there Is also
tremendous lever WHICH ucsUlaie* Our
crowded commercial cliles Between
these, may there not be various Shades ot
lever, differing IN type from each other
May not these mere or less correspond TO
degrees ot iMpuriiy ~ ,he atmosphere,
more or less modified in different cases
by the constitution aud habits OF the
patien, 10 d certain extent. the body
may become so assmiated and seasoned Z
To AN impure atmosphere, as To DEFY ihcS
approaches at disease: Whereas plunge
"a stranger into the same a,moy pherr, ant
he falls victim TO tie experiment. lie,
Inc best seasoned residen, remain IN the
contagious district, and the impuriiy OF
me ar may he poisonous enough To de
StroN nm. Remove lIm from that dis
'rici in'o purer air, and II the infected
| AR which he leaves has not already SAP
! pea The springs OF lie, he NAV reiIre 10
another street aud live IN perfect safety.
| In ruth, The variety of cases is infinitely
great, modified by the different degrees
oil iRipuilIy III the air, as we'll aS bv the
manner o. living, the spirits and the ila-
niis @! different persons. Lsieris pariJuS,
| me more The number of patients that
| perish, and the greater The Temperature
Oh me air, lie more fatal Is The pestiience
| -ne~ .fiuvIa being thrown uui 10 cor.
| rupt s'ili more an atmosphere already
| corrupted.
he 62nd. No. of the Edinburs Review
contains long and ingenious article
| Oh Tie Causes, Cure aud Prevention
OF Contagious Fever; :" winch enumerates
| most OF these causes of fever. In one
respect, indeed II seems 10 bring in ano-
| Iher cause, as essential 10 lis Sroductiop
Inc reader must however remember that
II Is not Tie Yellow Fever Which The Re-
vlsweis discuss, bur the endemic of Il
lyphus character then prevailing i'm
ireland and Great Britain still their the
DRY seems equally applicable 10 all de-
scTipilohs OF epidemic fever. 1.-The chief
moral ana physical caus, Of the Epidemic
are reduced within very narrow limits :;
hafheiy, AN o'7e!Sdt, MRertingnished conta-
Stoh-i"stered by those accidental cir
cumstances, VIZ. depression of mental
energy from want Of employment. &c:
depression Of bodily vigonr from want of
honiistmeni and, i'll all probability,
peculiar constitution of The a!nlosphere
non hitherto distinctly explained Weare
aware That many able authors hold, that
| cohcomitaut circumstances alone, such
| as 'oui air, tith, pulrd animal effluyia.
roiu, wei, fatigue, and bad diet, will gen
CRAZE coniasion, even though none previ-
| ouSiS existed"
they insist therefor. upon a specific
poison, distinct from the constitution a.
The atmosphere. They say Here is bui
one species of Contagious Fever, name
~, ~ phus That this disease admits of
| several varieties, but that all of them arise
| -
cause, Without Which all fot!ier auxiliary
circumstances wouid inefficient" They
Go not indeed " absolutely deny that a
series OF these predlsposimg cirCnmsian-
ces constantly applied, may, by their i'll
| ccSSaii operation, rACIIe fever IN the sVs-
teh without The and of coniagIon AT all
Dut he nalady thus excited, though often
nlsiaken Tor the genuine Typhus. Is only
an occdsional-lncldcnial- 10 use me-
| uical ihHSudge) L sporadic disease; and as
II Is not derived from coniagiOn, so il ne
| yer becomes contagious IN lis proUress
| orIuitcts the healthy who hold intercourse
win The sick, unless as original ,afuye IS
changed by crowd'ng addefciem GeI,tiia!iom.
Dui HE more ordinary way III whichiie
| hoIed PredlSposiiig circumstances exert
lheir effects Is, by rousIDg INTO action The
contagious virus already received into
ihe amman system or, III other words,
by becoming what physicians call " excl
| UhS causes. There is every reason 10
conclude, that coniagIon is often inhaled.
! without any fever being ihe consequence:
ana we FIRMLY believe, this happy exenIp-
| non would be more frequent, were not
ite latent powers off, poison acciden-
tally iosiercdand evolved by ihe assisting
| circumstances 80 often referred 10"
DO not The Reviewers here concede The
very point they have contested They
begin with denying that bad air, low spi-
rl's andsoiher concnrrlng causes could
generate conIaglon," aud Yet they here
admit an exception IN direct opposition
TO their doctrine. They say that this
disease caunoi become contiguous un-
less lis original nature is chajlged bv
cr0"dinS and deficient teniiIalion;" thai
Is To say. lhe tconiagious poison n,0y Le
4 ry.gIl /.
ventilation" The camse then, is, moi al
WINS "an criminal mneNf.nnnisEod ,..,l.