Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-13
Communicated for the Richmond En-
qujrer Of ffiday last
THE PREVAILING DISEASE.

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appears in most cases highly bilious, in
tlamatory, and nervous; or rather tend
ing to, and terminating in the latter, 1t
commences with pain In the head and
Aic. stomach, and sometimes with a chill,
.and always attended with one at some
period or another OF its progress. There
is scarce family or member of g family
exempt; not sufficient number scarcely
To bring water for the afflicted, which is
all they seem to desire, and that general
~ forbidden. Fortunately, if great ca
lami,y could possibly De spoken of. their
sick stomacis loath and reject every
thing like food, or there hardly would
lea sufficient number we'll to COOK for
the sick The most unfortunate attendant
on this bilious nausea, is, that in many in
stances, it will not permit the stomach to
retain the necessary medicines.
The practice of our physicians has
been first an emetic, then copious doses
of calomel and jallap, and IN some cases
of in9amatOry symptoms. biood-ietting;
and as the bilious symptoms seem to dis-
appear, more gentle cathartles But
these last bilious symptoms are most OBJ
auent relapses ever known, and these
generally moro severe than the original
attacks, and every repetition more severe
than the preceding,
Travelling strangers have been struck
down on the road, and compelled to add
the mseipes 20 the numbers of the attic
ted in some OF our own families. In such
cases and all others Of distress, we should
hold in remembrance the parable oE The
good Samaritan and endeavor to psac-
'tce on the benevolent precerts O.; our ho-
ly master.
As members of the great family Of this
wnoe community, we are bound even TO
make known every general calamity and
addiction TO one another; in order to unite
our best inquiries in discovering the eau
scs and pointing out remedies for their
removal i confess my entire Ignorance
liz such eases, being no physician, and
have only troubled you thus far to elicit
more abe and experienced information.
Were the gentlemen who stand at the
head Of that est and most useful of
the learned professions. both in the
towns and country, to communicate the
experience, in cases of such general affiic-
tons; sacn communications would act
as general consultations and advice of the
faculty rende.' great and benevolent ser
vices 10 the distressed, do honor to them
selves, and certainly not di uinish cur
confidence Of their goodness. and the sim
ceritv OF their desires to render, rea! ser.
vice and thereby lessen the profits of
their profession
The following summary view ofthe Re-
sources of the Territory Of Michigan is
copied frem the De roit Gazette, a we'll
conducted and ,eful Journal 1t were
to DC wished that the Gaze ties in other
sections OF our country, particularly in
the great and less known regions of the
west and south, would take the trouble
occasionally to IucnIsh similar sta tements
Tley would rendera general and practi-
eal service, BY making the yaricns parts
OF our extensive country better known TO
each oher, aud promoting an eventual
commerce and intimacy wRIch the absence
of such information tends to retard:
Resources IF Michigan.
There are few countries which present
more objects for the exertion of human
industry and enterprise than the peninsu-
la of Mi higan. Whenever we have
sufficient population and capital to i'm
prove these advantages, the country Can
not bat increase rapidly in wealth. popu-
lation, and physical and moral power
Ameng others, the following appear a
Inong the most i'm ortant articles TO which
the attention Of our citizens can now be
directed:
AGRICULTURAL ARTICLES.
TTool, Flar, Hemp, Tobacco, Uine,
(currant) With respect to the raising
Of sheep, perhaps no country affords
m3:e facilities The market for wool is
uniform, and not subject to the fiuctua
tons in prices, which many other articles
experience.
Far and Eegap are always good arti-
'eles in the Atlantic market, and their
bulk is SO small in comparison to their
value, that,they will always bear trans
portation to distance We have mil
iions of acres of as good Hemp land as
there is in the world. and we hope that |
our farmers will introduce the eultiva-
ton OF this article the next year
Tobacco is an article that has already |
been cultivated successfully on the Can
ada side of the river, and the growth and
quality of it have been admired by every
PLANTER acquainted with the raising OF
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