Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-18

svmytoms attending tbcmalady. This state oI
things continued until about eight o c.ocN' " W.
general spasm occurred, and the sufferer, a''e.
having possessed his mind uninpaired through
the whole affection, expired. oe
| The individual was about twenty lone years OF
AGE. of incorporate habits. and had been iaoor-
inc under a d,arrhea for three weeks aur'as
which time he was much exposed to the n'gnt a''.
Thus in five hours after the prominent mP.ohs :
had been developed, the disease ran on 10 a 'a'a'
termination. r a..
From all that have heard and read, oil the
GREAT Endemic of the world, may call II, L
cannot hesitate to pronounce the above desetioeu
case 70 have been a we'll marked one OF that DIS
ease which has been variously termed aud known
ms Endemic, Malignant, Spasmodic, and ASA
tic Cholera
| With respect, I am your obedicnt servant.
ALEX'R Med. DAVIS, NJ. ID.
To H. Hunt, Nj d.,
| Pres't of the Board Of Health. washington.
Board of Health, August l4th, 1852.
| RESOLVED, That the Board recommend to the
several religious societies IN ash'nSton' las cal
cuIated to preserve the health of this community
to refrain. for time, from holding night meet.
inSs. -, 40. H. =,
lief that the use of ardent spirits IS highly preJu
dicia TO health, and the corporate authorities ha-
wing decided that this body possess full power 10
prohibit and remove all nuisances, and the late
Attorney General, Mr.. Writ. having offcialiy
given i, as his opinion that the Board OF Health
hare. under the charter and the acts ct the city
councils, sufficient authority to do any and every
thing which the health of the city may require
therefore resolved, That the vending OF ardent
spirits, in whatever quantity, IS considered a.
nuisance-and, as such, is hereby directed to
be discontinued for the space Of 90 days from
this date.
By order Of the Board Of Health:
JAMES LARNED, Sec'y.
Cholera al Bermuda We learn from the Cap.
tain of the brig Queen of the Isles, that the brig
Bermuda arrived at Turks Island on the 3lst
ult. in IL days from Bermuda. having lost three
of her men by Cholera. We also learn that the
Cholera had made its appearance i'll the Island
of Bermuda, though, as yet, its ravagess had not
were leaving the lsland.-N. J. GaS.
Watermelous have proved most fatal at Nor.
folk. A story is current here, and said to be IL
teraly true, that a gentleman in or near Norfolk,
cut up his watermelOns vines, and giving the
fruit 10 his hogs, they too died OF Cholera! We
exhort all people who have watermelon vines. to
destroy them root and branch without loss OF
time. : The hogs NAV not have died, but undOubt-
edly human beings have from that perncious
fruit.
We have founded no small share of the hope
we entertain of the escape of Richmond, upon
the use of pit coal here, as the principal article
OF fuel. Its suiphurou> property Is undoubtedly
from the experience Of other places, repellant
of the disease Once day, every hearth IN the
city ought to be lighted. Cellars especially,
ought to be dried and fumigated. by slow coal
fires. They are the haunts oil pestiien'al wagons
We respectfully entreat the civil authorities to
burn birthstone in the streets at night. Its eth
cacy at rrols Ri,ieres was most remarkable, Tor
the escape Of that place. situated between Que
bee and Montreal. seems fairly ascribab'e to that
cause. Richmond Uhig.
The appearance Of Cholera, in Baltimore, was
fist announced in the Chronicle; and the editors
of that paper, though at first blamed by some OF
their ow.citizens surely deserve credit for re-
fusns to conceal an important fact. From
gentleman, who came up last evening, we learn
that the street or ally, in which the Chronicle
stated that the disease had shown itself, has been
fenced I'D as an infected district. On Monday
it was generally believed, throughout the city,
that the maladv was there. Boards OF Health.
every where, should be ready to report; and
when they refuse, the journalist deserves credit
who undertakes what they neglect. So far as re-
gard is due to the trading interests of city, one
thing is certain; that the vague aud extravagant
reports, which never fail to get abroad. when the
presence of pestilence is once suspected, produce
ten times more mischief than is ever caused by
official statements. Phil. Chron.
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