Litchfield enquirer., 1832-07-26
THE CHOLERA.

DetrOit.-The Detroit Journal OF the 18th,
announces the appearance Of the cholera at
that place. The FIRST case was that OF the
soldier who died on the 5lh on board the
Henry Clay. On the following day two ca
ses occurred at Detroit, one Of which proved
fatal. On the 9th the Detroit board Ofhealth
reported II cases, 9 Ofwhch were among the
troops of the military store-house. On the
10th the board Of health announced two 9TH
err cases one fatal.
The Journal contains the following add.
tional information relative to the health of the
detachment Of troops on board the Henry
Clay:
The detachment Of troops under the COM
mand Of Col. Twiggs, which left this port for
Chicago in the Henry Clay, were compelled
to land a short distance below Fort Graiiot,
in consequence Of the prevalence of the Chul-
era ON board. The Henry Clay was charter
ed to convey the troops to their place of des-
lination; hut has been released from her en-
gagement, and has returned to Buffalo. Sew
eral Of the troops, and one officer Qieut. Clay.
Of Georgia, graduate from West Point last
June have died with the cholera. The 9TH
| er officers, we learn, are yet in health. So
great is the alarm which prevails among the
troops, that $50 recruits who composed Il part
of the detachment, have deserted and disper-
[ sed in every direction. We learn that no
sickness has yet occurred among the troops
within the fort.
The Special Medical Council, ofNew York
recommend that in cases where Cholera has
( occurred in crowded or filthy houses or apart
ments, that the houses be well cleaned or
where practicable, white washed. They should
then be evacuated for one week, and the fO.
lowing disinlrcting mixture be placed in an
open earthenware vessel, one in each room,
the doors aud windows Of which should then
be closed.
Disintscting Nurture. part, (say one
ounce) of powdered Manganese; two parts
! (say two ounces) of common Salt; one part
Zone ounce) Of Water; the two last materials
( should be previously mixed, and not added to
| the other until cold. 1t is not essential, ex-
cept 10 pOin. Of economy, that these materi-
ais should be used in the exact proportions
here indicated. The Special Medical Coun-
Gil recommend the following method for the
publication Of Clothing:
For Clothes made Of Linen.-Soak them 10
strong Icy OF boiling water.
Clothes made Of Linen. Cotton, or WOolIen,
may be purified without injury TO their tex.
ture by immersing them IN a solution 0&jhe
Chloride of Lime, 10 the proportion of one
part Of the Chloride Of Lime to two hundred
parts OF Cold Water, say tea spoon full OF
the Chloride Of Lime to one gallon Of Water.
DR.. Rhinelander stated 10 the Board, with
view to publication, that Of the go cases OF
cholera reported to-day from the city, Forty
three cases occurred in the sirth .odrG, AM MOST
OF THEM AT OR ABOUT THE FIVE POINTS
THE showsthe immense importance of CLEAN
Illness AND TEMPERANCE.-N. Y. Ado.
A CASE OF CHOLERA.
Statement Of Dr. Reese Of Neac- York. Published in the
! ~ r. Commercial advertiser.
Mr.. J. X. respectable butcher Of Fulton Market,
found himself laborng under painful darrhcea on
Thursday afternoon aud evening last which, as did
notserously impair his hcal,h neglected. although
has so often been repeated 10 be sure precursor VI
Choiera, wherever 1t has been epidemic
On Friday morning, about 9 O'clock, he was stand
ing, as usual. at his stall in Fulton Market, when he
was suddenly seized with rigor, amounting pain
neousy Ivy cramps in the legs, feet, arms, hands and
stomach, SO violent tina. he was Immediately overcome
with loss Of strength. aud universal prosraon Of the
powers Of life. These symptoms assaiIed him in his
own language, "quick flash Of iighnng;' and in
the moment OF alarm, dose Of Iaudanu.n was given
him, and lie was sent home.
When arrived about an hour after, being absent
| from home when the message came, found him y-
ing in condition almost senseless, the body coh the
pulse scarcely percepbe, the skin shrivesd, and the
peculiar blue or ieaden color rapidly spreading over
the body especially ON the extremiiies. There had
been neither vomiting nor purgng, bot the cramps in
the stomach and chest such as to obsiruct rrspi-
ration, the lungs and heart seeming suffer with the
general spasm In shOr, the state ofgeReral COLLAPSE
had commenced and continued unmitgated by the dill
igent friction Of the skin with stimulating embu oca.
| tons, which Drs. Doane and Woodward had been iu.
| dicously employing before my arrival.
From the opinions had formed the frightful form
Of disease, confirmed they have been by the few OPP
portunites which have occurred me Of seeing and
treating H. determined nj once upoM opening vein,
which could with difficulty find. as the blood had
well nigh retired from The superficial vessels. The
blood flowed slowly at first, being almost in state oil
coagnlation, but the application Of bottles Of hot wa
Ter, heated sadirOns, sc. to the surface Of the body
together with the internal use of ice which rapid
swallowed in small pieces and ice sp0ter, which
freely given as the only drink, som relieved The
as well as respiration 5ecame relieved aud the whole
OF the alarming symptoms disappeared, when about %
ounces had been taken. Under a perseverance ia
the same COURSE the ivid color removed from the
extremes, and the blue or ieaden colored spots on
the body soon disappeared and by the continuation
external heat and internal cold proise perspiration
snpervened, which assured Of the safety Of pa
tient. An injection was given.
At Montreal, the number of new cases re-
ported rs having occurred dariOg the - hours
ending on the 18th inst. was o deaths for the
same period 10. 1--WE learn" says the Mon
treal Gazette Of the 18th, from respecta-
BILE physician. that nearly every case that has
lately occurred may be distinctly traced ia
some imprudence in diet or 70 neglect of a
nrNrafiin0 diarrhoAa ~ The uaprNh.r of ...so.