Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-07-12
WHOLE NO. 1l9.

dressed by the same gentleman TO G. ID.
Strong, Esq. formerly Alderman of the
9th ward, dated Quebec, June 23d which
was read at a meeting Of the citizens Of
that ward on Saturday evening, who vo-
ted proper thanks to Alderman Rhine
lander for the interest manifested by him
in the sabject, asd his prompt attention
itoh.
QuEBEc, Saturday, June 23d, 1899.
Dear Sir: We are in the very seat and
throne OF Cholera-a country oc four
hundred miles in extent is now under its
lnttue nce. All our party became sensi-
bic ofthe operation Of this poison, a short
time after we left Albany, and at Mon
treal 1t was too decided to be mistaken.
Z heasiness at the stomach, oppression at
the chest and pain in the bowels, are all
premonItory symptoms, ye: we feel con-
i'dent, should we take the disease, it will
be controlled by medicine. Fear kills
more than the disease, and do not won-
der at 1t. For when we see SO many
dropping around us whom we saw in per-.
feet health few hours before, as has
been the case upon inquiry for friends in
the morning, they are found to be dead
and buried, there is certainly enough to
excite alarm and terror; added to which
there is no settled rule of practice, and so
completely has the time Of physicians
been occupied that no opportunity has
occsared Of making examinations after
death.
You cannot conceive the panic in eve
ry part of the country-thc absorbing
theme of alb thoughts appears to be CEN
tired in this disease. Every countenance
expresses the most intense anxiety and
no one dares to inquire for his relatives
ard friends, indeed he hardly thinks Of
them-to take care ofhimsefi is his great
object-fear makes him utterly selfish.
We have never seen such pestiTence
as that which has desolated Mon+real-
one thousand have died in a population
OF twenty-five thousand, in ten days-a
mortality unheard Of Had the rates Of
! deaths been the same in London, 60 900
would nave died, and in Paris 40, 900;
one hundred and forty-nine were buried
in one day. The Protestant burying
grounds were full Of bodies unburied and
the Clergyman would read the funeral
service over twenty at a time. The peo-
pie here and at Montreal are full Of adj
miration at the zeaf and devotion Of the
Catholic Priests. Is it to be wondered
at that they have strong hold upon the
affections of the people, when night and
day they are found at the bed side ofthe-
| sick?
/ On board of the steamboat John Mol
: son, in which we descended to this place
we found directions for patients dying
with Cholera-they are thrown overheard
Immediately Twill send on copy Of
this paper.
The question most interesting to the
}, me edical profession is the introduction Of
this disease-is il atmospheric or is It i'm
i ported? We shall examine this subject
minutely-it is all Important to our city,
We were informed by DIR. Holmes Of
Montreal, that an emigrant died ut the
wharf, of the Cholera, and the next day
the disease sprung up in three different
sections OF the city, and those persons
j who were affected had no commune alton
with the sick man, and one was at least
half mile from him. 1t would be most
extraordinary that it should have spread
from this one centre and assmilated tho
atmosphere to itself with such celebrity
, and intensity in the space of l2 hours?-.
1t is in vain to fly, you leave the city
you lose medical advice and perhaps on
) your journey take the disease. Courage
, is the great preservative. 1t is now on
our continent, and il am not deceived
. it will pass over it. 1t is in the air. Will
our guarantees reach it? Yes say
) quarantine. 1t is Of the greatest conse-
quence TO quiet the public mind. 1t is a
, manageable disease and under the con-
troll of medicine The incorporate il in
!, variably cuts oft is equally fatal to
, the timid. BE fearless and you will be
5 safe.
hope 10 be in town before it arrives.
a 1t is my intention to make myself thor
j, oughly acquainted with it. Let our ward
: be thoroughly cleanscd, and let such in
i, habitants he removed who are in filthy
: condition, and to the poor let flannel and
= woollen stockings be distributed; these
4 are most salutary precautions.
hope TO be home by the fourth day oi
o July-at least before this calamity over
takes our city. am, very truly,
]. II. RHINEI.ANDER-
G. ID. STRONG, Esq
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