Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-26

dPPoPtdSc Yuo'uuons
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We do not hear many notes Of activity or pre-.
paraiOn amongst the politicians in Maryland;
but perhaps .!siill water runs Deepest" The
State Election is close at hand. A letter from
good Clay man IN Prince Georges says, "we
expect to succeed IN thus county with our whole
ticke;"-So mote it be-there and every where
else.
A letter was written by the Board Of Health
Of Charleston, to the Norfolk Board Of Health,
requesting information relative to the Cholera.
The letter propounds FIVE questions, viz:
"lst. Have you any reason to believe that
Cholera was introduced into your city through
the medium Of contagion or infection, or from
what caused
"sd. Has it proved contagious or infectious in
YOUR citys
sd. What plan have you found most efficien,
and saiutary to arrest its progresss
18th. What course Of treatment has been
found most successful among ply siciansl
18th What has been the peculiar character
Of the disessel"
To this letter the Board Of Health of Norfolk
have replied through a committee Of their body.
As follows:-
The Committee answer the two first questions
In the negative. They are not aware Of any 9th.
er cause OF the introduction OF the disease, but
the atmosphere.
In answer to the Sd question, the Committee
would remark, that strict attention to all the
rules Ut cleanliness, both IN and out of doors;-
the Tree use OF lime; abstinence from fruits and
vegetables; temperance in all things; avoiding
the rain, the heat Of the sun. and the night air:
and tightening the labor. both Of body and mind,
as much as possible, will do much towards ar.
resting the progress and virueuce Of the disease.
The Committee will further take occasion to
remark. that as the ravages of the disease in this
place have been chiefly confined to the colored
population, their circumstances, habits, and mode
OF living furnish, perhaps, the best clue to the
local causes which invite the disease, and which
nave rendered It so iata to that particular class
I" people In very many Instances the colored
people, who have fallen victims to the disease,
were lodged In basement stories or cellars, ge-
nerally more or less damp; they were, with few
exceptions, prone to indulge in eating fruits, We
setabies, or any other unwholesome food that
,heIr appetites craved, without stint; and they
have seldom been known to- give information when
Attacked by the premonitory symptoms, but have
generally suffered their bowels to remain in
alsordered state until on the eve Of the collapse
stage Of the disease; hence, before medical aid
could be obtained, the disease had reached
point beyond the healing art. 10 most cases,
wemoni'on commences with dlsagreeable SEN
auoh IN The stomach; excavations from the bow
eH follow. and relieve that sensation, and thus
l0uuse belief that they are nothing more than
working Oft of bile by the common operation of
nature and therefore, rather beneficial than 9TH
T"'se; so that not even their frequency causes
@arm' until a total prostra,ion Of the physical
nO"er reveals the dreadful truth, that the unfor-
'una'e subject is in the last stage Of Cholera.
lie Committee are further justified in ascr.
's 10 these causes the fatal results Of the Chol.
.a III Noriolk,oy the fact, that but few white per-
sous amongst us have fallen victims to it, and of
wese avery small plumber who were not either
gOss'y Incorporate or impruden, in their habits
" VI uiet' or who did not combine with previous
''sase' the improper indulgence Of the appetite