Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-18
CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF HEALTH, }
CO.., e,,>,o IiII PEIt. Ioo~

CASES SINCE LAST REPORT.
nose reported yesterday desperate died G
O'Clock, T. M. 18th, was OF intemperate habits and
had recently removed her bed from the bc,lst.ad
and placed it on brick floor, on which she slept.
Sn'ony. aged %, at Adkins &, Robinson's Fac,o.
ry-atlacked l3th-had eaten shoat, chicken pic
apples Nc'-syslem worn down by previous fever
and diarrhoea-likcly tic recover. il ported by DR..
Burton. "
Jerry age 80, at s. S. Saunders Factory. al.
tackled on 18TH proceeded by diarrheeu, habits not
known, likely TO recover-rcportcd by Drs Bur-
ton, Page II Briggs.
JcnRetta, about 80 years of are opposi,e first
IreSbyterian Church, attacked on the night of the
l2th-habits good-brought on by eating sweet no.
tatoes-hkely to recover Reported by DR.. Briggs
;, George about 80 years Old on Sd, between A &,
III stfcets-habits gnod--prcccdcd by diarrhna-cx.
citing cnuse not known--likey TO recover. Report
ed b. DR.. Briggs.
Jan. age 30, on 9th, between | and X stree. s.:
attacked last hight-sent to Factory Hospital, No.
2-Reported by DIR. Dove; and Dr. Barton, Hospitnl
Physician, reports, recovery doubtful.
DoAy age 43 years, corner of 20 and f streets;
taken at IL last nighttime medical or other aid un
til sunrise this morning-dicd this day about II
oclock.-Reportod by DR.. Dove.
Daughter of j. Vigl,ai, IL between 4th and 5tb
streets, aged years, attacked 10 o'clock this day
preceded by diarrhea of from to days stand
ing, medical aid Immediately obtained, doing well.
reported by DIS Beale, Howard, and Tazcwell
JOSEPH TATE, President.
Teste, JONI DOVE, Sec'y pro. tenn
BOARD OF HEALTH,
SATURDAY, 18th Sept 1892
CASES REPORTED THis DAY.
coored, dead 2.
whites, dead /.
JOSEPH TATE, President.
PETERsBURo, Sept. 1--we have an unpleasant
duty to perform III announcing to the pnblic the
appearance of a case of Malignant Cholera in this
town. The subject was an old black man, of tenn
pcrate habits, who had been afl cted with darrhna
tor two or three days, and who suffered the disease
TO progress to a state of collapse. before making
his situation known.
BOARD OF HEALTH,
PETEnsBURG, Sep. IL 1892
The report of of Malignant Cholera,
which occurred in this Town this day, was re-.
ceived from the Faculty.
Ordered, That :he following as the true history
OF the case, he published for the information of the
jeff colorcd man, of sober habits, aged 65 in
the employment of Mr. Bond, after having been
two days previously affected with diarrhma, was
yesterday, after eating hearty dinner of bacon and
green's, slightly affected with cramps Of tho lower
extrenites about or O'Clock this morning he
| announced to Mr.. Bond that he was seized with
pains in the stomach, vomiting, and severe cramps
Mr.. II. Immediately sent him dose of Spirits of
Camphor, which repeated two or three times
before day without any pcrcepible effect, as might
have been expected. lie then treated on the
Ihomsunian System, viz:-swcltcd with hot bricks.
and given at least Of a concentrated Tincture
OF Red pepper and Indian Tobacco (Lobelia In
fata) reinforced with powdered red pepper dipped
up with spoon, TO use Mr.. BIS ownwords. Whom
seen by Drs. White, May and others, who were
afterwards called in, lie cold, pulsclcss, and
apparently dying. Medicines were, however.
directed, but, before they could be administered he
was dead AS this appeared to the Faculty to be Il
well marked case Of malignant Cholera, in order
20 remove every doubt, dissection resolved on,
and accordingly acknowledgement. DrS. Robin
son, Cox, Friend and Bragg. The lungs were
found loaded With carboniZed boodj the heart nat
ural and without polypi; tho liver cDgorged, dark,
and somewhat marblcd; the gall bander turgid with
very dark bile the ducts porvious, but appear.
auce of any bile having lately passed into tho duo
denum. The stomach i'm very high state of in
1ammation. Now, aItho VIC cannot say, with Ger
tainty whether this state was produced by the opo
ration of the disease, the stmulanis administer
cd, vet We cannot hesitate in asserting tst in such
state Of that organ, the OF stImulants must
necessarily prove mortal. The intesiiucs, as well
az the stomach, filed 10 distension with flu
id like rice water, mixed with flocculi--uo appear
ance of fcculont matter. The bladder moderately
contracted and natural; tho Kidneys in natural
state.
"In reporting this to the Board, for the pur-
pose Of rcdceming our pledge TO citizens We
would, of tho Same time, observe, that Sporadic
cases Of Cholera, of tho most malignant typo, are
not so unfrcqucnt some may imagine. We would
recall 10 the memory OF our fcllow-citizcns the ca
ses Of r. Cotton Several years sgo0 Of WIN Gil
mour, in July, 1881, and Of Mrs. Lowncs during
tho last winter, than which believe more viru-
cnt have never occurred IN Asia; yet
these cases were attended by no alarm; and follow
ed by no others Of tho same hind."
EYteci. from the Minutes Of the Board
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