Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-25

milar to tina, of India, should now possess ~
endemic character for exciting Cholera, need NJ.
seem more surprising than that the navigator -
the north of Newfoundland finds warm tenn.
nature existing in the heart Of winter, in the r.,
ters of the Gulf Stream. Concerning the necs,
sity for predispostiou in the patient-those WI, 4
in this CITY have been struck by the Spasmodi. 4
Cholera, all appear TO have been OF pecu'ard d..
scriptinn in their bodily state and constitution
or under a peculiar state of exhaustion; in hi,
thew differed from the great proportion Of the in
ba6,tants, who still enjoy nnimpaired health
The endemic has fastened severely on those wbo
were badly fed. or incorporate, or in aualOyou,
conditions. In less than threee weeks We L,y.
los. At least six hundred of such subjects, and
nrobably the ravages Of Cholera will not ceas.
until il has decimated or even extlrpaed III,
whole class that subsist with little Or no amin,
food.
Another collateral proof may be given to Ii.
reader to show that ,can', or the abstinence from
animal food. IS cause of the black plague l. |
is the ancient aud proverbial saying which reach
es US with all thu authority OF history to support
it, that famine brings peshtenee. Wars, sleses
devastations by tempests. which cause the crops
of the earth &, be lost. are, as we always learn
from history, followed by deSourins and COZ.
Stunning pestileuce or black plague, the affinity d
which. to our cholera morbss, can be better learr.
ed by the reader by referring to the article .fbsi
hence from food. Faim or Famine, in the Di,.
ionnaire DIES Sciences Med,caies They viii
there see how many Of the most mortal symptom,
of the spasmodic cholera are supc:.nduced by
the want of proper animal food.
So much for predisposi,ion We come now 10
closer inquiry into the cause from without
which being external and general, creates an ept
demic prevalence. We have seen that it ea1
only be atmospheric; and since it requires pre-
discussion or susceptibility in the patient thai
perbaps. it can only proceed from defective
proportion of the vital elements or supports in III,
air. These elements, or sustaining principles
are five:
! l. A due temperature Of heat and moisture
Q. A proper balance OF the gases; constituting
vital or atmospheric air.
8 and 4. The magnetic and electric move.
ments, which we unite under one head, as the.
seem 10 possess nature and power1n commOH
i S. A due weight and pressure in the air, nev.
er less than 5000 pounds on the surface Of the
human body.
As for the first; the history of the cholera, as
vet. shows that it is not under the control OF ten
perature, and is not affected BY the simple chan:
es of heat and cold, moisture and dryness in III:
atmosphere, For the second, leave it to Mons
Maeende, the greatest living phisiologist. ~h
has undertaken to show US an analysis OF the al
of Paris during the cholera, much inclined, how
ever, TO believe that he would have cOmmunlcat
ed his analysis to the world long ere this, 1t he
had detected any difference, however slight. 10
the balance Of the ingredients belonging to The
ambient air. There remains then the three Ia;
ter elements on which, in all likelihood, obser':'
ton will successfully be fixed, and IN which an =,
covered. Such deficiency would create &C.
: neral relaxation of human vital energies, esm
ciaIiy of the nervous system, derange the resp.
ratory functions, and prepare, upon pre-existn:
or succedent debility, an overwhelming and sud.
den access of disorder. This deficiency would
besides aggravate all other complaints, whichps.
culiar type or influence is, we are told by Euro
pean observers, the nature Of an epidemic chOk
ra atmosphere.
may assume this subject in another comm
nica,ion to the public. The laws of the vita
economy and the influences that support or DIM.
nish it, are few and simple, and the most ordina
~ capacity can suffice to comprehend the tenure
by which we live in the midst OF elements thai
renew or decrease our vitality at every breath.
The deficiency OF magnetic and electric move
ment. and density or elasticity of the air. eau b;
aggravated by localities that are mos, or filthy
AS for preventive remedies, the reader will re-
member that the Della Of the Ganges is called
the cradle Of the Cholera, and that there the 10
habitants do not live upon animal food; that IL
China, where animal food is scarce, the pesteuce
was unsparing; and that at Hurdyar in 1885
20, 600 Of the fasting pilgrims were Gu, Of ia
less than week. The Arabs Of the Enphrate'
and Of the African deserts, though temperate and
abstinent, are better of than the Hindostanees
because they have the milk and the flesh Of their
Camels; and in the track of the Cholera we DO
aot hear that they have suffered like other Asia
| tics and Africans.
Finally, to the laboring class and industrious
operatives. pressingly recommend not to spend
the day without soup or animal food. This is The
staff of our strength; whatever gratfes our task
besides these, may excite for time, but do not
maintain or increase the power of the ANNA
FIBRE to support fatigue and reaction.
EETIY