Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-22


announcing the purpose of reviewing Lees Obscr
yations on the Writings of Mr. Jefferson.
THE CHOLERA
! From the Liverpool Times of May 8, kindly len,
us by friend, VIC extract the following recipe for
! eiNatmcnt of Cholera 1t is sustained by authori
ty which commands confidence, and as it is now
certain that the Cholera has got to America. and
as from analogy must calculate upon its snread.
ing through the Continent, it may be well to pu,
the faculty in possession of the most success (ul
remedies which European experience has tested.
| The Intelligence from Quebec, will undoubtedly
put the whole country and particularly the cities
ON the alert in making Preparations for the rccep
ton OF the terrific visitor. Our authorities REQUIRE
no prompting. We may look for the enemy in
September October.
The Liverpool editor has displayed probably
rather too much national vanity in ascribinq the
comparative mildness of the Cholera in ENGLAND
TO the superior physical condition of her people
England was much more indebted to the science
OF her physicians TO the ski1ful regulations for
taking carc of the infected and above all. TO the
season of the year at which the pestilencc ragged.
Unhappy it has reached our shores, at the most
dangerous period of the year.
''The city Of London, with its suburbs and ada.
ont p'r,Shes, is now, we are happy to say, almost
| entirely free from cholera. Tho cases have hcen
diminishing rapidly for ,he last three weeks. nnd
thcy have now decreased to two or three each
cay proof, We trust, that the malignity of the
disease mas exhausted itself. Next week we shall
probably have the pleasure of aDnouucn, its total
extinction in the METROPOLIS
me sInaincss OF the mortality produced br clo
cra IN England, and especially in the METROPOLIS
would justly us In thinking more tavourably o
the physical condition OF the English people thar
most persons are in the hapit of doing The nun
Der OF victims has been found in nearly every conn
Try OF Asia and Europe to depend on the circum
S'anccs oil comfort or misery in which the pecplc
. We're placed. In many parts of India and Persia
where they are wrctchcdly fed, and even wors,
clothed and lodged, the numbers attacked have beer
not less than ten per cent ir the whole popula
tion, and IN some cases more; at SMYRNA ;
louTt or hitn part of the people were carried of
IN inc hithy and miserable population of Russi
inc mortality was not less; at Vienna a city M,
y containing more than third of the population @
London, the number of victims was at least three
times as great as in the English capital. ond a..
rav"ges OF the disease at Paris have produced to,
deeP an impression the public mind for any
observation &c ne necessary with regard that city
comparing all these facts with the smalness Of the
mortality III this country there can be lii,l. or mr.
doubt that the physical condition of the EnclisI
people rs greatly superior TO that of any other ma
tlon' and that we are much better able to struggle
against the disease than either the people of Asi;
or those of continental Europe
Although the disease appears to be on the decline
yet 1t IS still Sufficiently formidable 10 render tn
best methods of curing it of great i'm portance Tn
method described in the following letter. appears 4
DE so much superior TO all others, Judging from tn
results. that think it may be useful to publish
: IT, NO other remedy appears TO have been noarl,
II so cflicacious.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES
SiR,-The treatment for the cholera which ha
been so strikingly successful in Coldbath field
prison huving already attracted considerable pub
TIC attention. hasten to request of Won 20 rive fin.
4 requisite publicity through your widely circulated
journal to a remedy simple as scientific
III is needless now to enter upon the theory o
this practice, which sound data has been sur
gested by Dr. Stevens, but suffice it to saw that ~
D perIence has assured of its efficacy and value
Alter promising that upwards of 100 cases, NOR,
or less malignant, have occurred, with the loss on
~ OF seven Uhc first four prior to the adoption n
G the treatmcnD, shall at once describe it,
n The usual care must be taken 10 promote warmth
ny friction, hot dry flanncls hot water bottles t,
the feet, and mustard poultices to the chest an,
other parts OF the body affected by cranp; but th
o nam reliance is upon the following power TO h.
G administered every hour in half n tumbler coll
c water, viz-Carb. of soda half n dram; common
SAT- ~ grams; oXymuriac of potash grains
however irritable to the stomach may be- the com
mon SeiditZ powder, cfcrvcsccnt soda drauoht
VIII IN most cases quiet it, but when it will retail
;. hothinG In quantity, tca-spoontul of the carbo
nate OF soda should be dissolved in half tlrnble
OF water, and given in such quantities as the pa
tiEil c'h retain, from tea-spOontul upwards, un
1.-THE stomach is sufficiently settled to receive tn
powders. In cases Of cholera, however, the mos
unceasing watchfulncss and attention to the pa
tcnts arc required. The success of this treatment
winch III many instances perfectly surprising
II induces me 10 hope that it NAV be cXtensivel-
q adopted, and am you will confer great be
neft on the community at large by its publcation-
have the honour to be, Sir, your oledicnt scr
l. want, HENRY WAKEFIELD
;, ], Ln"sdo@nc-placc, Brunswick-squorc, May ,
r P. $. We have, happily, now no urgcn
I case remaining. The extreme thirst ofthe paticnt
whilst suSering under the malignant form of tn,
disease was relieved, and great benefit experienced
by soda water and Seltzcr water as common drink
in quantities not exceeding a winc-glassful at
time,
= - We insert this letter Says the Times because
we have made inquiries into tho statements which
it contains, and find that there is no cxaggoratior
The account Of the successful application Of tn
saline treatment has been officially transmitted Il
Paris.