Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-19
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-, "NOThuWOeFtdnd county, Oct. 3d. 1892
me OHoLERA has made its appearance ia this County
and so FAR Of very malignant character About eighteen
days ago. man, (wle. aged abont 25) was attacked with
choera attended with spasns. During the Summer Inc
had several attacks of the cholera his health was
generally bad. He has recovered In few DAYS yonno
woman living in the family, having pulmonary disease
was attacked; she died in or three ays Both of
cases had medical aid The black man. On the
same aWily apparently OF excellent constitution and
believe good habits He died in two or three DAYS from
the attack.
On the 9th September, in the same ncighborhood and
very near, man by the OF Wood was attacked in
the morning about o'clock, with violent spasns vomiting
aud purging. lie died about set One of his chill.
dreD, boy or years DID, died in few hours after his
athe The boy had been i'm bad health for some te no
did not complain more than usual he went TO bed and i'm
an hour or two discovered TO be The wife of the
deceased man attacked as her husband with spasns
&c the same evening. Another of the children was
taken in similar way, and died the next day. In dav
or two the third and last child taken and died The
woman had medical aid two three days after her attack.
she died The 29h In six days has the family of Wood
conssngo five persons, been entirely swept off by the
Cholera
There family of blacks, Give personsA on ce
same premises Two OF them died about the 9th Sep.
tember, and third taken on the 3Otb and died ON be
next day; all Young and heallhy-makng in the whole
eight deaths N eight or nine days, out of persons
There can be no doubt but the family have suffered
for medical aid, having received hut one visit from pbv
stefan during the time, and That after the death OF the three
first.
Where there is such extraordinary mortality an en-
quiry Tor exciting naturally follows Bot of
the are considered unhealthy heinz
the head OF creek, where there great deal Of mud
and that exposed, low tide, TO the action of the sun
Woods family generally, in bad health having or
had had The fall disease that's 10 such situations
The family was extremely poor their diet being of the most
unhealthy kind, (crabs, fish and oysters Its generally
believed in the neghborhood that their mode Of living was
the exciting cause.
II the Cholera should visit the country generally our
situation will be much than The towns where every
idmiy has physician and apothecary al his door;
here our population Is sparse, many families live twelve
TO fifteen miles from physician, and many Of them
without The facility Of sending for one. NV own OPP
Mon Is, that II the Cholera should attack our county,
generally tie physicians could attend one in twenty
What Is TO nc done? This country suffered severely from
the epidemic Of 1914 and 1915. That disease believe at
tackled the different parts ofour country con-
sequenuy The Physicians could have The benefit Of the
experience OF each other 10 any extent Not so with the
Cholerai we now have the experience Of large portion
Of the world TOT Tie last fifteen years. The physicians Of
orr country, suppose, treat the disease upon
general principles that have become established among
the faculty repeat what Is TO be done in the event Of
the IholcTa appearing among generally. would adj
wise every intelligent family TO keep medicines such
recommended for the disease mot the noslrums Of the
epidemcs OF the day and advise with biz family physi-
clan how he Should act in Of on attack and LEI those
who keep medicines administer such do not keep
them do not mean this as substitute for physician
far pery far from IT, the presence Of physician s cal
culaed to impar confidence 10 the patient and give
spring TO nope, even 1t The family practice is changed;
bat recommend it as preferable to nothing Without