Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-06

IL pain in the bowels, sickness of tho stomach, or
diarrhes come on lose time In sending tor your
physician.
Finally, preserve that tranquility of mind that
springs from, confidence in Him who has the life
OF all beings in his hands, and, with resignation TO
His will, await calmly the dispensations OF His
Providence.
The following letter was addressed Ia IN, r,d;,or
of the Standards:
To John l. Muniord ESQ.
Sunday Afternoon, lst July, 1889.
Dear S,r--n on have requested my opinion upon
the prevailing epidemic, anu the bost means of Ire
venting it's attack, and elso the remedies 10 DO en-
ploycd.
This disease il epidemic; i; is atmospheric, and
appears to obey the same laws Influenza. Ma
ny physicians think /, contagious. but IN It's recent
appearance IN Canada, could not find any facts Il.
support this doctrine. Every person in those pro
vioces was affected by the same premonitory .ymp
toms, viz; pain in the region OF the stouiach-a
burning sensation in the bowels, and u furess or
expansion OF the abdomen. These fecnys verc
universal and may safely say not one person es
capped them. Ii, thcn tins disorder conta pou.
how comes it that these sensations were general in
! persons who wore twenty miles distant from tho
disease, and who had not even heard of III Com
tagon has never extended it's power to such dis
lance; besides, how can We account for lis appcor r
ance in Montreal before navigation was opcpf
We can imputc it to no other than this, that
easterly winds blew constantly for forty tay, To-
wards Quebec, and consequently tho tainted atmos
| phcre of Europe arrived at our shores.
The question most interesting to us IT, shall We
no visited by this disordcrl 1t is my decided opi
nion that it is in our city, and from two cases
which have this day inspected in james street
tho question ls placed beyond dispute. ! think it
cannot be u cause of serious alarm to our citizens
for if wo look TO England and other places, we find
that where preparations were made, the malady was
disarmod oil It's great powers 1t is very consolins
fact, that this disease s not for it will
not prevent those kind Offices which the sick so r
gently require. No need be afr aid of approach
ing his sick friend and rendering him those seryi.
ces " hich may be demanded Besides this the fact
ofits being non-coniagous, divcsts Of fear which
IN my opinion has been the cause of many deaths.
perfect hecdlcssness of tho disease is the
security.-Wliat are the best means of preventing
tho attack? ."ould say entire abstinence from
spirituous liquor, using Port wine in moderation,
when any symptoms ei oppression sinking occur;
avoid all green vegetables, and unripe fruits which
are exciting causes; keep from the streets during
the heat of the day, and walk in the sun with
out an umbrella and above all, avoid crowds and
| impure atmosphercs. Let the clothing be flannel
TO keep up AN action upon the skin, aud let a belt
of the same material be Temperance in every
shape is tho great preventive. We may ask who
arc its victims. answer the intempcrate--it inva.
riably cuts them off.
1t is a mistaken notion that stimulus is necessa-
~; wine may and does do service while wo are un
der the influence of this poisonous atmosphere; but
sPrituous liquors as preventive, always do harm,
and hurry the drinker to his fate Early hours arc
important, for the exposure to the night air geno-
rally brings on the attacks. Persons taken
| more often at night than during the day.
w hat are the remedies? Bleeding is the best in
the first stagc--that is, when nuusea and diarrhm
are present, but when collapse comes on when the
skin Is cold with clammy swca;s, and the ACE blue
the eye sunken, and the cxtremites oso all circula
tion, is fatal In this stage give ether and luu
danum, apply mustard poultccs 10 the extrcnitics
| and stomach; or what is better, dry friction, with
chalk or hot bran. Brandy may be given in small
Quantities, with spirits of ammonia or ether
When perspiratiop ensucs, and the pulse rises
with natural expression of the contcnance the
patient may be said TO be convalescent. The
tongue in the first stage is the expression of
Dr. Dekay, opaescent or transparent, of a milky
blucncss; in tho second stage il is covered by fur
white brown, the disease progresses Cramps
are not essential to the disease, and physicians arc
often deceived in deciding upon the fate Of the pa
ticnt when these absent.
l have thus written few hasty remarks, but
they are all derived from observation during nv
visit TO Canada. They are imperfect, but as they
arc free from all medicinal ;echnicalitics, /
trust they may be scEv!ceable TO fellow citizens.
Your friend and servant,
J. r. RHINELANDER.
was called at O'Clock Saturday morning,
to visit by the of O'NeaI residing in
basement in Jones Street l asccrtaincd that he
has been two years III this country, and had been
living few miles out Of the city unit! Tuesday
last, " hen no came 10 the city to reside. On that
day he fc finto the dock, taken out and car.
ried to the City Hospital, and camo out in tolera.
Bile health on Wednesday. He was in the habit of
drinking more or less, but believe not considered
an incorporate man. On Friday, at noon, he was
taken with a violent diarrhr, with nausea at sto.
mach, and dizziness Of the head, and found him
al o'clock Saturday morning, with tho follow.
ing syn.ptoms:-puse thread Ike, indistnct and
tromulous-spasms severe in the muscles of the
legs and arms, particularly in the calf of the leg
and so painful as to cause him to scream violently
Occasionally lie had spasms in the abdominal mus
| cIeS and IntcTcOStals. affectinD his spira
which was slow and laberions. His voice was
husk y-surface Of the body cold and covered with
clammy sweat-grcat heat in the stomach evacu-
atoms resembled dirty rice water, with pieces of
membrane of milky whiteness floating therein
presenting, when shaken, foculent appearance.
lie was seized with keen violent symptoms ut III
o'clock at night; and the vomiting and pursiug had
b;cn inccssant. There had been no appearance of
lie in any of the excavations since his attack
Urine entirely suppressed He called necessarily
for cold watcr. The eyes were sunken and sur
rounded by dark Iivid arcola. The intellect re-
mained clear, and senses unsn paired-tongue milky
whito--thc haEds were shr,vocd, and presented
tho appearance of having been soaked in water.
fhe color of the skin BLUSH, except some
patches of crimsoa red. i stayed with him an
hour, employing frictions, and other remedies
which were Indicated. The vomiting was checked
by laudanum; or rather, he rapidly falling into
the second, or paraytc stage of the disease, when
the excavations ceased spontaneously.
At 3 O'clock DIR. Stewart sent for in coHsults-
ton, and was with him much till he died. His do.
scrption ef the case, with lhe opinion Of DIR. BIZ
nagbi, is given below. Five O'Clock on Saturday
morning, tho Resident Physician was sent for
Symptoms continued the same. At 9, DIR. Manly
came. Tie breathing became more laborious-
very restless-scuses unimpaired until half an hour
before death, which took place quarter before 10
o'clock. a. a., l3 hours from the time of attack
CHARLES a. LEE, NJ. ID.
New York, July 2, 1882.
P. S. IN addition to the symptoms above describ
I'D -,