Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-02
From tho NP,p iOyE Eo-ett.

THE CHoL ERA.-Dr. Pascalis has lust re-
ceived the following letter from DR.. Chervin,
on this interesting toic--the Cholera We
translate it for the benefit of the public, which
is deeply concerned in all facts relative to the
disease.
PARIS, January 8, I832.
replied on the 29;h of November last to your
letter OF the 10th September, and forwarded as
you requested various details respecting the
cholera morbus.
nave nothing particular to add since that
time, except that the proofs of the non-conta-
| gon OF cholera morbus daily muliipl yinp
About month since, our Academy of Sciences
| (flrst Class OF the lnstltutc) sent DR.. Mapen-
die, one of the most distinguished members. TO
Sunderland, TO examine the character of the
disease. He has returned firmly iE?nre ,scd
with the conviction that the disease is not con-
taglous, and he tortifies his opinion with strong
and IncOntestiblc facts
sent You an extract from the report of Dr.
Londc to our Minister of Commerce and Public
Works.-Eiis five colleagues have also made re-
port TO the same Minister respecting he Cho-
iera. which disease they investigated in Poland
and Prussia, and they arrive at the same conclu-
sion with the Presdcnt-THAT THE DISEASE Is
NEITHER IMPoRTABLE NOR CONTAGIOUS, and thew
have reached tins conclusion ON numerous and
conclusive facts. They have remarked that. al
most invariably, physicians and hospital keepers
have been exempt from The disease, notwithstan-
ding their almost constant intercourse with the
sick, whilst hundreds Of Individuals who have
had no communication, direct or indirect with
them, have been taken down with this scourqe
The report of the 1--WE colleagues of DR.. Lon
dc was read at the sittings of the Academy of
Medicine on the eth December, and the Sd in
stan', by DR.. DalarGs, son of the physician of
mat name whom you knew in New York, and
who died about year since.
Dr. Magendle, on his return from Sun
derlaad, made verbal report to the Academy
OF Sciences. in anticipation of his written opin-
ION The FAMOUS Moreaux de Jonnes, whom
you so well know, was present, as a cores
pondlng member Of the Academy, and he was
very deslrous OF sustaining the erroneous sys-
tenn OF contagon, but he was completely vanquish-
ed by our learned brother. There is not, if
may so say, but single voice ir Russia, in Po-
land, IN Germany, against the fallaces which
tins Old officer of the ETAMAJoR has published
tor The purpose of persuading governments, and
PRINCIPALLY our own, that the cholera mofbus is
contagious disease, and to guard against
which too much precautIon cannot be taken.
Fortunately. people begin TO understand III. MO
rChuX dc Jonncs.
Thus, my dear friend, / have informed YOU of
all that has transprcd respecting this disease
which continues to make slow progress in Ger
mary and England. 1t is probable that 1t Will
soon manifest itself in France, but Fortunately.
It VIII actually cause less terror than if it had
made Its appearance eight or ten months since.
Farewell, my respectable friend, and accept
my warrnest wishes for your welfare, and the
renewed assurance Of my invioIatc attachment
CHERVIN.