Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-08-30

| 1917, the army OF the Marquis OF Hast
ines, consisting Of 1000 men, lost near
!, ly one-tcntk OF its Number by cholcra.-
: The army was stationed Oh the banks o
J the Sihde, at Bundecund, in Allahabad
province, IL most unhealthy region. A
. removal to the high banks and pure an
Of Bctwatwa at Erich, cradicted pern.s
nently the destructive pestilei,ce. 1t is
stated in Alber's Report to the Prussiui
government, that when cholera prevail
ed at Moscow, 10000 inhabitants fled
from the city, and no case has been re-
corded elsewhere; MS having been intro
duced by these Gugitives. "a large de-
tachment Of troops marched $50 miles: it
! was exposed TO, and left the disease be-
hind three different times, and on none
of these occasions, did single case oc-
cur beyond the tainted spot. (See Bells
Treatise Of epid. cholera, p. 9l.) Dur.
ing the raging of the cholera at St. Pc
tersburg, the inhabitants daily visited n
small town not 10 wersts distant: not one
case Of cholera occurred there. Thorn
constantly traded with Warsaw, Dant-
zic, and other cities, whilst the pestlence
ragged among them: she did not lose
single inhabitant Cholera never ap-
peared there. {See M. Prunell's Re
port to the French Chamber Of Deputies,
Arch. Gem. p. p. 1856, 1917 Are not
these facts CONCLUSIVE against the cohta-
giousness of cholera?
9Th. "It is made out by innumerable
testimonies that the cholera is not comnu-
nicabie by articles of merchandise, or by
any inanimate object" (Alber's Re-
port J Hawkins, an English writer.
states on the authority of the Physicians
at Moscow, that convalescents continued
to wear the same clothes they wore dur
ing the disease, without being subjected
TO il second attack. (Hist. Epi. Spasm.
ChoL Copcland,a contagionist, allows
that clothes and merchandise have new
er produced cholera; and DR.. Walker, a
contagionist Of Moscow, says no case
has occurred to prove the possibility of
communicating the disease by goods or
clothes. Drs. Smirnor and LichtenstDdt
state, that the women who washed for(
the hospital at Orenburg, were-exempt
from the disease. +. q. Boisseau and
many others distinctly assert, that no in
stance can be quoted where cholera was
conveyed to place by any inanimatc
matter.
If Cholera be contagious, it is com.
municable by contact: All animal poi
sons, communicable by contact alone,
can be conveyed by inorganic substan-
ces to organic beings-as vaccine virus
variola, varioIoid, venereal, sc. The
general admission by the contagionsts,
of the fact that cholera cannot be, and
has never been propagatcd by inorganic
substances, is in direct opposition to, and
destructive of their theory Of its conta-
glousness.
9th. 1t is not contagious because it
cannot be produced by incubation, by
TRANSMISSION Of blood, or by tasting the
ejections-by sleeping with one dcceas-
ed, or wearing his clothes after DEATH
At Warsaw, Foy inoculated himself from
dying of cholera, infused into his own
veins his blood, inhaled his breath, and
tasted his elections lie did not CON
tract the disease. (Sce his letter 10 the
Roya Academy at Paris, and Gazette
Medical, June 20, l83l.) Many 9TH
ers have repeated these experiments
with impunty. /
7th. 1t commences by attacking a
great many at the same time This is
in direct opposition to the known and ac-
knowledged rules which control the
march OF all contagious disease. i
9Th. 1t attacks many places distant
and remote from each other, at the same
period of time, and without any possibili-
ty Of previous communication. All per-
sons attacked, ascribe the attack to cold,
excess in eating, or drinking, violent
moral motion, or some apparent cause
besides contagion. The voice of the
sick is opposed to the doctrine of conta-
gion.
9th. The laws by which contagious
diseases seem to be governed as to sud
1enness of attack, symptoms and dura-
lion, are at variance with every thing we
know Of cholera.
The means to be adopted by individ-
lals to avoid the cholera, and to mitigate
Is effects, are next to be considered
The disorder is generated by atmospheric 5
,auscs. The sudden changes from n
ligh to low temperature, in our hreg-
ilar and varying climate, powerfully ai-
ects the system. The transitions from !
leat to cold, are too rapid to be comior- S
ably endured in ordinary seasons. How
cautious then should every one be when :
'cstilcncc sits brooding on the troubled 4
,osom of the air! AS intense heat can c
lot be avoided. q
/. Whilst the Thermometer is high, J
Exposure to currents Of cool air should
'e guarded against. liz
III. Dwelling houses should be well C