Litchfield enquirer., 1832-07-05
rHE CHOLERA..

Letter f0m DR.. H. Bronson, q ateony' eess"
MoNrREAL. June Fl, l@ VI.
have now only time 70 say that ! arrived sluO,s
here this morning. such a scene ~, o.. .oesS 1917,
- = thia citv exhibits. never Witnessed
Rns;ness IS entirely suspended; thssfores arc
1900. and the .slseets deserted. - khougn
,h;s i : holiday ySitl3fhe CalhQlics, scarcely
human face e t6 Be seen apFoaa'
ss,. ..,,rt.lYf vim Montreal by the present
a....sa ~ M " iynpIed even in the history OF
,ee Ess;den,ic Cholera. The numher OF ca
sasAoFicially reported is about SOOO, ana the
nucoher Of deaths about 800. Many OF the
nhvsiciaus, owing to sickness, dld notTePort
ataIT on some Of the most fatal days. BE-
sdes. = great many have died whom no ply
ssicianssrver saw
: The disease is now evidently on the de-
cline. But few new cases have occurred
within the last II hours. However within
the last as hours, much greater proportion
of Tie attacked than before. has been the
shi2her orders, and those of temperate and
regular habits. Some very valuable lives
we're lost last night. The disease still pre-
walls to a considerable extent in Laprairie,
and is extending rapidly into the country 70
the south. .3s
al, now about tos.isit the emigvant's hos
pital, where numbers lie i'll Of the worst forms
Of the epidemic. -
n rom the same, 0DteU
MosTREa16 Friday, sgd Jppe, y o'clock IA.
y i Gentiemen-@It . gitiI pteasu5e~ tna.sa ga"
.f8te 10 YOU, that the Cholera is rapidly a.
batting here. Some Of the principal physI-
clans have told me this morning that they
had not met with new case to-day. The
cases thatsIiow occur are many of them an
cnalous, assuming the appearance OF cOntin-
ued typhus fever. Folks cOuntenanccs be-
gin to look cheerful
During the prevalence fall epidemic dis
eases, within the limits to which they extend
there is predieposition, occasioned by the
operation Of Some common causes, 10 Inc
prevailing disorder. This predispositon may
be stronger or weaker, hut it is SO strong 10
all cases, that injurious causes, which were
before successfully resisted, are attended witt
violent or fatal effects, kindling into blazt
the latent seeds Of disease. This state is no
incompatible with perfect health. though 1t i
commonly manifested, particularly in thu
more malignant epidemics, by some very un
equvocal symptoms. 1t has been remarked
whenever cholera has appeared on both con
tinents, that the whole population within the
sphere Of its range, have experienced some Of
the symptoms which are usually premonltory
Of its attack. such as gripping pains or oppres'
sion at the stomach, depraved digestion, &c.
This have noticed in all the regions where
StUteF0 Uu0 vTESdUGWs HUtA1 w ~ tuso
place. Ihavessupposcd these sensations to
be independent of anxiety or fear, because
have found them where they could not have
been supposed TO exist. 1t is these symptoms
sSRhch Indicate the predisposition TO cholera.
and which assume the decided character of
disease, by the operation OF the slightest caus-
es. but which may continue without manifest
ing such character if all hurtful agents are
carefully avoided. In this condition of the
body there is required the most delicate man.
agement--a stfict regard 10 thousand tri-
fling circumstances which at other times
would require no attention. The system is
in the condition Of delicate balance, the e.
qubrium ofwhich is disturbed by the weight
ofafeather.
The causes which have a tendency to dis
turb this healthy balance, are called by ply
sicians The eristiag causes of disease. They
are as numerous as the agents which are ca
pahle Of acting on the human system, and are
such as fond and drink, motion and rest. heat
and cold, sleeping and walking, emotions Of
the mind. &c. On careful attention to
these. every thing hinges during the preva-
lence Of 4 mortal epidemic.
The Montreal physicians saw their impOr-
lance, and very judiciously insisted on their
strict regulation. Those here, who have es-
capped the malady, probably owe it to the
command they exercised over the exciting
causes Excess Of every description has
- sen followed by almost certain death. The
least irregularify in diet or drink, whether in
quality or quantity, 10 severe or protracted
exercise. bodily or mental, or exposure to
hot sun, Sc &c., have rarely been unattend-
ed with injurious or fatal Consequences
Those who have presumed on the vigor nf
their constitution, or yielded 10 the slightest de-
gree Dan unhallowcd appetite, have generally
paid the forfeit Of their lives. On the contra.
~, those whose constitution had not been
previously impaired by intemperance Of any
species. whose habits, during the epidemic,
were sober and regular. whose bodies were
not debilitated by tco protracted exertiuns.
whose minds were undisturbed by apprehen-
sion. escaped almost 10 man.
Ch0lera has stood upAhere, as II has done
every where, tho advocate Of temperance --
y has pleaded most eloquentiy, and with trc-
niendous effect. Tha disease has searched
out the haunt afs the drunkard. and has sri-
dom left i Mishept bearing away i,s victim,
Even moderate drinkers hare been but little
better Of. Ardent spirits, IN any shape and
10 Al! quantities have been highly detrimental
Some temperate men resorted to It during
the prevalence OF the lnalady, as a preventa.
tive. or to remove the feeling Of uneasiness a
bout the stomach, or for the purpose oil
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