Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-25
Tbe constitutional JyIbt9.
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHOLERA.--It will be remembered that some
Nmc since delegates were appointed by the Phil.-
de Phia BOacd of Health to visit New York for
The purpose OF reporting on the expcdicncy of a
doptng 4 uniform system of sanatory regulations,
on the subject of Cholcra.-That Committee, con.
sisting of Drs. Sharpcss, Lehman, and Burden,
have performed their duty and made report ac-
cordingly. In addition to that report, essay on
the subject has been submitted by the same gentle
mca, making pamphlet of twelve pages, which
has been published by ordor ofthc Board of Health,
and is now before us.
The particular question to which this essay is de-
voted is, whether quarantine of vcssrls, crews
and merchandise arriving from infected places
should be instituted in this country, and if So to
what extent This is the question Of contagion
and non contagion The decision of tho Phiadel-
phia physicians, in this paper is, that II the cholera
he contagious at dli, il he under raro and pc
cultar circumstances, and has depended upon the
nth and wrctchcdness of those affected. They
state that the result the innumcrtblc publications.
inquiries, official examinations, and indeed of ali
the knowledge and experience of European nations
has been to remove the belief of lis
by means oil VIC sc!s, cargocs clothing SC In sup
port OF this view of the subject, number of cases
selected from "among hundreds of similar facts, E"
arc detailed by the committee all tending to prove
that IN the Instances cited, the disease
taGious.-Wc doubt not that the conta Cionsts can
i.irhsn instances IN equal number to sustain their
SIDE OF this argument, and thus furnish tho ma.
terhl Tor very pretty medical controversy. The
fhiadelphia committee not confident, in tho
lnfailih'lity of the conclusions they have drawn
from their inquiries rs to discourage quarantine re-
gulluons. They have, very properly, followed
that wisc course pointed out by prudence and hu
mainly, and though doubling but slightly them
selves, have advised measures which indicate will
hngness to give reasonable weight to the doubts of
others, and TO err, if at all, on tho side of safety
Ihey recommend certain precautionary measures
10 be pursued by the authorities of Philadelphia,
OF which the following is the substances
All vessels arriving from infected place, to he
Guaranteed IN some insulated places for at least
lhrec days; tho vessel cargo, clothes, snd bedding
to he purified
Any vessel which has had the cholera on board,
within thirty days, containing any thing susccp-
tlhle OF conveying Infection to discharge her car
go, which is to be aired and stored for at least fiji
teen days.
The person Of no individual arriving from an in.
fcctcd port attcr thirty days to be detained; their
bcdlng and effects TO DO we'll aired, &c.
Especial attention to cleansing all confined
streets, stores and collars, is recommcndcd when
offensive, the chloride of lime he used. Street
commissioners TO be appointed to superintend the
puriicatIon of the wharves, &c. 4 general re-
commentator is made of great attention to person
al cleanliness, regular habits, and temperance, it
having been observed that where the cholera has
prevailed it has seized, as it's earliest victims, upon
the Incorporate and filthy.
Some If not all of these regulations might be
fdvantageously adopted here American.