Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-08-24

thS VIII NC Saileu On III SUCH d lily as |
you describe Washington to be at pre-
sent.
Treatment of Cholera.-Extact of a |
letter received from one of the first sur
geons at New Castle, and the most sue
cessful in the treatment of the Cholera !
"When the patient is cold, and the
pulse at the wrist is absent or very fee
BILE, and cramps are present, with vomit-
ing and purging, then exhibit the to-
tacco remedy. 1t is prepared by infus-
ing one drachm of strong tobacco into
| pint of boiling water; it is allowed to
stand one hour, and then strained
through some muslin. / generally give
half the quantity in the form of an enc
ma, making the patient retain it as long
as possible: In three or four hours
give the other half, if the patient begins
to sink again. During the progress of
this case give saline jalap, with about
teaspoonful of brandy in each dose, ev-
cry two hours and small dose of calo-
mel, q grs.) every hour, and endeavor
to excite the secretion of the bile. The
patient must be kept warm during the
| time, and must on no account be allowed
to sit up
Burgundy Pitct-Reputed efficacy in
ChoIera.-The following is somewhat
singular extract from letter dated 2Sth
ult from gentleman in Glasgow to his
friend in Leith last night receiv-
ed from my father, who resides in Frank
fort, proclamations from the Prussian
and Austrian Governments, by which it
appears that the annexed plaster is
most complete preventive against the cho-
lera; of 10000 people who have put
them on, not one has ever been attacked,
though in the midst of the disease. |
have Immediately communicated this SIM
pie preventive to the Board of Health,
who highly approved of it, and are get
ting them made in thousands. The
plaster alluded to, is of Burgundy Pitch,
commonly called strengthening plaster
the upper part of a peaked form, to be
put on the pit of the stomach, and the
lower part expanded, and to cover the
abdomen"
A friend related a circumstance
which occurred at Norfolk this week
that deserves to be generally known as
admonitory. 1t appears an individual
who kept parcel of hogs, discovered
several Of them dead the morning. after
he had fed them, on aCater melons. and be-
ing totally unable to account for the fact,
he took quantity of the food left, (,Ua,
ter melons, } and placed it in pen in an
other part of the town, where there
were number of hogs, all of which d.
ed Immediately after having partaken of
the melons.-Bah. Gaz.
-aIsA
Green Fruit.-ln noticing the la. |
mented death of Chief Justice EWING,
at Trenton, the editor of the Salem Mes
senger remarks: "He died of the Chol-
era at that place on Sunday-having, on
Saturday, as we hear, eaten a hearty
dinner of the good things of the season
including cpFrN cnDN q sudde-- ~
tack of diarrhea ensued, followed by
cholera, collapse and DEATH" We pre-
sumo this statement would not have been
made without some foundation in truth
though Judge Ewing was temperate
man in all things. 1t is the season for
green corn, and we believe it is forbid
den to be sold in the market no doubt
plenty of it is offered. Those who
choose to eat it should remember that
they assume by so doing the risk of
committing suicide.-N. York CON-
Adv.
(&rThe above is satisfactorily contra
dicted in relation to Judge Ewing.
From The Fredericksburg Arena, Aug. II.
BALTIMORE.
The fact of the prevalence of ChoIera
in Baltimore is notorious, and yet the
proper authorities and the Press Of that
city have preserved perfect silence up
on the subject. The Chronicle announ-
ced the occurance oftwe or three cases,
in the first instance, which communica-
tiveness, we are told, was highly resent
ed. The existence of the disease there
may affect the business of Baltimore, but
this, at the worst, is but temporary evil
the effort to conceal the fact, however,
is calculated to impair the high charac-
ter she has always enjoyed. The first
case in Philadelphia was promptly an
nonnced--a fortnight, or more, elapsed,
before the disease became general, during
which time, we presume, little Interrupt
ton to business was xperienced.-
would il have been had Baltimore acted
with her usual good faith and announced